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OFCCP Compliance Week In Review (WIR)
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OFCCP Week In Review: December 5, 2022
- Consultant Provided Insights on Building Foundational Relationships in Native American & Tribal Communities in New DE Talk Podcast
- US BLS JOLTS Report Revealed the U.S. Job Market Shrunk 3.3% Month-Over-Month Continuing a Stairstep 6-Month Decline
- Economy Added 263k Jobs in November; Unemployment Rate Remained at 3.7%
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: November 28, 2022
- OMB Approved a Minor Change to OFCCP’s Construction Contractor Award Notification Form
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: November 21, 2022
- OFCCP Published Proposed Changes to Disability Self-Identification Form to Update Preferred Language for Specific Disabilities
- U.S. House Passed Bi-Partisan Speak Out Act Clearing the Way to President’s Desk for Anticipated Signature
- U.S. EEOC Formally Published Its Draft FY 2022-2026 Strategic Plan for Public Comment
- U.S. Senate Committee Advanced Nomination of Richard Revesz to Head OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
- Three Things That Will Happen to OFCCP and Other Federal Labor Agencies Once Republicans Take Control of the U.S. House of Representatives January 3, 2023
- NLRB Chair & GC Sent Letter to Legislators on “Budget Crisis”
- U.S. EEOC Commissioner Janet Dhillon Resigned, Noted Her Accomplishments as Chair
- OFCCP Proposed Numerous Changes to Its Supply & Service Contractor ICRs, Including City-wide Audits and Promises to Jawbone Contractors to Use of Its Portal to Submit Scheduling Letter & Itemized Listing Responses
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: November 14, 2022
- Illinois and Tennessee Voters Went in Opposite Directions on Labor Law Ballot Measures
- U.S. EEOC Published Proposal to Eliminate Counting Employees to Determine Filing “Type” for EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection
- With Coming New Independent Contractor Rules, U.S. GAO Reported That Many Companies Use Them
- U.S. Departments of Justice & Labor, Plus EEOC, Issued Joint Veterans’ Resources Document
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
There Are Three Reasons The Coming Harvard & UNC Case Decisions Will Not Harm “Affirmative Action” Despite Now Growing Fears
Last Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard (in an extraordinary session) almost five hours of oral argument in back-to-back cases challenging university admission policies relying in part on the race, ethnicity, and national origin of the candidates. (The Justices took...
OFCCP Week In Review: November 7, 2022
- There Are Three Reasons The Coming Harvard & UNC Case Decisions Will Not Harm “Affirmative Action” Despite Now Growing Fears
- US GAO Reported That EEOC Needs Oversight on Length of Charge Intake Process
- US BLS JOLTS Report For September Showed Increase in Job Openings to 10.7 Million; Hires & Total Separations Down Slightly
- Analytical Basis Behind U.S. NLRB General Counsel’s Memo on Electronic Surveillance and Organizing Flawed, Says Top Labor Law Attorney
- Political Flip Continued at U.S. NLRB with Publication of Proposed Union Election Protection Rule That Would Rescind Current Trump-Era Rule
- Economy Added 261k Jobs in October; Unemployment Rate Increased Slightly
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: October 31, 2022
- Fostering Intentional Workplace Inclusion through Vocational Rehabilitation Discussed in New DE Talk Podcast
- U.S. Department of Justice Obtained First Successful Labor Market Criminal Antitrust Prosecution
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: October 24, 2022
- “End Human Trafficking in Government Contracts Act” Enacted Now Requiring Debarment and Suspension Referrals
- OMB Temporarily Withheld Approval of Proposed Changes to Union “Persuader Reports” “Outing” Federal Contractors Pending Review of Public Comments
- Biden Administration On The Horns of Another Vaccination Mandate Dilemma: While the Legal “Cuffs Are Now Off” Allowing Reinstatement of the President’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors, The President is Now Slow Walking The Reinstatement of His Mandate
- US EEOC Released, Then Immediately Revised, Updated Employee Rights Poster
- I-9 Form Flexibility Extended, Yet Again…This Time to July 31, 2023
- NLRB General Counsel Pushed Interim Settlements of ULP Claims, Instead of 10(j) Injunctions, While Underlying Case Is Pending
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: October 17, 2022
- USDOL Formally Proposes Six-Part Test to Determine Independent Contractor Status Under the FLSA
- USDOL’s NDEAM Employer Chat on Workplace Mental Health Underscored Equity & COVID Impact
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: October 10, 2022
- EEOC Enforcement of Controversial “Quickie” Transgender “Guidance” Blocked, Nationwide
- After Its Fiscal Year 2022 Closed, OFCCP Publicly Reported Six More Conciliation Agreements Resolving Alleged Discrimination Claims to its Previous Fiscal Year 2022 Tally
- US BLS Reported 1.1 Million Drop in Job Openings for August
- White House OSTP’s “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights” Contains Recommended Employer Practices
- Economy Added Fewer Jobs in September; Unemployment Rate Decreased Slightly
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
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