Linh is a student at Harvard Law School.
On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security introduced a series of policies that provide deportation protection and work permits for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants. Under these new policies, approximately 472,000 Venezuelans will become eligible for work permits under Temporary Protected Status. DHS also aims to approve work permits within one month for immigrants who entered the country under humanitarian parole programs established earlier this year. These new policies are intended to manage the recent increase in migrant arrivals at the U.S.-Mexico border and frustration at the delay in authorizing work permits for asylum-seekers and other migrants.
Federal agencies proposed a new rule on Wednesday that reduces the fees for filing medical billing arbitration cases under the No Surprises Act to $150 per dispute and requires any future changes to the fees be set through rule-making. The new medical billing rule, proposed by the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Internal Revenue Service, is a response to an August ruling in Texas district court that the prior $350 fee violated the Administrative Procedure Act by not providing parties with notice and an opportunity to comment. Medical providers had also criticized the $350 fee as prohibitive for smaller practices to arbitrate billing disputes with insurers.
This deep dive on employees’ religious objections to DEI training and policies provides an insightful take on the “tricky legal landscape” of workplace diversity measures. These measures include inclusivity policies that require the use of workers’ preferred names and gender-affirming pronouns. The recent uptick in workers seeking faith-based exemptions from these workplace policies “add[] an extra wrinkle” to the spur of legal challenges to diversity measures following the Supreme Court’s end to affirmative action in higher education earlier this summer.
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June 30
Antidiscrimination scholars question McDonnell Douglas, George Washington University Hospital bargained in bad faith, and NY regulators defend LPA dispensary law.
June 29
In today’s news and commentary, Trump v. CASA restricts nationwide injunctions, a preliminary injunction continues to stop DOL from shutting down Job Corps, and the minimum wage is set to rise in multiple cities and states. On Friday, the Supreme Court held in Trump v. CASA that universal injunctions “likely exceed the equitable authority that […]
June 27
Labor's role in Zohran Mamdani's victory; DHS funding amendment aims to expand guest worker programs; COSELL submission deadline rapidly approaching
June 26
A district judge issues a preliminary injunction blocking agencies from implementing Trump’s executive order eliminating collective bargaining for federal workers; workers organize for the reinstatement of two doctors who were put on administrative leave after union activity; and Lamont vetoes unemployment benefits for striking workers.
June 25
Some circuits show less deference to NLRB; 3d Cir. affirms return to broader concerted activity definition; changes to federal workforce excluded from One Big Beautiful Bill.
June 24
In today’s news and commentary, the DOL proposes new wage and hour rules, Ford warns of EV battery manufacturing trouble, and California reaches an agreement to delay an in-person work mandate for state employees. The Trump Administration’s Department of Labor has advanced a series of proposals to update federal wage and hour rules. First, the […]