US Department of Labor to cease and desist all investigative and enforcement activity under rescinded Executive Order 11246
WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary of Labor Vince Micone today transmitted Secretary’s Order 03-2025 to all department employees, directing them to cease and desist all investigative and enforcement activity under the rescinded Executive Order 11246 and the regulations promulgated under it.
The order applies to all department employees, including the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, the Office of Administrative Law Judges and the Administrative Review Board.
The department no longer has any authority under the rescinded Executive Order 11246 or its regulations.
Read Secretary’s Order 03-2025.
Agency Office of the Secretary
Date January 24, 2025
Release Number 25-111-NAT
Source:
www.dol.gov
Well, there we go. No more investigations into workplace discrimination. With the rules gone, there's nothing left to enforce, and no consequences for companies that discriminate. Federal contractors can pretty much do what they want now, and Trump's government will just shrug it off.
In hindsight, how did "She's not Black, she's Indian" work out for us?