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May 14, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Withdraws Numerous Guidance Documents Pending Review

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has withdrawn 67 guidance documents, including those addressing whistleblower protections and the use of monitoring technology in the workplace. The CFPB’s May 12 announcement stated that many were inconsistent with federal statutory text and imposed compliance burdens without opportunities for public notice and comment. Some documents could be reinstated after further review, the notice said,...
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May 14, 2025
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Category: State and Local Law

CWC Interstate: April/May 2025 Update

On the state and local level, recent developments include: Ban-the-Box — Wisconsin’s Supreme Court ruled that an employer cannot discharge an employee based on a non-criminal citation. Paid Leave — Maine employers must register through the Paid Leave Portal. Maryland postponed its Family And Medical Leave Insurance program. Missouri’s paid sick leave law took effect May 1. Employers can access a model notice on the...
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May 12, 2025
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Category: AAP

CWC’s Guide to Wisconsin State Contractor Affirmative Action Requirements

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit association, has updated its resource about the equal employment opportunity and affirmative action obligations that Wisconsin imposes on its contractors. The Wisconsin Department of Administration manages Wisconsin’s contract compliance program. WDA has published guidance, forms, and templates for contractors’ affirmative action programs, as well as a short guidance document on AAP...
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May 08, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

President Trump Nominates Brittany Bull Panuccio to EEOC

President Trump nominated Brittany Bull Panuccio on May 6 to fill one of the three open seats on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Her confirmation would give the EEOC a quorum, which will allow it to move forward with the Trump Administration’s policy priorities. The EEOC has lacked a quorum — and therefore has been unable to adopt or rescind...
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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: Legislation

CWC’s Guide to USERRA Amendments of 2025

Early this year, Congress amended the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act to expand its protections for military service members and veterans. USERRA gives service members the right to return to their former or equivalent civilian jobs if they meet specified conditions and forbids employers to discriminate against employees or applicants based on their military service. The amendments, included...
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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 29, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Updated Template for Good Faith Outreach Letter To Reflect Rescission of Executive Order 11246

The Center for Workplace Compliance, our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has issued an updated template for good faith outreach letters. CWC members can use this template when drafting good faith outreach letters to organizations that can help identify qualified veterans and persons with disabilities for their open job positions. President Trump's Executive Order 14173 rescinded the authority for developing AAPs...
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April 29, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

Trump Administration’s New Position on Disparate Impact Liability Doesn’t Impact Private Litigation

On April 23, President Trump signed Executive Order 14281, Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy, which seeks to eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability under civil rights laws. Disparate impact is a theory under many civil rights laws that can lead to liability when a neutral policy or practice adversely affects members of a protected class. The E.O. directs the Equal Employment...
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