Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, FEDERAL REGULATIONS—Comment deadline extended on Labor department’s proposal to rescind regulations related to E.O. 11246, (Sep 4, 2025)
By Brandi O. Brown, J.D.
Regulations promulgated under Executive Order 11246 prohibited certain Federal contractors and subcontractors from engaging in employment discrimination.
At the beginning of July, the Labor Department published in the Federal Register its plans to implement Executive Order 14173, which revoked Executive Order 11246, under which regulations prohibited Federal contractors and subcontractors from engaging in employment discrimination. It also set forth certain affirmative obligations. The regulations also, with some exceptions, prohibited those employers from taking adverse employment actions against applicants or employees because they inquired about, discussed, or disclosed information about their pay or their co-workers’ pay.
The proposed rule would rescind those regulations, as identified.
The deadline for comments on the proposed rule, originally set for September 2, 2025, has now been extended and now will end on September 17, 2025. So far there are over 360 comments on Regulations.gov.
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