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    Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, SENATE NEWS—Committee hearings this week will touch on DEI, business ownership by employees, (Jul 22, 2025)

    Organizations Mentioned:Rutgers University | U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

    By Brandi O. Brown, J.D.

    The Senate’s HELP committee will hold a full committee hearing on “Empowering Workers by Expanding Employee Ownership.”

    This week, in addition to those relating to nominations, committees (and subcommittees) within the Senate will ...

    By Brandi O. Brown, J.D.

    The Senate’s HELP committee will hold a full committee hearing on “Empowering Workers by Expanding Employee Ownership.”

    This week, in addition to those relating to nominations, committees (and subcommittees) within the Senate will be meeting to discuss issues of interest to the employment and labor law community.

    On Wednesday, July 23, 2025, the Subcommittee on the Constitution, part of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, will convene to hold a hearing entitled “Ending Illegal DEI Discrimination & Preferences: Enforcing Our Civil Rights Laws.” The hearing is intended to examine ending illegal discrimination and preferences, focusing on enforcing civil rights laws. A live video will be provided. The hearing will commence at 2:30 p.m. No details have been provided yet regarding witnesses.

    On Thursday, July 24, 2025, a hearing by the full U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) will be held at 10:30 a.m. to discuss “Empowering Workers by Expanding Employee Ownership.” This hearing will also be live streamed. Anticipated witnesses include Bill Roark, Executive Chairman of Starfish Holdings in Huntsville, AL; Eddy Dupuis, CEO of Acadian Companies in Lafayette, LA; Brock Barton, CEO of King Arthur Baking Company in White River Junction, VT; and Joseph R. Blasi, J. Robert Beyster Distinguished Professor and Director Emeritus of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ.

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