The Policy Week in Review, prepared by Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), sets forth WPI’s updates on federal, state, and local matters, as well as Littler’s published in-depth analyses of the prior week.
On March 11, 2025, Nebraska passed a marketplace network platform statute that deems workers who use a marketplace network platform independent contractors under the state unemployment statute if certain conditions are met.
The NY Supreme Court issued a decision and order declaring the NY DOH’s August 2024 implementation of an administrative rate reimbursement change for Fiscal Intermediaries participating in the state’s CDPA Program “null and void.”
Littler is tracking every order, analyzing its impact, and providing summaries to help you understand the changes and the implications to your business.
The EU directive on pay transparency raises many concerns, primarily because its implementation may complicate Polish laws, which so far have not regulated the issue of pay equality in the same way that gender pay has long been thought of elsewhere.
On March 19, 2025, the EEOC, in conjunction with the DOJ, issued two “technical assistance” documents “focused on educating the public about unlawful discrimination related to ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ (DEI) in the workplace.”
On March 14, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order ending the obligation to pay individuals working on or in connection with certain federal contracts or subcontracts a minimum wage currently set at $17.75 per hour.
On March 14, 2025, the 4th Circuit stayed enforcement of the preliminary injunction issued by a Maryland district court judge barring the Trump administration from proceeding with several elements of Trump’s executive orders regarding DEI or DEIA.
Littler's Rescinded Order Tracker provides easy access to those Executive Orders issued by previous administrations that are rescinded by the Trump Administration.
