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OFCCP Week In Review: February 19, 2024
- US DOL Announced 2023 Equity Action Plan Update
- GAO Issued Three Frank, Blunt, & Shocking Warning Reports that U.S. Fiscal Health is Not Good & Federal Government Spending is Not Sustainable
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: February 12, 2024
- U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Ruled “Retaliatory Intent” Not Required to Prove SOX Whistleblower Claim
- U.S. GAO Report on Military Spouse Employment Focused on Challenges of Part-Time Work
- HIRE Vets Medallion Award Application Period Now Open
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: February 5, 2024
- FAR Council Proposed Rule on “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting” Unveiled
- OFCCP Added Ten New FAQs on “Compensation History”
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management Announced Final Rule Prohibiting Consideration of Current or Past Pay in Determining Federal Worker Compensation
- JOLTS Report – Job Openings Increased by 101k in December, Rate Unchanged at 5.4%
- Excitement, Turbulence & Confusion: DE Talk Podcast Reviews Top 10 Employment Law Issues That Affected Federal Contractors in 2023
- Economy Added 353k Jobs in January, Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 3.7%
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: January 29, 2024
- Federal Trial Court Dismissed Novel Complaint Alleging Certain Algorithm-Based Applicant Screening Tools Discriminated Based on Race, Age, & Disability
- US DOL ETA Explained Its Lengthy NPRM to “Modernize Registered Apprenticeship Regulations”
- U.S. EEOC Commissioner Charges Continued to Rise in FY 2023
- In Brief
- New Publications
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: January 22, 2024
- Conservative Activist Group Filed Complaints with OFCCP Alleging Prominent Airlines’ DEI Programs Violated Their Federal Contracts
- In Brief
- New Publications
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: January 16, 2024
- US DOL‘s WHD Published Its “Employee or Independent Contractor” Classification Final Rule
- US DOL Adjusted Civil Monetary Penalties Per Inflation Adjustment Act
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: January 8, 2024
- FAR Council Submitted for OMB Approval Proposed Rule on “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting”
- Federal Judge Ruled EEO-1 Reports Not Protected Under FOIA Exemption for Confidential Commercial Information
- JOLTS Report – Job Openings Decreased by 62k in November, Rate Unchanged at 5.3%
- Economy Added 216k Jobs in December, Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 3.7%
- In Brief
- New Publications
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: January 2, 2024
- Embracing Generational Differences at Work Discussed in New DE Talk Podcast
- President Biden Intends to Renominate Julie Su to be the Next U.S. Secretary of Labor
- Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council Issued Final Rule Requiring Unionized Workforces on Large Federal Construction Projects
- EEOC Commissioner Sonderling Continued Advocating for Increased EEOC Involvement in Regulating AI in the Workplace
- In Brief
- New Publications
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: December 18, 2023
- Without Notice, OFCCP Updated Its Construction Program and CSAL FAQs
- Contractors Have New Opportunity to Comment on OFCCP’s Supply & Service Contractor Portal Information Collection
- US GAO Recommended US DOL & OMB Spearhead Increased Agency Collaboration for Data on Workers in Contract Arrangements
- US DOL WHD Unveiled Its Final Rule on Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts
- Education Does Not Resolve Gender Wage Gap, According to US Census Bureau Findings
- US DOL ETA Announced NPRM to “Modernize” Registered Apprenticeship Rules
- US DOL ODEP Released New WRP Database of Student/Recent Graduate Jobseekers with Disabilities
- Upcoming Opportunity to Weigh-In on Revising “Schedule A” Labor Certifications in Light of AI Development Needs
- New Publications
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: December 11, 2023
- JOLTS Report – Job Openings Decreased by 617k in October, Rate Decreased to 5.3%
- OFCCP Fall 2023 Regulatory Agenda Includes Surprises: Several New Items & Two Withdrawn Items
- Employers Who Missed December 5 Deadline Now Have Until January 9 to File EEO-1 Survey
- Economy Added 199k Jobs in November and the Short-Term Unemployment Rate Edged Down to 3.7%
- In Brief
- New Publications
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
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