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November 21, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and DEI

CWC Updates Guide To Madison WI Contractor Affirmative Action Requirements

CWC has prepared a resource detailing the affirmative action requirements for city contractors in Madison, Wisc. Madison’s Department of Civil Rights monitors compliance with these requirements. The department publishes a model affirmative action program, required notices, and a best practices guide for contractors submitting affirmative action information. The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has published CWC’s Guide...
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November 20, 2025
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Category: Immigration

DHS Proposes Rescinding Biden’s Public Charge Rule So It Can Adopt A More Flexible Policy

The Department of Homeland Security has proposed rescinding the Biden Administration’s “public charge” rule so it can include non-cash benefits when determining whether an alien is likely to be financially dependent on the government. This could increase documentation requirements and processing times for some employment-based immigration cases. The 2022 rule allows DHS to deny a petition to adjust immigration status...
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November 20, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

President Trump Nominates Carter Crow As EEOC General Counsel

President Trump has nominated Houston lawyer M. Carter Crow to serve as the next General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Crow is currently Global Head of Employment and Labor at international law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. Crow represents employers in employment litigation and class actions, especially wage and hour matters. Previously, he served as Parter-in-Charge of the firm’s...
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November 19, 2025
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Category: Wage and Hour

House Committee To Consider Three Wage And Hour Reforms

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce on November 20 will debate three wage and hour bills that seek to make important changes to federal wage and hour law: H.R. 2870, the Working Families Flexibility Act, would legalize employer-employee agreements for compensatory time off, subject to strict safeguards; H.R. 2312, the Tipped Employee Protection Act, would broaden the definition...
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November 14, 2025
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Category: State and Local Compliance

CWC Interstate October-November 2025 Resource Published For CWC Members

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has issued its latest Interstate, which details state and local workplace compliance developments from October and November. The CWC October/November 2025 Interstate addresses many topics: Fair employment Artificial intelligence (California) Ban the box (Philadelphia) Bias training (California) Equal pay (California) Notice of rights (California) Pay data reporting (California, New York City)...
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November 13, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and DEI

Federal Court Refuses To Limit Injunction Against EO 14173, But Appeal Remains Pending

A federal district court recently refused to narrow its preliminary injunction blocking the Department of Labor from enforcing the certification portion of President Trump’s E.O. 14173. The executive order requires every government contractor or grant recipient to certify that it does not operate any DEI programs that violate anti-discrimination laws. In Chicago Women In Trades (CWIT) v. Trump, the government argued that a...
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November 12, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

Temporary Spending Deal Reopens Workforce Agencies Through January 30

Congress has reached a deal to keep the government running at the same funding levels as last year through January 30, 2026. The bill (H.R. 5371) allows the Labor Department, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and other workforce agencies to resume normal operations after the historic shutdown. The agreement also prevents most government layoffs during this period and reverses those that...
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November 10, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

President Trump Elevates Lucas To EEOC Chair

President Trump has designated Andrea Lucas as Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Lucas had been serving as Acting Chair since the start of President Trump’s second term. In conjunction with the new Republican majority on the EEOC, this move positions the agency to implement major policy changes and to take a more active enforcement stance once the federal government reopens. Members of...
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November 07, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

EEOC’s End-Of-Year Litigation Focuses On Reasonable Accommodation

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has released a resource highlighting the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s enforcement and litigation activity at the close of federal fiscal year 2025. CWC’s review of EEOC’s data about recent lawsuits and settlements reveals a focus on employers’ failure to provide reasonable accommodations related to disability, religious beliefs, and pregnancy. Most cases...
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November 05, 2025
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Category: Labor Relations

Courts Split On NLRB’s Power To Impose Expanded Labor Violation Remedies On Employers

Federal appeals courts are increasingly divided as to whether the NLRB can make employers pay for indirect, but foreseeable, costs (“expanded remedies”) resulting from labor law violations. The issue stems from Thryv, a 2022 NLRB decision that expanded the Board’s remedies beyond traditional job reinstatement, back pay, and other direct costs. Thryv allows the NLRB to compel employers to pay...
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