Trump Confounds Contractors in Weakening DOL Anti-Bias Office

Jan. 23, 2025, 6:36 PM UTC

A sweeping Trump executive order has left federal contractors and the US Labor Department office that polices their anti-bias efforts in limbo after the president stripped the sub-agency of much of its power.

President Donald Trump late Tuesday night revoked the 1965 executive order that authorized the DOL’s Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs to root out race and sex discrimination at federal contractor worksites and enforce affirmative action obligations.

The rollback of the decades-old EO 11246 will dramatically change the OFCCP compliance landscape for tens of thousands of companies, which held government contracts worth a total of $769.5 billion ...

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