June 10, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

Trump Seeks Significant Cuts to FY26 Budget of Workplace Regulators

President Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2026 would eliminate the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and substantially cut funding for most agencies that regulate the workforce. The President submitted his budget request to Congress May 30. DOL’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) would assume OFCCP’s enforcement of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA,...
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May 07, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

DOL Pauses Enforcement of Biden’s Independent Contractor Rule

The Labor Department (DOL) will no longer enforce the existing independent contractor rule, DOL announced May 1. Instead, when deciding whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor, the Wage and Hour Division will rely on Fact Sheet #13 (which originated during President George W. Bush’s term), according to Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2025-1. The Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) minimum wage and...
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May 06, 2025
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Category: Appropriations

Proposed Budget Seeks Nearly 35% Cut to Labor Department

President Trump sent Congress an outline of his budget request for fiscal year 2026 on May 2. The proposal seeks a cut of nearly 35% for the Labor Department, mostly from workforce training programs. FY 2026 runs from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026. The proposal seeks $8.6 billion for DOL, a decrease of $4.6 billion (34.9%) from its...
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May 01, 2025
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Category: DOL

Trump Orders Overhaul of Worker Training To Emphasize Registered Apprenticeships

President Trump’s vision for overhauling federal workforce training programs includes greater use of apprenticeships to fill the jobs that he expects to materialize as companies reshore their manufacturing operations. The President unveiled his ideas April 23 in Executive Order 14278 — “Preparing Americans for High-Paying Skilled Trade Jobs of the Future.” The order gives the Secretaries of Labor, Education, and Commerce...
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April 03, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

President Trump Nominates Jonathan Berry for Solicitor of Labor

On March 31, President Trump nominated Jonathan Berry to serve as the Solicitor of Labor. The top lawyer position is the third most senior role at the Labor Department, after the Secretary and Deputy Secretary. Mr. Berry is currently managing partner at the law firm Boyden Grey. He wrote the chapter on Labor Department policies for Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s policy...
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April 02, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Federal Judge Temporarily Stops DOL From Enforcing Part of Executive Orders’ Anti-DEI Provisions

A federal judge on March 27 temporarily stopped the U.S. Labor Department from implementing parts of President Trump’s executive orders relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The temporary restraining order from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois concerns: the certification provision in E.O. 14173, which requires grant recipients to certify that they do not operate any...
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March 13, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

Senate Confirms Lori Chavez-DeRemer To Be Next Secretary of Labor

The U.S. Senate recently confirmed two of President Trump’s nominees for top posts at the Department of Labor. On March 10, it confirmed former Oregon Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer as the Secretary of Labor in a 67 to 32 vote. On March 12, it confirmed former EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling as the Deputy Secretary of Labor in a 53 to 46...
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January 27, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Acting Secretary of Labor Micone Orders OFCCP To Halt All E.O. 11246 Investigations

Acting Labor Secretary Vincent Micone has ordered DOL personnel to cease all enforcement activities under rescinded Executive Order 11246 and to pause enforcement activities under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 pending further guidance. Secretary’s Order 03-2025, issued January 24, 2025, covers “all pending cases, conciliation agreements, investigations, complaints, and any other enforcement-related or investigative activity.”...
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January 22, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

President Trump Designates New Leadership at Workplace Compliance Agencies

President Trump has moved quickly to install new leadership at agencies responsible for workplace compliance. He has already designated new officials at the EEOC, where he named Republican Commissioner Andrea Lucas to serve as Acting Chair, and at the NLRB, where he designated Republican Marvin Kaplan to serve as Chairman. At the Labor Department, he designated career official Vince Micone...
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January 16, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

President-Elect Trump Picks Former EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling for Deputy Secretary of Labor

President-elect Trump has announced Keith Sonderling as his choice to serve as Deputy Secretary of Labor. The Deputy Labor Secretary is DOL’s second-in-command and generally manages the department’s day-to-day operations. Sonderling served as an EEOC Commissioner from September 2020 until August 2024. Before that, he served as Acting Administrator of DOL’s Wage and Hour Division. President Trump will have to...
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