You're ignoring a whole lot of differences between the current and previous administration. There's a slightly outdated summary at https://www.govdocs.com/webin

You're ignoring a whole lot of differences between the current and previous administration. There's a slightly outdated summary at https://www.govdocs.com/webinar-recap-trump-administration-and-its-effects-on-labor-and-employment-law/ https://www.govdocs.com/webinar-recap-trump-administration-a.... Among the highlights are minimum wage increases, OSHA enforcement, transparency requirements for government contractors and a whole lot more. Appointments to the Labour Board, as well as to the courts, could have rather significant impact on precedent. As but one issue that will be central in the near future is the treatment of Uber drivers and similar, and their classification as contractors/employees. A two-seats swing on the Supreme Court is almost guaranteed to have changed the outcome of that trial when it eventually reaches the court. As to the "social issues" mentioned by OP, it makes me a bit uneasy to see them commonly referred to as separate from labor law. Workplace anti-discrimination law is obviously labor law as well. It may not affect you or me. But neither does the minimum wage. When the latter is considered "labor law" and the former isn't, I wonder what the reason for this sort of "othering" can be.