by DE Compliance News | Oct 11, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- OFCCP Alleges Individuals Classified as “Two or More Races” are Protected From Discrimination as a New “Protected Class”
- OFCCP Spotlights Its Disability Inclusion Resources
- Construction Compliance Course Released in The Online OFCCP Contractor Compliance Institute
- Moving Along – Pending Piece of Tip Rule Takes Its Last Dance
- E-Verify Now Offering Webinars Eligible for Professional Development Credits!
- September’s Employment Situation – Another Disappointing Jobs Creation Month and More Americans Dropping Out to Expand the Long-Term Unemployed List
- Artificial Intelligence in The Workforce – Utopia or Legal Landmine?
- Looking Ahead: Celebrate NDEAM 2021 And The 20th Anniversary Of the Office of Disability Employment Policy
by DE Compliance News | Oct 4, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- Real-Time Labor Market Information Available Through National Labor Exchange (NLx)
- Navigating COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: Employer vs. Employee Rights
- Open Virtual Meeting on Veteran Employment & Employer Outreach
- NLRB Counsel Continues to Trailblaze – This Time for Student-Athletes
- Another $68 Million Awarded for Job Seeker Assistance
- NASWA Announced Its 2021-2022 Board of Directors
- FAR Council Required Two Clauses to Be Embedded in Federal Contracts Seeking to “Require” Compliance with Any and All Task Force “Guidances” Re COVID-19 Vaccinations or Testing
- Government Fiscal Year Kicks Off In Status Quo
- It’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month!
by DE Compliance News | Sep 27, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- It Starts: Again. Texas Sued the EEOC Over Its Workplace Transgender Bathroom Guidance
- Joint-Employer Rescission Rule Pushed Back Due To Technicality
- Advisory Committee On Apprenticeships Is Now Staffed and Is Hosting a Public Meeting
- Nine Organizations Identified in the Employment Navigator and Partnership Pilot to Assist Transitioning Service Members & Spouses
- USDOL Delayed Returning Its Employees To Work In The Office: Teleworking To Remain Until The Start of Calendar 2022
- A New Tip Rule Provides More Employee-Friendly Provisions
- The Deadline for the White House Gender Policy Council Strategy Report to The President Has Passed Without Announcement
- By Executive Fiat, White House Task Force Suddenly Extended a COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate to Include ALL Employees of Federal Contractors and Subcontractors
by DE Compliance News | Sep 20, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- GAO Seeks to Improve Veterans Justice Outreach Program to Help Veterans and Employers
- A Must Watch Short Video on Writing Good (Inclusive) Job Descriptions
- Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Increase on The Horizon
- AAP Administrators — Budget (A LOT) Of Time for Census Re-Mapping
- The Controversial New NLRB General Counsel Has Now Extended Her Push for New Forms of Damages in NLRB Actions to Include Settlement Negotiations, and Not Just NLRB Adjudications
- Learn & Celebrate! It’s National Hispanic Heritage Month
- White House Safer Federal Workforce Task Force Greenlights Federal Executive Agencies to Impose Vaccination Mandates on Federal Contracts/Subcontracts Beyond Biden’s Federal Contractor Vaccination Mandate
- E-Verify Reminder to Employers
- Get Ideas for National Disability Employment Awareness Month This Thursday Via a Twitter Chat!
by DE Compliance News | Sep 13, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- Submit Stories About Essential Workers for USDOL’s Hall of Honor
- Get Involved in National Apprenticeship Week!
- National Association of State Workforce Agencies Annual Summit Open for Registration
- NLRB General Counsel Issued a Memo Instructing Staff to Expand Financial Remedies in Enforcement Actions Under the NLRA, Including “Consequential” Damages
- Two of President Biden’s Four Vaccine Mandates are Likely Unlawful, Without Implementing Rules, While the Other Two are Likely Lawful
- President Biden Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine for Certain Federal Contractors: Exceptions As Interesting As Who is Covered
- Comment or Vote on How to Advance Worker Equity
by DE Compliance News | Sep 7, 2021 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
Tuesday August 31, 2021: OFCCP’s New Emerging AAP Delivery Portal and AAP “Verification” Program: Much Ado About Nothing Both New Initiatives Lack Regulatory Authority and Both Are Unenforceable But, will contractors nonetheless flock like lemmings? Rapid-Fire...
by DE Compliance News | Sep 7, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- Twenty States File Suit to Strike Down EEOC Technical Assistance Documents Regarding Disputed Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Protections
- OFCCP Came Out of Hibernation and Exploded with Three New Enforcement Initiatives
- OFCCP’s New Emerging AAP Delivery Portal and AAP “Verification” Program: Much Ado About Nothing
- DirectEmployers Partners with Leading Neurodiversity Expert Haley Moss to Promote Disability Inclusion & Diversity in the Workplace
- Form I-9 Flexibility Continues Per COVID Precautions
- New Courses Available for Transitioning Military Spouses
- Sample Application Now Available for “HIRE Vets Medallion Award”
- OFCCP Announced 400 New Full Compliance Reviews of Construction Contractors in its Latest CSAL
- It’s September?! Take A Moment to Be Aware
- Artificial Intelligence in the Hiring Process…Friend or Foe?]
- Back to the Future: OFCCP Rescinds as Premature the Trump OFCCP’s Rescission of OFCCP’s Interest to Evaluate Employer EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data Reports
- August Job Numbers Plummet by Over Half a Million Jobs: COVID-19 Economic Recovery Stunted
- Nomination Process Open for the Advisory Committee on Veterans’ Employment, Training, and Employer Outreach
- President Biden Issued EO On White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities
- Revised EEO Tabulation Data for AAPs Must Be Used Starting January 1, 2022
- The First Labor Day Parade – Almost a Disaster!
by DE Compliance News | Aug 30, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- See Your State’s Race & Ethnicity by County
- Ban on Teaching Critical Race Theory in Federally Funded Pre-K through K-12 Schools Moves One Step Closer to Passage with U.S. House of Representatives Passage of the $3.5T FY 2022 Federal Budget Bill
- Season Three of the DE Talk Podcast Launches with Conversation Around Redefining Work & the 8-to-5 Culture
- Nine Organizations Named to Receive Reemployment Funding
- Democrats Take the NLRB Majority – Expect Changes Ahead: Employers Brace for Impact
by DE Compliance News | Aug 23, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- EEOC/OFCCP Hosted Town Hall On Outreach Strategies
- Comment on EEOC Reentry Plan
- NLRB Added New Features to Its Website
- EEO-1 Survey Deadline Extended
- USDOL Announced $90M In Grants To Support Reemployment Services For Workers Displaced By The Pandemic
- NLRB To “Aggressively Seek” Injunctions to Stop Alleged Unfair Labor Practices
- Upcoming Event: EEOC Commissioner Sonderling To Address Implications of Artificial Intelligence
by DE Compliance News | Aug 16, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- Neurodiversity Inclusion Checklist for Employers
- Company Website Disability Inclusion Messaging
- U.S. Senate Forwards the Proposed $3.5 Trillion FY 2022 Budget to U.S. House of Representatives, But Bans Critical Race Theory in Federally Funded Pre-K through K-12 Schools
- Williams is the New ODEP Top Administrator (Obama Reunion Continues at USDOL)
- NLRB Memo Directs Regions on Mandatory Issues to Submit to Headquarters
- NILG Conference – Key Themes Recapped
- Speak Up for A Panel on Artificial Intelligence Technology for Individuals With Disabilities at SXSW
