Quick Hit: On March 26, 2026, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors” (the “Order”) which mandates the inclusion of a new clause (the “Clause”) in all covered federal contracts and contract-like instruments prohibiting federal contractors from engaging in “racially discriminatory DEI activities.” The Order directs agencies
Rachel Edelson
Rachel Edelson is a law clerk in the Labor Department and is a member of the Employment Litigation & Counseling Groups.
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The Long Arm of FLSA Retaliation: Lessons from the Ninth Circuit’s Decision in Hollis
By Allan Bloom & Rachel Edelson on
The Fair Labor Standards Act was one of the earliest American workplace laws to contain an explicit anti-retaliation provision. Modeled after the anti-retaliation provisions in other New Deal legislation, including the National Labor Relations Act enacted just three years prior, the FLSA’s original text in 1938 made it unlawful “for any person … to discharge…