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Affirmative Action
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Ohio Employer Law Blog
Is Trump coming after Title VII next?
"Dad, did Trump just get rid of workplace discrimination laws?" That's the question my daughter asked me yesterday. She was referring to his Executive Order entitled, Ending Illegal Discrimination and…
Blank Rome Workplace
Steps Employers Should Take After President Trump Revoked Executive Order 11246
Anthony B. Haller and Theresa A. Topping ● On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order (“EO”) titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” explicitly revoking…
Government Contracts Law
DEI, Discrimination, Affirmative Action and More: How the Recent Executive Order Impacts Private Employers
By Hugh Murray, Tiffany Hubbard
Amid a flurry of executive orders starting his second administration, President Donald Trump issued an order entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the “Order”) on January 21, 2025.…
Global Policy Watch
President Trump’s “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” Executive Order Targets Federal Contractors and the Private Sector
By Lindsay Burke, Scott A. Freling, Evan Parness, Jennifer Plitsch, Carolyn Rashby, Michael Wagner
On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued the Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity Executive Order (the “EO”), which revokes Executive Order 11246, a 60-year-old Civil Rights-era directive that prohibited federal…
The Contractor's Perspective
White House Revokes EO 11246, Targets DEI Programs Alleged to Violate Anti-Discrimination Laws
By Michael Schrier, Former Attorney Tracey O'Brien
President Trump recently issued an executive order revoking E.O. 11246, which had required federal contractors to implement affirmative action and non-discriminatory practices for over 60 years. The new order prohibits…
Best Practices Construction Law
What Federal Contractors Need to Know About the End of Executive Order 11246 — And How to Stay Ahead
On January 21, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” This sweeping action revoked Executive Order 11246, a policy that had guided…
Pierson Ferdinand Blog
From Diversity to Adversity: What the New Executive Orders Mean For Your Workplace and DEI Programs
In the wake of this week’s executive orders (EO), Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity, impacting private employers, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing, affecting federal…
Inside Jobs
President Trump’s “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” Executive Order Targets Federal Contractors and the Private Sector
By Lindsay Burke, Scott A. Freling, Evan Parness, Jennifer Plitsch, Carolyn Rashby, Michael Wagner
On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued the Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity Executive Order (the “EO”), which revokes Executive Order 11246, a 60-year-old Civil Rights-era directive that prohibited federal…
Gov Con Employment Exchange
OFCCP Makes First Public Statement Following Revocation of Executive Order 11246
Late in the day on January 23, 2025, the Office of Federal Compliance Programs (OFCCP) sent out its first official agency communication since President Trump's historic Executive Order "Ending Illegal…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Major Change to Federal Contractors’ Affirmative Action Requirements
By Ashley Hager, Abolade Oyetunji
On Tuesday, President Trump radically changed the legal landscape for federal contractors when he revoked an executive order that had been in effect for nearly 60 years. Executive Order 11246,…