EEOC Pauses Trump-Era Rules on Union Time, Wellness Programs (2)

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will freeze Trump-era regulatory actions that govern union “official time” and voluntary corporate wellness programs.

This is the first time the civil rights agency—which now has a Democratic chair while Republicans maintain a majority on its five-member leadership panel—will pause rulemakings from the Trump administration.

The agency announced Friday that the “official time” rule—which prevents EEOC employees who also serve as union representatives from devoting paid work time to colleagues’ discrimination complaints—will be retracted from the Federal Register. Although it was finalized Jan. 7 and sent to the Federal Register, it wasn’t published before ...