While the federal government seeks to scale back federal employment law regulations, California is forging ahead with new laws aimed at further protecting employees. President Trump took office less than a year ago and has already taken significant steps to pull back several of President Obama’s employment law initiatives. In addition to proposing significant cuts to the Department of Labor’s spending, President Trump’s administration has declined to pursue President Obama’s expansion of the federal overtime regulations, revoked Obama-era guidance on the joint employer standard, and derailed a rule that would have required large companies to report to the government what they pay employees, broken down by race and gender.
Samuel Sadeghi co-authored this Lexology article with Stephen L. Berry, George W. Abele and Blake R. Bertagna.