by John C. Fox | Jul 3, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
Decision Clarified Landmark 1977 Ruling on “Undue Hardship” SCOTUS suggested the EEOC revisit its “undue hardship” interpretations The federal courts are now quickly coming full circle on the initial patent hostility they showed to employee accommodations in the...
by John C. Fox | Jul 3, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
- At 11th Hour, OFCCP Made Changes to Contractor Portal FAQ
- U.S. Census Bureau Reported Sharp Drop in On-Site/In-Person Work Between 2019 & 2021
- One Day After PWFA Took Effect, EEOC Submitted Proposed Regulations for OMB Review
- U.S. EEOC Discreetly Announced EEO-1 Reporting Tentative Starting Date Pushed Back to Fall 2023
- SCOTUS Ends Its 45-Year Detour Around The Equal Protection Clause By Now Finding “Race-Based” Admissions Practices At Harvard and UNC Unlawful
- The Four “Elevator Speeches” Federal Contractor Compliance Managers and AAP Vendors Now Need Post Harvard/UNC
- Three Justices Square Off in the Harvard/UNC Case Decision Over the Accuracy of OMB Directive 15 Defining Race and National Origin in America
- Employers Must Grant Religious Accommodations Absent Substantial Increased Costs, Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court Ruled
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by John C. Fox | Jun 26, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
I do not take a position either pro or con race-based admission decisions in this Blog, but rather want to accomplish three different things: In Part I, below, I want to help prepare readers for the case decisions expected to come within the next two weeks (possibly...
by John C. Fox | Jun 26, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
- The Harvard and UNC Case Decisions Are Coming: What Corporations, Colleges and Universities, and Federal Contractors Need to Know
- OMB Approved Changes to OFCCP Complaint Procedures to Take Effect in November
- DE Talk Podcast Focused on Moving Off the DEIB “Treadmill” & Onto Progressive Change
- President Biden Nominated Burrows for 3rd U.S. EEOC Commissioner Term
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by John C. Fox | Jun 20, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
- U.S. NLRB Returned to Obama-Era Independent Contractor Standard for NLRA Coverage
- Spring 2023 Regulatory Agenda Released, Multiple Final Rules Slated for Publication this Month
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by John C. Fox | Jun 12, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
- Based on Either An Unannounced OFCCP Policy Change Or Error, OFCCP Published A CSAL Identifying 250 “Construction Contractors” For Audit
- U.S. EEOC Finally Published Its FY 2022 Charge Statistics and Revealed An Enormous Surge in Vaccine-Related Religious Discrimination Charges
- U.S. Labor Secretary Su Confirmation Drama Entered Final Round Amid Shifting Political Sands in Senate as White House Hatches New Rescue PlanU.S. Labor Secretary Su Confirmation Drama Entered Final Round Amid Shifting Political Sands in Senate as White House Hatches New Rescue Plan
- U.S. DOL’s PEAT Issued AI Think Tank Report on Accessible Technology & Inclusive Hiring
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by John C. Fox | Jun 5, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
- NLRB GC Asserted, Via Memo, That Employment Non-Compete Provisions Violate NLRA
- JOLTS Report – Job Openings Increased by 358k in April as “Jobs Opening Rate” Jumped up .03% to 6.1% Signaling More Hard Work Ahead for Recruiters
- U.S. Supreme Court Ruled NLRA Does Not Bar State Law Property Damage Claims Against Unions
- Economy Added 339k Jobs in May, But the Unemployment Rate Nonetheless Rose to 3.7%
- Debt Ceiling Increase Statute Became a Bill to Restrict Future Federal Budgets
- What The Budget Reforms In The Debt-Ceiling Bill Likely Mean For OFCCP and Other Federal Agencies
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by John C. Fox | May 30, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
- Illinois Set to Become First U.S. State to Count Arab Americans When Collecting Public Data
- OMB Working Group Now Preparing Final Recommendations to Overhaul Federal Race & Ethnicity Data Collections
- Top 5 Actions to Take After Completing AAP Discussed in New DE Talk Minisode
- Percentage of Older Women in U.S. Workforce Nearly Doubled Since 1980, USDOL Reported
- USDOL WHD Announced First PUMP Act Enforcement Action
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by John C. Fox | May 22, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance, Uncategorized, Week In Review (WIR)
- U.S. Government Accountability Office Report Found Employers Use Non-Competes to Protect Confidential Information, But Rarely Enforce Them
- USDOL Wage & Hour Division Issued PUMP Act Bulletin Explaining New Employer Obligations
- Focusing on Adverse Impact, U.S. EEOC Released a New Technical Assistance Document on Artificial Intelligence & Title VII
- U.S. Federal Trade Commission Now Jumps into Biometric Privacy Protection Even in the Absence of Any New Congressional Authorizing Law
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by John C. Fox | May 15, 2023 | Networking and Education, Week In Review (WIR)
- ADA Update: Fast-Breaking Developments on “Reasonable Accommodation”
- A Conversation with ODEP Assistant Secretary Taryn Mackenzie Williams
- OFCCP Ombuds Stergio Discussed Using His Office to Assist with OFCCP Conflict
- Research Team Illustrated How Career Pages Design Can Make a Difference in Increasing Applicants with Disabilities
- DEAMcon23 Ends with a Bang After 27 Presentations
