Despite Trump’s Federal RTO Smackdown, Companies Prefer No- Drama Pragmatism
While some indicators suggest 2025 will be the defining year of the great exodus back to full-time office work, data indicates many businesses are keeping calm and carrying on.
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Despite Trump’s spending freeze, federal workers’ legal duties are clear
Those who continue distributing appropriated funds despite the freeze order are standing on firm legal ground.The Hill - 2d -
Companies May Not Be Able to Abandon DEI Despite Trump Order
Some companies have begun pulling back DEI efforts, but it may open them up to serious legal issues.Inc. - Jan. 24 -
How Companies Get RTO Wrong — and How You Can Get It Right
Return-to-office fumbles at AT&T, Amazon, and JPMorgan show just how easy it is to make mistakes.Inc. - Jan. 23 -
How Trump’s Federal DEI Ban Could Target Private Companies Next
The executive order prohibiting DEI by federal agencies—and firing employees who’d worked on those policies—will add clout to the independent conservative groups forcing private businesses to ...Inc. - Jan. 22 -
The Federal RTO Crackdown Prompts a Scramble for Office Space
The General Services Administration must find workspaces for 2.3 million civil servants ordered back to offices full time—while also carrying out Trump’s pending order to sell off two-thirds of the ...Inc. - Jan. 22 -
Four Key Things About Trump’s RTO Mandate for Federal Workers
The new president signed an executive order that could oblige as many as 1.1 million government workers to return to the office.Inc. - Jan. 21 -
Trump’s RTO Plans Could Slash Federal Employee Head Count
The threat of DOGE-led job cuts may get further backing as the president vows to require government staffers to work in person five days a week.Inc. - Jan. 20 -
LGBTQ rights group reports progress at U.S. companies despite conservative backlash
The HRC said that more companies are providing strong benefits and protections to LGBTQ employees despite conservative backlash in recent years.NBC News - Jan. 7 -
Carter’s Panama Canal pragmatism saved global trade. Trump’s greed could upend it.
The Panama Canal treaties were approved by a bipartisan coalition of senators who accepted a counterintuitive reality: Giving up the canal was the best way to retain its use.The Hill - Jan. 4
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