by Candee Chambers | Jan 30, 2024 | Podcast
Season 5 • Episode 7
Our compliance experts John C. Fox and Candee Chambers are back for their highly-anticipated recap of all things employment law from the past year. As they look back, they’ll chat about the top 10 issues affecting federal contractors as directed by government regulatory agencies, and give hints as to what may be to come in 2024.
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by Kacie Koons | Feb 8, 2023 | Networking and Education
A new year means new policy changes from the employment law enforcement agencies, but the guessing game of what changes to expect and when can layer on the stress to an already confusing regulatory environment. Having an idea of what these changes may be can go a long...
by John C. Fox | Jan 17, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
- House Approved Procedural Rule That Allows Legislative Amendments to Axe Specific Programs/Agencies or Agency Officials
- EEOC Requested Public Input on Its Draft FY 2023-2027 Strategic Enforcement Plan
- U.S. DOL & White House OMB Directed Federal Agencies to Designate Labor Advisors
- Another U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms the Injunction Against Implementation of the Federal Contractor COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
- USDOL Adjusted Civil Monetary Penalties Per Inflation Adjustment Act
- USDOL & 8 Other Agencies Proposed a Controversial Joint Rule on Partnerships with Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by John C. Fox | Nov 14, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)
- Illinois and Tennessee Voters Went in Opposite Directions on Labor Law Ballot Measures
- U.S. EEOC Published Proposal to Eliminate Counting Employees to Determine Filing “Type” for EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection
- With Coming New Independent Contractor Rules, U.S. GAO Reported That Many Companies Use Them
- U.S. Departments of Justice & Labor, Plus EEOC, Issued Joint Veterans’ Resources Document
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by John C. Fox | Jan 31, 2022 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
What Federal Contractors May Expect For The Remainder of FY 2022 No one would have ever predicted it a year ago or did predict that the OFCCP and the EEOC (see last week’s WIR) would actually go backwards and perform below the level of the Trump Administration....
by John C. Fox | Jan 4, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- New COVID-19 Relief Permits Employers to Voluntarily Extend Cost-Free Paid Leave Under FFCRA into 2021
- EO 13950 Imploded Even Before Biden Could Cancel it + Bonus Blog Post
- REMINDER: Time to Get Ready to Apply for USDOL’s HIRE Vets Medallion Program
- OFCCP Now Accepting Public Comment on Its New Proposed Information Collection Requests in Construction Contractor Compliance Audit Scheduling Letters Awaiting OMB Approval
- OFCCP Wants More Comments on Its Proposal to Require Contractors to Submit All AAPs for Verification: Public Comment Deadline Extended
- OFCCP Director Craig Leen Timed Out: Does Not Make it to OPM + Bonus Blog Post
- U.S. Department of Labor Issues Two Opinion Letters Regarding Travel Time and Overtime Payments Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
- EEOC Announces It will Hold Its First Commission Meeting of 2021
- OFCCP Touts a Year in Review
by John C. Fox | Sep 28, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)
- Submit Comments on Paid Leave Under FFCRA & CARES Act
- OFCCP Loses Oracle Case At Trial
- Trump Issues Executive Order 13950 to Combat Race and Sex Stereotyping Imposing New Requirements on Government Contractors, plus a Bonus Deep Dive Blog Post
- Department of Labor Proposes New Independent Contractor Test Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
- USDOL Break-Out Sessions Now Available
- EEOC Now Fully Staffed With Republican Majority
- OFCCP Defines “Promotion”
- Top Organizations Identified to Oversee IRAPs
- VETS Apprenticeship Pilot Will Help Employers Achieve the VETS Medallion Award
by John C. Fox | Aug 24, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)
- President Trump Issues Executive Order Requesting Agency Heads to Review Contractor Use of Temporary Foreign Labor or Services
- ICE Relaxes Form I-9 “Physical Presence” Requirement to September 19
- New Mental Health Tools in the Workplace: A Practical Guide for Business
- USDOL Outlines Breastfeeding Protections in the American Workplace
- EEOC Republican Commissioners Vote for Transparency; Lone Democrat Commissioner Dissents
- USDOL Published a COVID-19 Return to Work Checklist for Food Manufacturers
- EEOC to Discuss its Section 707 “Pattern or Practice” Authority
- “Decluttering the Department of Labor”
- Another Handy Checklist: Disability Inclusion for eRecruiting Systems
by John C. Fox | Mar 2, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)
- 2019 Labor Force Characterstics
- Are They My Employees? NLRB Issued Final Rule Defining Joint-Employer Status Under the NLRA…And The Unions Are Not Going To Like It
- Bonus Feature: Overview of the Trump Administration’s Government-Wide Redefinition of Who is a Joint-Employer
- The 9th Circuit Talks about Sex and Biased Factors in Equal Pay Act Claims
- Update to February 21, 2020 Story: New Boss in Town, Same as the Old Boss: Secretary of Labor Scalia’s Order 01-2020 Allows Secretary of Labor to be Final Arbiter of the Department of Labor’s Decisions
by John C. Fox | Jan 27, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)
- OFCCP Honors Martin Luther King, Jr
- U.S. Census Officially Started!
- Retaliation Charges Top the Chart – Again!
- OSH Act Turns 50
- Reminders!
