DE Talk | Excitement, Turbulence & Confusion: The Top 10 Employment Law Issues That Affected Federal Contractors in 2023

DE Talk | Excitement, Turbulence & Confusion: The Top 10 Employment Law Issues That Affected Federal Contractors in 2023

by | 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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OFCCP Week In Review: May 22, 2023

OFCCP Week In Review: May 22, 2023

by | 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
OFCCP Week In Review: May 22, 2023

OFCCP Week In Review: November 7, 2022

by | Nov 7, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • There Are Three Reasons The Coming Harvard & UNC Case Decisions Will Not Harm “Affirmative Action” Despite Now Growing Fears
  • US GAO Reported That EEOC Needs Oversight on Length of Charge Intake Process
  • US BLS JOLTS Report For September Showed Increase in Job Openings to 10.7 Million; Hires & Total Separations Down Slightly
  • Analytical Basis Behind U.S. NLRB General Counsel’s Memo on Electronic Surveillance and Organizing Flawed, Says Top Labor Law Attorney
  • Political Flip Continued at U.S. NLRB with Publication of Proposed Union Election Protection Rule That Would Rescind Current Trump-Era Rule
  • Economy Added 261k Jobs in October; Unemployment Rate Increased Slightly
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
There Are Three Reasons The Coming Harvard & UNC Case Decisions Will Not Harm “Affirmative Action” Despite Now Growing Fears

Title VII Will Stop OFCCP “Cold in Its Tracks” From Releasing EEO-1 Component 2 Pay and Hours Worked Data: The “Abandoned Baby on The Porch” Legal Problem

by | Aug 22, 2022 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

First, What Happened? OFCCP’s Thursday public e-mail “Notice providing contractors an opportunity to object to the release of EEO-1 reports requested under FOIA” set off a flurry of overnight “mirror report” Blogs reporting OFCCP’s broadly disseminated e-mail Notice....
USDOL Announced A Coming Controversial OFCCP Final Rule Recognizing Expanded Religious Defenses, Even While Only Mirroring the Recent Case Law Which Established Them, Published the Rule Two Days Later, And Then Two Days Later Drew Angry Criticism From House Speaker Pelosi

USDOL Announced A Coming Controversial OFCCP Final Rule Recognizing Expanded Religious Defenses, Even While Only Mirroring the Recent Case Law Which Established Them, Published the Rule Two Days Later, And Then Two Days Later Drew Angry Criticism From House Speaker Pelosi

by | Dec 14, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)

On Monday December 7, 2020, OFCCP issued a press release announcing that it would soon publish its Final Rule updating OFCCP’s Rules re religious discrimination titled: “Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause’s Religious Exemption.”...
OFCCP Week In Review: December 7, 2020

OFCCP Week In Review: December 7, 2020

by | Dec 7, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Controversial Contract Language for EO 13950 Released
  • WHD Issued Two New FLSA-related Opinion Letters
  • Transgender Now Protected Under Title VII
  • EEOC Released a Savvy New Employment Data Tool
  • New TAG for Small Contractors
  • OFCCP Concedes to Oracle
  • November Employment Situation Shows Steady Improvement As Unemployment Drops To 6.7%
  • Remembering Pearl Harbor