by Editorial Staff | Sep 30, 2020 | Discrimination, OFCCP, POTUS
On September 23rd, 2020, the White House released Executive Order (EO) 13950. Signed the day prior, the EO (“Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping”) covers government contractors and certain grant recipients. The legislation limits diversity, inclusion, sexual...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 12, 2020 | Coronavirus (COVID-19), POTUS, White House
In response to the perceived stalemate between the U.S. Senate and Congress on the extension of unemployment benefits and other provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020 (CARES Act or Act), President Donald J. Trump issued an...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 1, 2020 | Coronavirus (COVID-19), Familes First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), IRS, POTUS
Signed into law on March 27th, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act creates a half-dozen new programs to help distressed businesses and workers deal with the global COVID-19 pandemic and any related shutdowns. Among those programs are...
by Girish Anand | Jun 20, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare, POTUS, U.S. Supreme Court
A coalition of five cities has sued President Trump and officials at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for deliberately “sabotaging” the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare). The suit hinges on a clause in the Constitution and on the...
by Girish Anand | Mar 28, 2017 | POTUS
On Monday, March 27, President Trump signed four separate Joint Resolutions of Congress to kill regulations issued under President Obama, the most notable of which being the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Rule. The nullifications came about through the mechanism of the...