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Workspan Daily
02/26/2025
;Jan. 20: President Trump signed 26 inauguration-day EOs, including Executive Order 14151, “ Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs ,” which called for “the termination of all discriminatory programs, including illegal DEI and ‘diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility’ (DEIA) mandates, policies, programs, preferences and activities in the federal government, under whatever name they appear.”;
;Jan. 21: Trump signed Executive Order 14173, “ Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity ,” which instructed federal departments not to issue contracts to private organizations that enforce DEIA frameworks, prevented affirmative action from being implemented by government contractors, revoked certain parts of the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) order and other orders in terms of federal contracting jobs, and called on federal agencies to investigate nine publicly traded companies for related practices.;
;Jan. 21: In a step to comply with Executive
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Workspan Daily
10/31/2025
The senators take issue with key parts of the President’s order, “Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors,” which:
;Calls for the Department of Labor (DOL) and the SEC to issue guidance to employers about providing access to these alternative investments in their retirement account offerings;;
;Orders Chavez-DeRemer to reexamine the guidance on fiduciary duties within the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) regarding alternative asset investments; and,;
;Directs Chavez-DeRemer to work with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the SEC to determine what regulatory changes can be made.;
“The executive order exposes these hard-earned savings to volatile financial instruments, while attempting to rebrand them as ‘alternative assets,’ although they lack transparency and have exaggerated claims of high returns,” the senators wrote in their letter.
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Workspan Daily
01/24/2025
For WorldatWork Members 2024 Total Rewards Inventory of Programs & Practices , research;Reimagining Rewards Strategies in the New Landscape of Work , Journal of Total Rewards article;Leveraging Incentives for Future Work Challenges: Exploring the Employee Perspective , Journal of Total Rewards article; For Everyone Breaking Down Some of President Trump’s Initial Orders and Actions , Workspan Daily article;U.S.
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Workspan Daily
10/31/2023
Breaking Out of the ‘Black Box’ Part of the struggle is that employers simply haven’t needed to communicate about pay previously, so many of them lack any kind of organized structure and framework to communicate effectively, said Sara Vallas, senior director, employee experience, WTW.
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Workspan Daily
04/20/2026
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday, April 15, took a strong step against employer-mandated restrictive covenants, ordering one of the nation’s largest pest control companies to immediately stop enforcing noncompete agreements against its more than18,000 employeesnationwide.
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Workspan Daily
05/06/2025
Key Takeaways
IRS Releases 2026 Dollar Limits for HSAs, HDHPs, HRAs;DOL Will No Longer Enforce 2024 Independent Contractor Rule;Trump Nominates Florida Attorney to Fill EEOC Role;Judge Blocks Executive Order that Targets Collective Bargaining;
IRS Releases 2026 Dollar Limits for HSAs, HDHPs, HRAs The U.S.
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Workspan Daily
01/19/2024
As reported by CBS News , the Supreme Court has agreed to hear Starbucks' appeal of a court order requiring the coffee chain to reinstate seven employees at one of its stores in Memphis, Tennessee, that a federal agency found were fired for pro-union activities.
Workspan Daily
01/12/2024
Parker signed an executive order Jan. 2 aimed at removing college degree requirements for certain city jobs as part of a broader effort to diversify the city workforce, reports The Philadelpha Inquirer.
Workspan Daily
12/07/2023
In order to do that, she said, leaders need to use data to empower changes within their organizations, from promoting more diverse talent to rooting out managers who cannot overcome their biases.
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Workspan Daily
09/10/2025
Supreme Court
ruling against affirmative action and executive orders by President Donald Trump that describe these types of workplace emphases (whether formally or informally under the moniker of “diversity, equity and inclusion,” or DEI) as “ illegal ,” said Sue Holloway, a content director at WorldatWork.
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