The question now is: Are Trump’s executive orders really affecting employers?

New data from various sources gives us insight to help HR professionals and their companies move forward.

Breaking Down Trump’s Executive Orders

We broke down the orders most likely to impact HR and private employers when they were released. And now that they’ve had time to be executed — and challenged — we have a better picture of if or how they’re affecting private businesses.

Here’s what we’ve learned:

1. DEI Executive Orders

First things first: These two orders related to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) were challenged, halted, then reinstated:

• Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity, which rescinded all DEI programs and practices across executive departments and agencies. It also directed agencies to encourage the private sector to end DEI. Our in-depth coverage is here: Trump Targets DEI Hiring, Promoting: How It Can Affect Private Employers.
• Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing, which terminated all discriminatory programs including DEI and diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) mandates. It revised federal employment practices to reward individual initiative and performance. Our in-depth coverage is here: Trump Dismantles DEI Programs: What It Means for HR Pros.

Within two weeks of the executive orders, four plaintiffs joined forces to file the lawsuit to block the implementation of key provisions within...

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