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OFCCP Compliance Week In Review (WIR)
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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
OFCCP Week In Review: October 3, 2022
- US EEOC Published Proposal to Revise Federal Employee Complaint Process to Allow Document Transmittal Via Its Electronic Public Portal
- Another Recruit Rooster Takeover on the DE Talk Podcast: The Hidden Benefits of Remote Work
- It’s on the Way! OMB Paved the Way for US DOL to Publish Highly-Anticipated Independent Contractor Rule Proposal
- US NLRB Altered COVID-Related Rule to Allow Mail-In Ballots in Locations Where CDC Determines “High” Transmission Risk
- Senate Approved Gomez to head US DOL EBSA; Further Action on Pending Gilbride (EEOC Counsel) and Looman (WHD Head) Nominations Postponed Until After Midterm Elections
- President Biden Signed Continuing Resolutions Appropriations Bill Funding the Federal Government Through Mid-December
- The Air Went Out of OFCCP’s Tires in FY 2022 as Unlawful Discrimination Allegations Fall to New Lows
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: September 26, 2022
- Backing Off From Several Proposed Changes, OFCCP Published FAAP Directive Revision #3 Hoping to Spawn More FAAPs as Contractor Community Increasingly Shuns Them
- Sparks Unexpectedly Fly at The Beginning of the Latest US EEOC Full Commission Hearing as Republican Commissioners Ambushed the Democrat Chair to Coax Agency Transparency
- US DOL Published Final Rule to Rescind Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs and Direct DOL Resources to Union-Supported Registered Apprenticeship Programs
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: September 19, 2022
- DoD Issued Temporary Deviation to FAR Allowing Some Federal Contractors Extra Time to Register with SAM.gov
- Proposed USDOL Union “Persuader Reports” Revisions Would “Out” Federal Contractors
- U.S. NLRB Ruled That Permanent Strike Replacement Workers Have Weingarten Rights, But Not While Strike Is in Progress
- Heads Up for Recruiters and Outreach Compliance Managers! Number Of People Primarily Working from Home Tripled in Last Two Years
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
Carnegie-Mellon Researchers Published Report on Statistical Uncertainty in Census Bureau Data
Experts Tell DE/WIR team that possible OFCCP compliance issues depend on what factors are considered Background: The American Community Survey (ACS) and other Census Bureau data products contain many kinds of statistical uncertainties, but to what extent do those...
OFCCP Week In Review: September 12, 2022
- Carnegie-Mellon Researchers Published Report on Statistical Uncertainty in Census Bureau Data
- Kotagal’s U.S. Senate Confirmation to EEOC In Trouble: Political Rugby Scrum in Progress
- Everything Old is New Again: NLRB Proposes Familiar-Looking Rule to Determine Joint Employer Status
- GAO Reported That the Office of the National Cyber Director’s Strategic Plan Is “Well Underway”
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: September 6, 2022
- First Federal Appellate Court Rules That Gender Dysphoria May Qualify as a Disability Under The ADA
- White House Announced Comment Opportunity on Federal LGBTQI+ Data Collections
- Another Federal Court Enforced The Religious Freedom Restoration Act To Insulate Religious Employers From Transgender Claims
- Healthcare Unions Fail To Convince The DC Circuit To Force OSHA To Adopt A Permanent Covid-19 Rule To Protect Healthcare Workers
- Employer Bans on Union Apparel in The Workplace Unlawful, Absent Special Circumstances
- OMB Will Begin Virtual Listening Sessions To Prepare To Overhaul Federal Data Collections of Race and Ethnicity Information
- Tips & Tricks to Master “Deep Dredge” OFCCP Audits
- Federal Contractors Still Need Not Require Their Employees to Vaccinate Says White House Safer Federal Workforce Task Force
- U.S. Workforce Slips Backwards: More Jobs Lost Than Gained in August
- *New* BLS Now Publishing Monthly Data for Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders and People of Two or More Races
- US GSA Published Final Rule Allowing Union Organizers To Solicit Federal Contractor Employees in GSA-Controlled Buildings
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: August 29, 2022
- New Portal Gives Contractors Another Tool To Submit Objections To EEO-1 Component 1 Data FOIA Disclosure
- GAO Report Concluded Programs for Workers Displaced by Automation Should Focus on Skills for In-Demand Jobs
- VETS’ Employment Navigator Pilot Program Added Nine More Partners
- No Love Lost at the EEOC: Two Republican Commissioners Write a WSJ Op-Ed: “An Administrative Power Grab at the EEOC” Detailing The Chair’s Behind-The-Scenes Political Shenanigans
- OFCCP Announced Via E-Mail and FAQ that It Demands Colleges and Universities “Certify” their AAPs and to Register to Do So Through a New Portal for Institutions of Higher Learning
- OFCCP Webinar Announced Yet Another Document Delivery Portal: This Time for Construction Contractors
- Federal Appellate Court Narrowed An Injunction Freezing The Federal Contractor COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate To Only States And Parties In The Litigation
- EEO-1 Requester For Federal Contractor EEO-1 Consolidated Component 1 Data Is Not Sure What To Do With The Data Since He Does Not Have It Yet, But He Generally Wants To Report On Federal Contractor Diversity
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
Title VII Will Stop OFCCP “Cold in Its Tracks” From Releasing EEO-1 Component 2 Pay and Hours Worked Data: The “Abandoned Baby on The Porch” Legal Problem
First, What Happened? OFCCP’s Thursday public e-mail “Notice providing contractors an opportunity to object to the release of EEO-1 reports requested under FOIA” set off a flurry of overnight “mirror report” Blogs reporting OFCCP’s broadly disseminated e-mail Notice....
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