As we approach midyear, the ArentFox Schiff Labor, Employment & OSHA team highlights some of the most pressing legal issues facing employers this year, including artificial intelligence (AI) regulation at the state level, reshaping of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), continuing expansion of state paid family and medical leave laws, challenges to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace, and changes to US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidance and enforcement.
Like most government agencies, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has not escaped the Trump Administration’s efforts to reshape the federal government and replace officials in positions of power. Since assuming office, President Trump has discharged former NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo and removed NLRB panel member Gwynne Wilcox.
While replacement of Abruzzo was expected, the president’s decision to remove Wilcox surprised many and introduced legal challenges, both at the NLRB and in court:
Chinese memory chipmaker YMTC has sued Micron Technology in federal court in Washington, accusing its U.S. rival of spreading false claims that YMTC's chips threaten U.S. national security. YMTC in...