Employment Law Now

I begin the 10th season of this "Employment Law Now" podcast, with my guest from each anniversary episode: Howard Schweitzer, CEO of Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies. Howard and I discuss the major developments from the first year of President Trump 2.0 and the impact on employers.

In today's episode, I talk about the L&E developments and trends that employers should be watching as we begin 2026.

EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas joins me on this new episode to talk about the first 11 months of the President Trump Administration 2.0, including the state of illegal DEI, her views on the EEOC's harassment guidance and Final Rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, transgender discrimination, anti-American discrimination, and where the EEOC may be heading for the remainder of her term.

This new episode highlights a few of the biggest L&E developments from the Summer of 2025, including from the DOL and EEOC, and on such hot topics as DEI-related discrimination, the FTC's non-compete proposal, and AI laws.

Today's episode updates the latest trends in employment law, including changes with the EEOC's focus and makeup, rulemaking ping-pong with the DOL's independent contractor and overtime exemption rules, bucking the trend with non-compete legislation, and regulating "moonlighting."

Today's episode provides the latest update on the ping-pong court decisions involving President Trump's DEI Executive Orders, and the noteworthy response to the EEOC's new guidance on DEI-related discrimination and harassment.

I am joined by Claudio Martinez Santistevan, a lawyer from the Mexico-based law firm of De La Vega & Martinez Rojas to discuss Mexico's perspectives on the first few months of President Trump's second term and how this administration's initiatives are viewed.

Today's episode provides the latest update on court litigation involving President Trump's DEI Executive Orders, and analyzes the EEOC's brand new guidance on what constitutes "illegal DEI."

Today's episode provides the latest update on the implementation of President Trump's DEI Executive Orders, and the state of flux in which federal agencies currently sit.

Today I am joined by two of my immigration law partners, Scott Bettridge and David Adams, to discuss the new immigration policy and initiatives under President Trump's 2.0 administration, and how employers should prepare for and respond to I-9 audits and ICE raids.

This is our 8th anniversary special episode (starting from February 1, 2017), and I am joined as usual each anniversary by Howard Schweitzer to discuss Trump 2.0 and the current state of politics for employers.

In today's episode, I provide an update on the Trump 2.0 initial activity in the DEI area, and am joined by Donna Hughes of Hughes Solutions to discuss the administration's DEI activity and the nature of, and benefits of, executive coaching to improve workplace culture.

It's another new year, and like prior years, today's episode identifies the 5 biggest labor and employment questions and issues that employers should be watching in 2025.

Today I am joined by Jason Marsili of Marsili Mediation to discuss the often over-looked art and skill involved with mediation, and the important considerations for employers when determining whether, when, and why to mediate a dispute.

For this Thanksgiving week episode, I am joined by several of my Cozen O'Connor colleagues to discuss the likely impact of President Trump's second administration on such L&E issues as federal agency regulation and initiatives generally (David Barron), the NLRB and union activity (Kelly Kindig), Immigration (David Adams), Artificial Intelligence (Jeff Klamut), and OSHA and workplace safety (John Ho).