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Last week, in part one of our two-part Summer Forecast of labor and employment–related legislative and agency developments, the Buzz took a look at the U.S. Congress and what our legislators might have in store for employers during the next six months. This week, we examine the federal labor and employment regulatory landscape.

Political Personnel

Regulatory policy in Washington, D.C., is, of course, driven by the folks in charge, as politically appointed leaders set each agency’s regulatory and enforcement priorities. Though the administration has generally succeeded in appointing officials to key agency positions during these first eighteen months since President Biden took office, some key vacancies remain.

S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

• On June 7, 2022, President Biden nominated Karla Ann Gilbride to be general counsel of the EEOC. Gilbride is currently codirector of the Access to Justice Project at Public Justice, a nonprofit legal organization. The general counsel position at the Commission has been vacant since President Biden dismissed former general counsel Sharon Fast Gustafson on March 5, 2021.
• Kalpana Kotagal’s nomination to the EEOC is currently stalled in the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP). If all Senate Democrats and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who caucuses with the Democrats, support Kotagal’s nomination, she will eventually be confirmed and tip the balance of power on the...

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