Khorri Atkinson

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Khorri Atkinson

Daily Labor Report ®EmailMay 2, 2025, 2:06 PM UTCBusinesses are likely to open the door to national origin discrimination claims if they interpret a recent Trump executive order to enforce English proficiency rules for commercial truck drivers as a green light for language-restriction policies writ large. The April 28 order was issued just a month after the president designated English as the country’s official language.

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Khorri Atkinson |Jay-Anne Casuga

Businesses are likely to open the door to national origin discrimination claims if they interpret a recent Trump executive order to enforce English proficiency rules for commercial truck drivers as a green light for language-restriction policies writ large. The April 28 order was issued just a month after the president designated English as the country’s official language.

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Rebecca Klar |Khorri Atkinson |Chris Marr

A federal judge declined to vacate his initial injunction pausing President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders after the challengers sought to reconsider their litigation strategy and pursue different relief. Judge Adam Abelson on Thursday denied the motion by the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education and other plaintiffs to vacate the nationwide preliminary injunction he issued Feb. 21. An appellate court has already stayed that order as it reviews the case.

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Chris Marr |Khorri Atkinson |Rebecca Klar

ESGEmailMay 1, 2025, 8:19 PM UTCA federal judge’s decision to pause President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders remains in place, though temporarily stayed, after he denied the challengers’ request to vacate it so they could seek different, additional relief. Judge Adam Abelson on Thursday denied the motion by opponents of the executive orders. including the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, to vacate the nationwide preliminary injunction issued Feb. 21.

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Khorri Atkinson

President Donald Trump is demanding significant changes to the process by which probationary workers are evaluated before gaining full federal employment status and job protections. Under an executive order issued Thursday, federal agency leaders must actively certify that the continued employment of a probationary employee “advances the public interest” before granting them tenure.