On his first day in office, President Trump issued an Executive Order (E.O.) rescinding more than 60 E.O.s issued by President Biden.
Two of the rescinded E.O.s regulated federal contractors:
- E.O. 14055, which required successor contractors under the Service Contract Act (SCA) to offer jobs to a predecessor contractor’s employees; and
- E.O. 14069, which directed contracting agencies to consider requiring contractors to post pay information on job advertisements and prohibit contractors from considering prior salary history.
Thus, President Trump has ended a successor contractors’ obligation to offer jobs to predecessor contractors’ employees. He also formally killed the federal contractor pay transparency rule (which the Biden Administration recently withdrew).
The rescission of many of the other E.O.s will abruptly change federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policy. Most of these E.O.s imposed requirements on federal agencies rather than on federal contractors, such as by requiring federal agencies to adopt agency equity plans.
Members of the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, can join online discussions about the Trump Administration’s early policy decisions at our upcoming virtual March 5-6 2025 Workplace Policy Conference or at one of our regular Conversation Corners.
CWC members can read more here.