Compliance Stuff

The Supreme Court late yesterday permitted the Trump administration to bar former Democrat NLRB Member Gwynn Wilcox from her former position on the Board while the larger battle plays out about whether the President has the authority to terminate leaders of independent administrative agencies without cause. In a 6-3 decision, SCOTUS ruled that greater risk of harm could come if Wilcox remained on the Board and exercised executive power while her termination is under dispute than if she were to remain unable to perform her claimed statutory duty during this limbo period. The matter will now head back to federal appeals court, with briefing and argument before a resolution and a probable return trip to the Supreme Court – which might not happen for several months at least . What do employers need to know about this developing story – and what should you do while we wait it out? Quick Timeline Here’s a quick timeline of how we arrived at this point: January 27:  Trump fired Democrat B...

  Companies would be wise to take into consideration the potential outsized impact of DOGE as they develop public policy plans for the new administration. Takeaways DOGE is intended to serve as an advisory or consulting organization which, empowered by Trump, provides recommendations or strategies for government leaders to implement . DOGE’s mission will focus on three major kinds of reforms, including regulatory rescissions, administrative reductions and cost savings . According to DOGE leaders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the organization will identify issues and make recommendations to the White House, agency leaders and Congress for actio n. Since the election, President-elect Trump has announced a flurry of initiatives for his next term in the White House, along with nominations of the government officials tapped to drive his agenda. As part of these announcements, Trump selected Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a new entity dubbed “the Department of Government Efficien...