ASAToday for July 17th, 2025

President Biden Released His FY25 Budget President Biden’s FY25 budget proposes to reduce the deficit by about $3 trillion over a decade; set a higher minimum corporate tax and a 25% minimum tax for billionaires; and protect Social Security and Medicare, affordable housing initiatives; expand preschool access; and establish a higher federal minimum wage. It…

Ukraine Funding Update Former President Trump plans to ask Speaker Johnson this week to turn any upcoming funding for Ukraine into a loan that could be paid back without interest as the war-torn country recovers. Such an approach could prove to be more politically palatable to GOP critics. Speaker Johnson has expressed support for Ukraine…

Independent Contractor Rule Goes into Effect On Monday, the U.S. Department of Labor’s closely watched independent contractor rule went into effect, but do not expect too much of a change from the DOL’s current enforcement position.  Up until today, the Trump-era independent contractor standard was the regulation on the books governing the DOL’s approach to…

Judge Blocks NLRB Joint Employer Rule In January of this year, we wrote in our weekly update about the Joint Employer Rule.  As a brief reminder, in the fall of 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) promulgated that the rule would have made it significantly easier for the agency to find the existence of…