Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES—Top labor and employment developments for July 2025, (Aug 8, 2025)
Organizations Mentioned:Office of Personnel Management
By Ronald Miller, J.D.
In case you missed the in-depth coverage of Labor & Employment Law Daily during July, here’s a recap of some key developments in the L&E community.
Highlights include:
Supreme Court: In a case from its emergency docket, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a two-paragraph unsigned order staying the preliminary injunction issued by a federal court in the Northern District of California enjoining President Trump’s Executive Order 14210. The High Court also stayed a federal district court’s permanent injunction that ordered the reinstatement of three Democratic members of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Federal courts of appeals: The D.C. Circuit concluded that the NLRB did not err in finding that The George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. unlawfully engaged in bad faith surface bargaining in negotiations that have been ongoing since 2016. The Fourth Circuit ruled that a staffing company was liable as an employer for more than $9.3 million on overtime claims. The Fifth Circuit ruled that the NLRB erred in finding that Apple unlawfully interrogated an employee and removed union literature.
Agency Actions: A memorandum from the Office of Personnel Management provides guidance to agencies regarding Executive Order 14168. In DOJ News, the Attorney General issued guidance on implementing President Trump’s call for the adoption of English as the official language of the U.S.
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