On March 24, 2025, the Department of Labor announced the appointment of Catherine Eschbach as Director of OFCCP. Direct Eschbach joins the agency after serving as an appellate lawyer in private practice.
Director Eschbach intends to “oversee [OFCCP’s] transition to its new scope of mission[.]” Notably, in the announcement Director
As we previously reported, on March 3, 2025, the Maryland District Court denied Defendants’ motion to stay the preliminary injunction in National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Trump, preventing the federal government from enforcing several DEI-related clauses in its recent Executive Orders. The court held
According to Washington Post and Bloomberg press reports, on February 25, 2025, OFCCP Acting Director Michael Schloss submitted a memorandum to Acting Secretary of Labor, Vincent Micone, outlining OFCCP’s plan to significantly reduce its workforce and focus the agency’s efforts on enforcing contractor compliance with veterans and individuals with disabilities
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[This post has been re-published from Proskauer’s “Law in the Workplace” blog: Federal Court Issues Partial Preliminary Injunction Halting Enforcement of DEI-Related EOs | Law and the Workplace.]
On February 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a preliminary injunction pausing
While much of the focus on President Trump’s recent Executive Order on Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity (the “EO”) has been on its elimination of race and sex-based affirmative action requirements for federal contractors, another provides carries even greater potential implications. The EO also introduces new contractual obligations
Following President Trump’s rescission of Executive Order 11246, on January 24, 2025, the Acting Secretary of Labor issued Secretary’s Order 03-2025 (the “Order”), which orders all Department of Labor employees, including those in the OFCCP, to:
“Cease and desist all investigative and enforcement activity under the rescinded Executive Order
On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued a broad executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the “Order”), which among other things, rescinds Executive Order (“EO”) 11246. EO 11246 is the underpinning for government contractor race and sex affirmative action program requirements. The order also
With President Trump’s second administration set to begin on January 20, 2025, federal contractors and subcontractors are anxiously awaiting what he might do with respect to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) and the employment obligations imposed on federal government contractors. While the Trump transition team has not
Effective as of January 8, 2025, the FAR Council has withdrawn a proposed rule that would have limited federal contractors from seeking and considering information about job applicants’ compensation history and required contractors to disclose salary ranges in job postings.
The announcement states that “in light of the limited time
On November 20, 2024, OFCCP announced a new Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) for supply and service contractors. The new list consists of 2,000 federal contractors and subcontractors selected for a Compliance Evaluation, Corporate Management Compliance Evaluation, Functional Affirmative Action Program Evaluation, or University Evaluation.
The list merely notifies contractors