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OFCCP’s New MOU with the EEOC Could Dramatically Change OFCCP’s Enforcement Program
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (“DOJ CRD”) executed and finalized on November 3, 2020 a dramatically different (Memorandum...
OFCCP Week In Review: November 9, 2020
- OFCCP Grants National Interest Exemptions for Recent Natural Disasters
- USDOJ Touts Win in Disability-Related Childcare Case
- EEOC TO Meet on Religious Discrimination
- New Initiative to Help Americans Obtain Employment
- Controversial MOU Between OFCCP and EEOC Now Vests OFCCP With Authority to Investigate Title VII Charges and Apply Tilte VII Liability and Remedies
- Comment Now on HIRE Vets Medallion Program
- Two New WHD Opinion Letters
- OFCCP Released a Supply & Service Technical Assistance Guide
- OFCCP Compliance: Looking Back and Ahead
- OFCCP’s “New Gold Standard” in Resolving Potential Discrimination
- The October Employment Situation Shows Slight Improvements
- Mark Your Calendar – Happening THIS week!
OFCCP Week In Review: November 2, 2020
- Fifth Woman in History Confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court
- EEOC to Discuss MOU with USDOL & USDOJ
- Is Scabby the Rat Unlawful?
- Two Civil Rights Groups Sued The Trump Administration To Stop EO 13950
- OFCCP Director of Policy & Program Development Provided Agency Updates
- Comment Now on E-Verify
- Comment Now on OFCCP Construction Recordkeeping Requirements
- NLRB Boasts Great Progress in FY 2020
- NLRB Enhanced its Website
- Led by California, three States Sue The EEOC In an Attempt to Force Access to EEO-1 Component 2 “Hours Worked” and “Pay Data”
- New Regulations Outlining EEOC Guidance
Two Civil Rights Groups Sued The Trump Administration To Stop EO 13950
The National Urban League and the National Fair Housing Alliance, both which are covered federal Government contractors and federal grant recipients, filed suit in the federal District Court for the District of Columbia. Their Complaint seeks a declaration that...
OFCCP Week In Review: October 26, 2020
- USDOL Boasts OFCCP’s Monetary Settlements
- Ensure Emerging Technologies are Accessible
- OFCCP Launched Executive Order 13950 Landing Page
- OFCCP Seeks Information on Contractor D&I Training Programs
- NLRB Chairman Defends Ethics Report
- The 2020 State of the Industry Survey, D&I and Remote Work Reign Supreme
- Mark Your Calendar
OFCCP Week In Review: October 19, 2020
- U.S. Secretary of Labor Commemorates Columbus Day and American Heritage
- Comment Now on Developing Jobs for Individuals with Disabilities
- Sam Maiden Heads To Retirement
- Removing the Obstacles for a Fully Inclusive Workforce
- Jocelyn Samuels (and later) Andrea Lucas Sworn in as EEOC Commissioners
- Comment Now on Veteran Employment
- EEOC Charge Filing Goes Digital and “No Cause” Determinations Clarified to Not Mean Claims have No Merit
- Disability Staff Training Resources In Support of NDEAM
- Howard Jenkins Jr. Inducted into the Government Hall of Fame
- OFCCP Revamped Its Employment Referral Resource Directory
OFCCP Week In Review: October 12, 2020
- Comment Period Extended For NLRB Amendments
- Interim Final Rule to Protect American Workers’ Wages
- OFCCP On The Offensive Against Microsoft and Wells Fargo As To “Implied” Race-Based Employment Preferences
- National Apprenticeship Week Announced
- OFCCP Issued FAQs on Sex Stereotyping Related to Executive Order 13950
- OFCCP Reminded Contractors To Grant Religious Accommodations
- Comment Now on EEOC Conciliation Process
- OFCCP Atlanta Regional Director Sam Maiden Suddenly Retired
OFCCP Week In Review: October 5, 2020
- OFCCP Immediately Set Up the “Complaint Hotline to Combat Race and Sex Stereotyping” Per Executive Order 13950
- NLRB Rejects House Committee on Education and Labor Subpoena: Cites Need for Confidentiality During the Pre-Deliberative Process
- Keith E. Sonderling sworn in as EEOC Commissioner and Vice-Chair
- The Federal Agencies Celebrated National Disability Employment Awareness Month and USDOL ODEP Offered Some Practical & Useful Employer Tools
- California Will Require Pay and Hours Worked Data Confidentially Reported By 10 “Wage Ranges” and 10 Job Categories by March 31, 2021 in a New Component 2 “Look-a-like” Reporting Law
- September Was Another Blockbuster Hiring Month; Unemployment Dropped a Full Half a Percentage Point to 7.9%, & Asians, Individuals with Disabilities and African Americans Outstripped the Percentage of White Hires For the First Time In This Pandemic
California Will Require Pay and Hours Worked Data Confidentially Reported By 10 “Wage Ranges” and 10 Job Categories by March 31, 2021 in a New Component 2 “Look-a-like” Reporting Law
The Bill California Governor Newsom signed into law on the last day of the California’s 2020 legislative session is SB-973. Continuing California’s open fight with the Trump Administration, the California Legislature stated the Bill’s intent this way: Section 1 (d):...
OFCCP Week In Review: September 28, 2020
- Submit Comments on Paid Leave Under FFCRA & CARES Act
- OFCCP Loses Oracle Case At Trial
- Trump Issues Executive Order 13950 to Combat Race and Sex Stereotyping Imposing New Requirements on Government Contractors, plus a Bonus Deep Dive Blog Post
- Department of Labor Proposes New Independent Contractor Test Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
- USDOL Break-Out Sessions Now Available
- EEOC Now Fully Staffed With Republican Majority
- OFCCP Defines “Promotion”
- Top Organizations Identified to Oversee IRAPs
- VETS Apprenticeship Pilot Will Help Employers Achieve the VETS Medallion Award
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