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OFCCP Week In Review: July 31, 2023
- Four Implications Impacting Federal Government Contractors & Employers Following the SCOTUS Decision in the Harvard & UNC Cases + “Life Preserver” Practical Next Step Suggestions
- USCIS Published Notice Introducing Revised I-9 Form
- U.S. EEOC Updated Technical Assistance Document on Visual Disabilities
- U.S. DOL’s OSHA Issued First-Ever Hazard Alert for Heat
- OFCCP Updated Its Affirmative Action FAQ Section to Address Recent SCOTUS University Admissions Case Decisions
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
Part III: Four Implications Impacting Federal Government Contractors & Employers Following the SCOTUS Decision in the Harvard & UNC Cases + “Life Preserver” Practical Next Step Suggestions
This is Part III of a Four-Part Series discussing the implications for employers of the SCOTUS’ case decision resolving the Harvard and UNC cases. The fourth and Final Part of this 4-part Blog series will appear in next week’s Week In Review publication. If you missed...
OFCCP Week In Review: July 24, 2023
- Part III: Four Implications Impacting Federal Government Contractors & Employers Following the SCOTUS Decision in the Harvard & UNC Cases + “Life Preserver” Practical Next Step SuggestionsPart III: Four Implications Impacting Federal Government Contractors & Employers Following the SCOTUS Decision in the Harvard & UNC Cases + “Life Preserver” Practical Next Step Suggestions
- White House Regulatory Affairs Office Issued New Guidance to Agencies on Implementing “Modernizing Regulatory Review” Executive Order
- Republicans Question Whether Julie Su’s Continuing Role at USDOL Renders Her Actions at Labor Illegal (including all Rulemakings)
- USCIS Announced It Will Publish Revised I-9 Form on August 1, 2023
- OSHA Published Final Rule Requiring High-Hazard Industry Employers to Electronically Submit Injury & Illness Records
- U.S. OPM Proposed Allowing Federal Managers To Avoid The Most Qualified Candidates To Pick Those Who Offer Better “Fit
- How Hiring Works
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
Part II: Four Implications Impacting Federal Government Contractors & Employers Following the SCOTUS Decision in the Harvard & UNC Cases + “Life Preserver” Practical Next Step Suggestions
Monday, July 10, 2023: Part II: Four Implications Impacting Federal Government Contractors & Employers Following the SCOTUS Decision in the Harvard & UNC Cases + “Life Preserver” Practical Next Step Suggestions This is Part II of a Four-Part Series (the next...
OFCCP Week In Review: July 17, 2023
- FAR Council’s Interim Rule Banned TikTok on Federal Government Contractor Devices
- Part II: Four Implications Impacting Federal Government Contractors & Employers Following the SCOTUS Decision in the Harvard & UNC Cases + “Life Preserver” Practical Next Step Suggestions
- Kotagal Barely Squeaked by Her Senate Confirmation Vote to Now Be the Third Democrat on the Five-Member Bipartisan EEOC Commission
- Julie Su Nomination Is Now Dead
- U.S. House Passed Defense Funding Bill Without AOC’s Amendment to Shift Existing DoD Pre-Offer Criminal History Inquiries Authority to OFCCP
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
Four Implications Impacting Federal Government Contractors & Employers Following the SCOTUS Decision in the Harvard & UNC Cases + “Life Preserver” Practical Next Step Suggestions
This is Part I of a Four-Part Series (the next three parts will appear one-per-week in the next three Week In Review publications) Part A, below, describes the continuing and growing “Pipeline” problem. Part B, below, throws employers “life-preserver” suggestions to...
OFCCP Week In Review: July 10, 2023
- Four Implications Impacting Federal Government Contractors & Employers Following the SCOTUS Decision in the Harvard & UNC Cases + “Life Preserver” Practical Next Step Suggestions
- House Education & Workforce Committee Chair Sought GAO Opinion on How Long Julie Su Can Serve as U.S. DOL Acting Secretary
- JOLTS Report – Job Openings Decreased by 496k in May, Rate Decreased Slightly to 5.9%
- Economy Added a Modest 209k Jobs in June, Short-Term Unemployment Rate Down Slightly to 3.6%
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
SCOTUS Ends Its 45-Year Detour Around The Equal Protection Clause By Now Finding “Race-Based” Admissions Practices At Harvard and UNC Unlawful
Majority Said Grutter Promised to End Race-Based Admission Practices This Decade Majority Found Harvard & UNC Also Failed The Prior Grutter Test Which Made Race-Based Admission Practices in Higher Education Temporarily Lawful Under Narrow Circumstances Both...
Employers Must Grant Religious Accommodations Absent Substantial Increased Costs, Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court Ruled
Decision Clarified Landmark 1977 Ruling on “Undue Hardship” SCOTUS suggested the EEOC revisit its “undue hardship” interpretations The federal courts are now quickly coming full circle on the initial patent hostility they showed to employee accommodations in the...
OFCCP Week In Review: July 3, 2023
- At 11th Hour, OFCCP Made Changes to Contractor Portal FAQ
- U.S. Census Bureau Reported Sharp Drop in On-Site/In-Person Work Between 2019 & 2021
- One Day After PWFA Took Effect, EEOC Submitted Proposed Regulations for OMB Review
- U.S. EEOC Discreetly Announced EEO-1 Reporting Tentative Starting Date Pushed Back to Fall 2023
- SCOTUS Ends Its 45-Year Detour Around The Equal Protection Clause By Now Finding “Race-Based” Admissions Practices At Harvard and UNC Unlawful
- The Four “Elevator Speeches” Federal Contractor Compliance Managers and AAP Vendors Now Need Post Harvard/UNC
- Three Justices Square Off in the Harvard/UNC Case Decision Over the Accuracy of OMB Directive 15 Defining Race and National Origin in America
- Employers Must Grant Religious Accommodations Absent Substantial Increased Costs, Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court Ruled
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
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