by DE Compliance News | Aug 12, 2024 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
For nearly ten years, DirectEmployers OFCCP Week In Review has been delivered to your inbox at 3:00 pm ET like clockwork and has become a valuable resource for employment law updates for federal contractors and public sector employees. With respect to your readership,...
by DE Compliance News | Aug 5, 2024 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
AI Proponents Now Changing their Tune from “AI will create jobs” to “There will be a loss of jobs” …Reskilling and Upskilling Are the New Names of the Game A new Cisco Systems-led Consortium Report (titled “The Transformational Opportunity of AI on ICT Jobs”)...
by DE Compliance News | Aug 5, 2024 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
- U.S. GAO Published Report on Federal Agencies’ Management of Human Trafficking Risks in Contracts
- JOLTS Report – Job Openings Decreased by 46k in June, Rate Held Steady at 4.9%
- AI Revolution is Now Here with Major Ramifications for Staffing, AAP Development, and Talent Acquisition
- Massachusetts Enacted Bill That Requires Pay Ranges in Job Ads & Worker Data Reporting
- Job Growth Slowed as U.S. Economy Added Only 114k Jobs in July, Unemployment Rate Edged Up to 4.3%
- In Brief
- New Publications
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by DE Compliance News | Jul 29, 2024 | Data, OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
- Federal Judge in Philadelphia Declined to Block FTC’s Non-Compete Ban
- OFCCP Issued New Directive on “Expedited Conciliation Procedures”
- NLRB Announced Final Union Election Protection Rule Rescinding Trump-Era Rule
- In Brief
- New Publications
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by DE Compliance News | Jul 22, 2024 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
- Court Held That Workday Was an “Agent” to Employers Licensing its AI Applicant Screening Tools: Other Bases of Potential Liability Rejected
- EEOC Commissioner Sonderling Announced His Departure
- NLRB Voluntarily Asked Fifth Circuit to Dismiss its Appeal of Lower Court Ruling That Struck Down Board’s Joint Employer Rule: Shenanigans Afoot
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by DE Compliance News | Jul 15, 2024 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
Model CROWN Act Ties Natural Hair Texture & Protective Hairstyles to Race/Ethnicity Discrimination Protections EEOC Enforcement Stances Similar to Model CROWN Act No Current Legal Consensus on Whether Title VII’s Race Discrimination Prohibition Covers Natural Hair...
by DE Compliance News | Jul 15, 2024 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
- New Hampshire Became 26th State to Enact its Version of Model CROWN Act
- Second Opportunity to Comment on Proposed Resurrection of Construction Contractor Monthly (CC-257) Employment Utilization Reports
- U.S. Census Bureau Requested Public Comments on ACS Timeline for Implementing Updated Directive on Race & Ethnicity Data Standards
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by DE Compliance News | Jul 8, 2024 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
Three things became almost immediately apparent following the U.S. Supreme Court’s (“SCOTUS”) retirement 10 days ago of its 40-year-old fling with the so-called “Chevron Doctrine.” (If you missed the SCOTUS’ Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision (“Loper...
by DE Compliance News | Jul 8, 2024 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
- SCOTUS’ Retirement of “Chevron Doctrine” Has Exposed Vulnerability of OFCCP’s Overreaching Interpretations of Some of its Rules
- With Exception for the Texas State Government, USDOL Overtime Rule Took Effect
- OSHA Unveiled Proposed Rule on First-Ever National Heat Standard
- JOLTS Report – Job Openings Increased by 221k in May, Rate Increased Slightly to 4.9%: State & Federal Government Employers Led Job Openings
- U.S. Economy Added 206k Jobs in June, Unemployment Rate Edged Up to 4.1%
- Spring 2024 Regulatory Agenda Revealed EEOC’s Plan to Propose Employer Pay Data Collection in January 2025
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by DE Compliance News | Jul 1, 2024 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
- Federal Judge Temporarily Blocked Portions of USDOL Rule Setting New Formula for Prevailing Wages on Federal Construction Projects
- It’s All Over but the Shouting: OFCCP Must Shut Down its Administrative Court Prosecutions as a Result of SCOTUS’ SEC Jury Trial Case Decision
- U.S. Supreme Court Dissolved Decades-Old Precedent Giving Court Deference to Federal Agency Interpretations of The Laws They Enforce
- In Brief
- New Publications
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders