After a fiercely contested election, it appears likely that Joe Biden will become the 46th president of the United States. The proposed Biden labor and employment agenda is vast, but much of it depends on which party will control of the Senate. Even without control of Congress, though, President-elect Biden wields significant influence over federal labor and employment law through his command of federal agencies and unilateral authority to set rules that federal contractors must follow.

Below are our thoughts on the changes to the law that the incoming Biden Administration is likely to accomplish in the next four years—and in some cases, very soon.

1. Say goodbye to recently issued executive order 13950, which purports to regulate federal contractors' diversity and inclusion training

Over the past several presidential administrations, legislative action on labor and employment matters has become difficult to achieve. With increasing frequency, administrations manage this political reality through executive action, and the Trump administration was no exception.