⚖️Executive Order Restores Rights to Discharged Military Members
Executive Order 14184 addresses the reinstatement of military service members discharged under the COVID-19 vaccination mandate, directing the Secretary of Defense to facilitate their return to service with full benefits, rank, and pay. It aims to rectify past unfair discharges and ensure that those unjustly affected can reclaim their military roles without penalty.
Learn More⚔️Executive Order 14185
Executive Order 14185 mandates the elimination of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion offices within the U.S. Armed Forces, emphasizing a shift towards merit-based practices in hiring and promotion. The order seeks to ensure that military operations remain free from race- or sex-based preferences, advocating for traditional values and cohesive unit morale. An internal review of DEI initiatives is also required within the Department of Defense.
Learn More🇻🇪Impact of TPS Vacatur on Business Regulations for Venezuela
Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) has decided to vacate the January 10, 2025, decision of former Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas regarding TPS for Venezuela. Former Secretary Mayorkas extended the 2023 designation of Venezuela for TPS for 18 months, allowed a consolidation of filing processes such that all eligible Venezuela TPS beneficiaries (whether under the 2021 or 2023 designations) may obtain TPS through the same extension date of October 2, 2026, and extended certain Employment Authorization Documents (EADs). All of this also had the effect of extending the 2021 designation. This notice vacates Mayorkas' notice immediately.
Learn More✈️FAA Memorandum on Returning to Merit-Based Hiring Practices
The memorandum emphasizes the importance of safety in aviation by ordering a return to non-discriminatory, merit-based hiring within the FAA. It addresses previous issues related to diversity initiatives that may compromise safety standards, requiring a review of personnel qualifications to ensure excellence in air traffic management and passenger safety.
Learn More📜Withdrawal Notice for Performance Review Board Membership, OSHA
In compliance with Presidential Action, Restoring Accountability for Career Senior Executives (January 20, 2025), the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission is withdrawing its notice published in the Federal Register on January 21, 2025, concerning the appointment of members to the agency's Performance Review Board (PRB).
Learn More📋DOL Notice on Older Workers Study Impact Evaluation and Comments Request
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Chief Evaluation Office (CEO)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Learn More🎓Post-9/11 VA Educational Assistance Regulations Overview
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations that govern VA's administration of educational assistance programs to implement the provisions of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010, which modified the manner in which payments of educational assistance are determined and expanded the types of programs students may pursue under the Post-9/11 GI Bill; section 1002 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009, which authorized the "Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship;" and a select number of provisions of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017.
Learn More🐄Ratification of H-2A Program Rules by Department of Labor
The Department of Labor is publishing notification of the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training's ratification of the rule published December 16, 2021, titled Adjudication of Temporary and Seasonal Need for Herding and Production of Livestock on the Range Applications Under the H-2A Program.
Learn More⚖️New AMLA Regulations on Whistleblower Retaliation Procedures
This document provides the interim final text of regulations governing the anti-retaliation provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA or the Act). This rule establishes procedures and timeframes for the handling of retaliation complaints under AMLA, including procedures and timeframes for complaints to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), investigations by OSHA, appeals of OSHA determinations to an administrative law judge (ALJ) for a hearing de novo, hearings by ALJs, review of ALJ decisions by the Administrative Review Board (ARB) (acting on behalf of the Secretary of Labor (Secretary)), and judicial review of the Secretary's final decision. It also sets forth the Secretary's interpretations of the AMLA anti-retaliation provision on certain matters.
Learn More📄DHS Updates Permanent Labor Certification Requirements for Form I-140
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, is announcing updated procedures for submitting a Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers, accompanied by a permanent labor certification approval, application for Schedule A designation, or National Interest Waiver request following the U.S. Department of Labor's implementation of the Foreign Labor Application Gateway system.
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