The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business.

Wilcox Reinstatement Legal Back-and-Forth Keeps Her Off the NLRB. For Now. For the second time in a matter of weeks, Gwynne Wilcox was poised to return as a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Until she wasn’t. Here is what happened this week. On April 7, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated a three-panel decision that upheld Wilcox’s termination while the litigation challenging her removal proceeds. This decision would have allowed Wilcox to return to the Board. However, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts subsequently stayed the initial district court order that had returned Wilcox to the Board. All of this procedural back-and-forth means that Wilcox will remain off the NLRB for the time being. As the Buzz has been predicting, ultimately, the Supreme Court of the United States will determine whether the president can remove members of independent federal agencies that operate as boards and commissions.

Samuels Sues. Jocelyn Samuels, who President Donald Trump removed from her position as commissioner on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in January 2025, has filed a legal challenge to her removal. Samuels, who was first appointed to the EEOC in 2020 by President Trump, maintains that “the EEOC’s structure,...

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