From the White House to the Workplace: How Trump’s Executive Actions Affect Employment Law

This CLE seeks to provide a summary of Executive Branch actions and Executive Orders with respect to federal sector employees, companies with federal contracts, and the enforcement of civil rights legislation in the private sector. Presenter Robert Erbe will focus on the rights of federal employees in connection with recent offers of resignation in exchange for severance, probationary terminations/due process rights, Reductions in Force and the processes applicable to federal employees in exercising their rights. Presenter Patricia Ronan will focus on the impact of the executive orders for private sector corporations, both those with federal contracts and without, and what the executive orders mean for DEIA programs and anti-discrimination claims. Based on the Trump administration’s policies and interpretations of existing law, the presentation will provide some guidance about future enforcement actions by the federal government and litigation by employees.

Presenter:
Robert P. Erbe, Law Office of Robert P. Erbe, PLLC

Program Co-chairs:
Syreeta A. Tyrell, Audrey Chastain, Alden A. Thomas