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OFCCP Compliance Week In Review (WIR)
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OFCCP Week In Review: March 7, 2022
- This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
- Fifth Circuit Refused to Lift the Lower Court Injunction Which Stopped the Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate as to 35 Naval Combatants
- The 90-Day Trucking Apprenticeship Challenge Nears Completion as the Nation’s Largest Trucking Industry Association Joins the Cause
- USDOL Announced $45M in Grant Funding to Expand Equitable Reskilling & Job Training
- Compensation, Personal Safety, and Racial/Gender Inequalities Addressed in the Driving Good Jobs Initiative
- USDA Seeks To Criminalize Federal Contractor Non-Compliance With Federal Labor Laws
- It was A Big Jobs Gains Month As Workers Begin To End Their Two-Year Sabbatical and Return To Their Jobs. Minority Jobs Gains Noticeable
- New NASWA and DE NLx Research Hub Will Help Employers Recruit, Hire and Train U.S. Workers
OFCCP Week In Review: February 28, 2022
- This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
- A Missing EEO is the Law Notice Will Now Cost An Employer $610 Per Violation
- $113 Million Now Available Through The Apprenticeship Building America Grant Program
- Cornell & USDOL’s Women’s Bureau Kicked off the “Equity in Focus” Series with a Powerful Panel Tackling “Job Creation for a Just Society”
- Unemployment Rate for Individuals with a Disability Decreased in 2021, However, Remains Higher than 2019 Rate
OFCCP Week In Review: February 21, 2022
- This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
- It is a “One Ticket, One Ride” Win for Only the Outdoorsy People as the Biden Minimum Wage Order Faces First Litigation Defeat
- A Third “Stop Gap” Continuing Resolution Keeps the Federal Government Alive through March 11th
- Upcoming Event | DE Masterclass Employment Law Roundtable Tackles Retaliation: The Rising Centerpiece of Civil Rights Enforcement
OFCCP Week In Review: February 14, 2022
- This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
- White House to Be A “Model Employer” for Empowering Employees to Unionize
- BLS Seeks to Increase Data Set for Occupational Requirements Survey – Comment Portal Open
- OFCCP Published How-To Videos and Registration Tips for New Contractor Portal
- Fifth Circuit Refuses to Lift Nationwide Injunction of Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate Before Oral Argument on Substantive Merits of the Mandate
- Comment Now on Functional Affirmative Action Program Directive Updates
- NLRB Looks to Strengthen Ties with Other Federal Enforcement Agencies
- Eight States Bring Two Suits Seeking to Enjoin $15/Hour Minimum Wage for Employees of Federal Contractors & Subcontractors
- The #MeToo Movement Continues to Alter the Federal Employment Law Landscape, as Private Employers Now Face Changes to the Scope of Employment Arbitration Agreements
- In Memoriam
OFCCP Week In Review: February 7, 2022
- This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance: No Changes As Legal Frenzy Dies Down…for the Moment
- HIRE Vets Medallion Award Application Window is Now Open!
- No Spoiler Alert Here – OFCCP Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Not to Have a Significant Economic Impact
- Employers & Job Seekers Beware – Scammers Are Exploiting Security Weaknesses on Some Job Recruitment Websites
- OFCCP Contractor Portal Opened for Registration – See Rules of Behavior to Enter
- NLRB Continues Push to Support Union Organizing
- CA Pay Data Reporting Portal is Also Open!
- WHD to Hire 100 Investigators to Support Compliance Efforts
- Updated Procedures Announced for Third-Party EEO-1 Survey Filers
- Biden Issued an Executive Order Unionizing All Large Construction Contracts
- January 2022 Employment Situation – Finally, a Big Jobs Month, but Total Jobs Picture Still Very Mixed!
- Update on USDOL’s “Good Jobs” Initiative
Biden Administration Takes Its Foot Off The Gas on Employment Civil Rights Enforcement: OFCCP Joins EEOC in Nosedive in Critical Performance Metrics During Biden’s First Year
What Federal Contractors May Expect For The Remainder of FY 2022 No one would have ever predicted it a year ago or did predict that the OFCCP and the EEOC (see last week’s WIR) would actually go backwards and perform below the level of the Trump Administration....
OFCCP Week In Review: January 31, 2022
- This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
- Georgia Court Clarifies Prior Nationwide Injunction of Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate: Applies Only to the Vaccination Requirement (not other requirements): Biden Administration Yet to Respond
- In Response to Supreme Court Ruling, CMS Issues Final Guidelines Implementing Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Facilities in 25 States Where the Mandate Was Previously Enjoined
- Biden Administration Takes Its Foot Off The Gas on Employment Civil Rights Enforcement: OFCCP Joins EEOC in Nosedive in Critical Performance Metrics During Biden’s First Year
- Private Employer Vaccination Requirement Fight to Continue as OSHA Withdraws ETS But Maintains Proposed Final Rule for Potential Publication and Implementation
- Interim Rule Issued Amending FAR to Implement Minimum Wage Increase For Federal Contractors
- NLRB Launched E-Filing Service in Español
- U.S. District Court for Arizona Joins the Parade and Enjoins the Federal Contractor/Subcontractor Vaccine Mandate, but Only in Arizona
- EFFECTIVE YESTERDAY! $15 Minimum Wage for Some Federal Contractor Employees
EEOC’s First Year Performance Under Biden Nosedived In a Big Surprise and Amid Reduced Transparency
On this first-year anniversary of the Biden Administration, we took a look at what the civil rights agencies had accomplished and had failed to do. We start this week with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC,” or “Commission”) and will proceed next...
OFCCP Week In Review: January 24, 2022
- This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
- California Pay Data Reporting Portal Opens February 1st
- Should NLRB Change Its Legal Standard on Mandatory Arbitration Clauses?
- HIRE Launched With Discussion Of “Reimagined” Recruitment Ideas
- E-Verify Updated Webpage to Close Company Accounts
- Union Membership Falls Back to 2019 Rate, 10.3% of Employed Workers: Only 6.1% in the Private Sector
- EEOC’s First Year Performance Under Biden Nosedived In a Big Surprise and Amid Reduced Transparency
- USDOL Released Training Video on the Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Increase
- USDOL Launched “Good Jobs” Initiative
- Biden Administration’s Vaccination Efforts Restricted to Just Mandate as to Healthcare Workers as Court Enjoins Executive Order Requiring Vaccination of Federal Employees
A User’s Guide: What Employers Should Know When Implementing a Private Vaccine Mandate Policy
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down the OSHA ETS requiring vaccination or weekly testing for private employers with 100 or more employees, many private sector businesses may choose to implement a vaccination mandate policy on their own. Private employers...
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