DOL, EEOC Tighten DEI Enforcement in 2025-2029 Plan as Labor Department Seeks Whistleblower Complaints
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Updated · The National Law Review · Jun 10
DOL, EEOC Tighten DEI Enforcement in 2025-2029 Plan as Labor Department Seeks Whistleblower Complaints
3 articles · Updated · The National Law Review · Jun 10
Summary
The Labor Department is urging staff to file whistleblower complaints over diversity, equity and inclusion activity that violates the administration’s ban, marking a sharper internal enforcement push.
The EEOC reinforced that move with a 2025-2029 National Enforcement Plan that makes DEI-related discrimination a priority for federal investigators.
Separately, the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division issued 4 opinion letters on overtime exemptions, bonuses, meal breaks and compensable work, offering more clarity rather than a major policy shift.
In California, an appeals court said a worker who loses individual arbitration may also lose standing to pursue a representative PAGA claim, adding another compliance development for employers this week.