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)
- 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 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 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management Announced Proposed Rule on Pay Equity for Federal Workers
- USDOL ODEP Announced Themes for 2023 Disability Awareness Month & 50th Anniversary of Rehab Act
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by John C. Fox | May 8, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
- OFCCP Extended Enforcement Moratorium for Veterans’ Affairs Health Benefits Program Providers
- COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement for Federal Contractors to End on May 11
- NLRB Reverted Back to “Setting Specific” Legal Standard on How Employers May Deal with Abusive Employees
- U.S. EEOC Published 2nd Notice on Proposal to Eliminate Counting Employees to Determine Filing “Type” for EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection
- JOLTS Report: Job Openings Decreased (for 2nd month in a row) this time by 384k in March as the U.S. Jobs Market Continues to Contract
- White House Announced Three New Actions to Mitigate AI Risks
- Economy Added 253k Jobs in April, Unemployment Rate Decreased Slightly to 3.4% But Long-Term Unemployment Increased as the “Great Resignation” Continues
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by John C. Fox | May 1, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
- OFCCP’s Controversial “Pre-Enforcement Notice & Conciliation Procedures” Final Rule Coming Soon: Ends Trump Era of Transparency
- California CRD Will Consider 2-Month Extensions on Labor Contractor Employee Reports Deadline
- Senate HELP Committee Advanced Nomination of Julie Su for U.S. Secretary of Labor
- OFCCP Slightly Modified Proposal to Revise Its Complaint Intake Procedures
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by John C. Fox | Apr 24, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
- OFCCP Released the First 20,000 EEO-1 Files to The Public
- OFCCP’s Modified Proposal to Revise Scheduling Letter & Itemized Listing Revealed Via Newly Posted Documents
- Ninth Circuit Became First Court of Appeals to Rule for Biden Administration’s Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate
- House & Senate Democrats Reintroduced “Do No Harm Act”
- Julie Su in the “Hotseat” During Senate HELP Committee Hearing
- U.S. NLRB Detailed Expansive Potential Remedies for Repeat or Egregious Violations
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders