by John C. Fox | Nov 29, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Executive Order Now Officially EO 14055
- New $15.00 Minimum Wage Rule for SOME Employees of Federal Contractors by January 30, 2022 is a Complex Web of Broadened Inclusions and Technical Exclusions
by John C. Fox | Nov 22, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- USDOL Seeks Apprenticeship Ambassadors & Public Discussion on Diversity
- Renewed Call for Transgender Rights and Dignity as Deaths Due to Protected Status Rise to Deadliest Year on Record
- Private Employers Forced to Remain on Their Toes as Changes to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates are Occurring Daily/OSHA Suspended Its Own Emergency Temporary Standard
- A White House in Disarray Realizes Its Error in Federal Contractor Vaccination and Mask Mandate: Now Attempts “Hail Mary Pass” to OMB to Save It
- National Labor Exchange Hits 4 Million Daily Job Postings While NASWA Secures Funds to Mine the Data
- The “She-cession” – What Is It and How Do We Combat It?
- EEOC’s Annual Financial Report Shows Year-Over-Year Consistency
- USDOL, NLRB, and EEOC Discuss Ending Retaliation in The Workplace
- EEOC’s COVID-19 Technical Assistance Guide Updated to Include Retaliation Information
- New Executive Order Looks to Keep Employees Working When Federal Contracts Change Hands
by John C. Fox | Nov 15, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- NLRB Counsel Seeks To Protect Immigrant Workers Rights
- Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Blasted and Enjoined the OSHA ETS in a Harsh Order; The List of Lawsuits Challenging Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates Continues to Grow
- EARN Website Gets A Redesign
- OFCCP Published Its NPRM to Rescind the Trump Religious Discrimination Exemption Rule, As Predicted Last Week
- Six New Countries Eligible For H-2 Visa Programs
- Federal Contractor Guidance Updated to Include New Fully Vaccinated Deadline
- NILG Comments On The Collection Of Pay Data
- Comment Now On The Issuance of “Consequential Damages” To Employees Per The NLRB
- NLRB, EEOC, and USDOL Join Forces To Use Their “Bully Pulpits” to Combat Workplace Retaliation: No Substantive Requirements Planned
- USVETS Honors 849 Companies With 2021 Hire Vets Medallion Awards!
- Honoring Our Military Veterans
- USDOL Seeks to Reverse Yet Another Trump Rule: Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs Now on the Chopping Block: Ping-Pong
by John C. Fox | Nov 8, 2021 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published both its highly anticipated Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”: 86 FR 61402) as an “Interim Final Rule” implementing its authority pursuant to the Occupational...
by John C. Fox | Nov 8, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- The Final, Final, This Time We Mean It Deadline For EEO-1 Survey is November 15th
- New Guidance for Federal Government Contractors on Vaccine Mandate Continues to Stretch Its Reach
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- NLRB Back On Average With $56 Million Collected in Fiscal Year 2021
- Watch The 2021 HIRE Vets Medallion Award Ceremony!
- It’s National Native American Heritage Month!
- The White House Issued a Press Release Relaxing the December 8, 2021 Employee Vaccination or Termination “Requirement” Applicable to Federal Contractors and Subcontractors to January 4, 2022
- OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines or Testing/Masks Catches Federal Contractors in a Bind by Exempting Them from the More Generous Exceptions to the OSHA ETS
- DEAMcon22 Agenda is Here!! Pack Your Bags For Carlsbad, California
- Comment Now on the Continuation of Videoconferencing In NLRB Hearings
- Monthly Job Growth For October Currently Slightly Below Yearly Average
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Jumped into the Vaccine Mandate Action with its Own Interim Final Rule Covering 17 Million Medicare/Medicaid Provider Employees
- It Took Less Than 24 Hours: U.S. Fifth Circuit Strikes Down OSHA ETS Citing “grve statutory and constitutional issues”
- OFCCP Published its Draft Proposal to Rescind the Trump OFCCP Religious Exemption Rule, and Not Replace It
by John C. Fox | Nov 1, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- EEOC Tackles COVID Religious Accommodation FAQs
- Comment Now on the Remote Document Examination Process for the I-9 Form
- No Surprise: EEO-1 Survey Portal Still Open
- Employers Must Close Cases To Complete the E-Verify Process
- Listen In: The Role of Employers In Employee Mental Health
- Another OFCCP Policy Reversal in The Making as Agency Nears Rescission of its Rule Outlining Executive Order 11246’s Religious Exemption for Federal Contractors
- EEOC Launched Its Artificial Intelligence Initiative Commissioner Sonderling Has Long Championed And Forewarned
- Back-to-the-Future! USDOL Published Final Rule Reinstating “80-20” Policy for Minimum Wages Owed Tipped Employees and Rescinding the Remainder of the Trump Final Rule
- It Starts: Red State Lawsuits Busting Out Big to Stop Biden Vaccination Mandate Seeking to Require Federal Government Contractors/Subcontractors to Fire Unvaxxed Employees
- Trump Administration’s Joint Employer Rule Officially Dead
- Court Exalts SOME Rights of Private For-Profit Companies Over SOME LGBTQ+ Rights in Religious Freedom Treatise in Latest Collision of Rights Case Decision
by John C. Fox | Oct 25, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- Little Known Section 18(b) of OSHA Will Now Drive Many States to File Lawsuits to Stop the OSHA COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate They Do Not Want
- VETS Seeks Partners For Employment Navigator Pilot Program
- New Vaccine FAQs For Federal Contractors
- White House Issued National Strategy on Gender Equity & Equality, Includes Priority to Address Wage Gap
- EEOC Spotlights Disability Discrimination Achievements
- EEO-1 Report Filing Deadline – TODAY!
by John C. Fox | Oct 18, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- Vaccine Mandate Moves to White House for Review
- Biden Clipped ICE’s Wings: Homeland Security Memo Redirected Enforcement Efforts Towards “Unscrupulous Employers” and Away From Illegal Aliens…and Ends Mass Raids of Employer Facilities
- EEOC Commissioner Sonderling Hit a Home Run Discussing All Things EEOC With DirectEmployers’ Members
- EEOC Updated Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccinations
- NLRB Median Age of Pending Cases Continues Downward Trend
by John C. Fox | 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 John C. Fox | 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!
