In today’s News and Commentary, President Trump nominates Keith Sonderling as Labor Secretary, DOL eliminates disparate-impact liability from Title VI regulations, and OPM finalizes a rule allowing federal employees to be removed through suitability proceedings for post-appointment conduct.
President Trump announced that he will nominate acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling to the permanent role. His announcement comes two months after former Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid inspector general investigations into allegations of misconduct, including drinking on the job and directing staff to perform personal errands. Sonderling, a former Republican EEOC commissioner and deputy Labor secretary, has served in acting capacity since April. During that time, he has defended the administration’s proposed 26% cut to the Department of Labor’s fiscal year 2027 budget, including the elimination of Job Corps, before Senate appropriators who rejected the proposal. The Washington Post has described Sonderling as a “business community ally.”
The Department of Labor published a final rule eliminating disparate-impact liability from its Title VI regulations. The rule rescinds provisions that had prohibited recipients of federal funding from using criteria or methods of administration that have the effect of discriminating on the basis of race, color, or national origin. Going forward, the Department’s Title VI regulations prohibit only intentional discrimination. The rule...
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