DOGE Targeting Non-DEI Staff, Starting With Probationary Workers—Reports
Most dismissals have been tied to the president's anti-DEI agenda. However, recent reports indicate that workers in non-DEI roles, who DOGE deems affiliated with DEI initiatives, have lost their jobs ...
Trump administration rescinds NLRB memorandum viewing college athletes as employees
The National Labor Relations Board rescinded a Biden-administration memorandum that viewed college athletes as employees of ...
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Customer Non-Solicitation Restrictions Face Increasing Scrutiny
When considering whether to place employees under post-employment restrictive covenants, employers often consider including customer ...
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New York Federal Court Ruling Highlights a Potential Pitfall in Settlement Agreement Enforcement
On January 8, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York held that an employee’s refusal to sign a ...
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Ohio Employers May See Non-Competes and Stay-or-Pay Provisions Prohibited with Senate Bill 11
Senator Louis Blessing, III, Republican, and William DeMora, Democrat have introduced Senate Bill 11 which seeks to ban employers from requiring ...
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Education Department employees placed on leave for attending diversity training
Some federal employees at the Education Department have been placed on administrative leave for previously attending a diversity training. Several employees began receiving leave notices late ...
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Costco, Teamsters, reach 'tentative agreement' likely averting strike as company's DEI controversy rages on
According to the memo, the company will increase hourly pay for its top-of-the-scale employees over the next three years. Pay will rise by $1 to $30.20 in the first year and an extra $1 each in ...
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Costco Raises Pay To Over $30 An Hour For Non-Union Employees, Leaving 18,000 Union Members Waiting
Costco announced that all employees at its non-union stores will get a pay raise ... Earlier this month the Teamsters voted to strike if an agreement isn’t reached. A Costco Teamsters ...
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Trump Issues Memorandum To Limit Last-Minute Federal Employee Union Agreements
The agreement prohibited the agency from returning remote employees to in-person work, a policy Trump has been critical of. “Such last-minute, lame-duck CBAs, which purport to bind a new President to ...
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Houston man, who was pardoned in Jan. 6 riots, now wanted for online solicitation, records show
According to our partners at the Houston Chronicle, 36-year-old Andrew Taake is wanted for online solicitation of a minor. The case dates back to 2016 and was still pending in 2021 when he was one ...
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Meta employees split on decision to dump DEI, survey finds
Meta employees are heatedly divided over the social media giant’s decision to roll back its DEI programs, according to an online survey by professional social media platform Blind. The Jan. 16 ...
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How Many Federal DEI Employees Are There in the U.S.?
According to the White House, Trump indicated his executive order was to “return to non-discriminatory ... it’s unclear how many federal employees will be affected by Trump’s DEI executive ...