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OFCCP Compliance Week In Review (WIR)
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OFCCP Week In Review: March 23, 2020
- Website Accessibility – Lawsuit Settlements Resource Page Updated
- EEOC Goes Remote
- OFCCP Issued a Very Narrow National Interest Exemption
- NILG Hosted “OFCCP Update Webinar”
- Comments Open on FMLA Forms
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act Passed
- Job Opening – Administrative Review Board Chair
- EEOC Released Q&A on ADA and COVID-19
- NLRB Suspended Representation Elections
- OFCCP Continues Operations During COVID-19
- DHS Announced Flexibility in Form I-9 Compliance
- EEOC Officially Seeks to Drop Component 2
- Special Alert: National Online Dialogue for Employers & Employees Regarding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)
OFCCP Week In Review: March 16, 2020
- DE Talk: Episode 6 Launched! Empowering Women in Leadership Roles
- EDI Winners Announced!
- Final Rule on Apprenticeships Standards
- USDOL Announced New COVID-19 UI Guidance
- NASWA Webpage on States’ COVID-19 Status
- Scalia Responded to COVID-19 National Emergency
OFCCP Week In Review: March 9, 2020
- Honoring Women’s History Month
- OFCCP Announced Action Plan
- President Trump To Nominate Key Positions
- NILG Hosts USERRA Webinar
- VETS Meeting Open to All
- DOL Announced Guidance Documents
- A Rare Event – DOL Issued a Direct Final Rule
- February Employment Situation
- Reminder: Submit Your Application for the 2020 HIRE Vets Medallion Award
OFCCP Week In Review: March 2, 2020
- 2019 Labor Force Characterstics
- Are They My Employees? NLRB Issued Final Rule Defining Joint-Employer Status Under the NLRA…And The Unions Are Not Going To Like It
- Bonus Feature: Overview of the Trump Administration’s Government-Wide Redefinition of Who is a Joint-Employer
- The 9th Circuit Talks about Sex and Biased Factors in Equal Pay Act Claims
- Update to February 21, 2020 Story: New Boss in Town, Same as the Old Boss: Secretary of Labor Scalia’s Order 01-2020 Allows Secretary of Labor to be Final Arbiter of the Department of Labor’s Decisions
OFCCP Week In Review Bonus: Overview of the Trump Administration’s Government-Wide Redefinition of Who is a Joint-Employer
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) The NLRB issuing a Final Rule is just one part of the Trump Administration’s overarching efforts to realign the federal government’s several definitions of joint-employer status. As we have previously noted, this “piecemeal”...
OFCCP Week In Review Bonus: NILG & OFCCP Compensation Roundtable Recap
The NILG/OFCCP Compensation Roundtable provided an interesting exchange between OFCCP Representatives, Robert LaJeunesse, Branch Chief for Expert Services, and David Garber, Labor Economist, and several well-known labor economists and industrial/occupational...
OFCCP Week In Review: February 24, 2020
- OFCCP and NILG Talk Compensation
- Bonus Feature: NILG & OFCCP Compensation Roundtable Recap
- DOL Awards Millions in Apprenticeship Grants
- EEOC to Launch Guidance Portal
- OFCCP Launched On-Demand Learning
- USDOL Secretary Scalia Issues Order Allowing Him to Review and Revise Decisions of the USDOL Administrative Review Board
OFCCP Week In Review: February 17, 2020
- Denial Of Sex Reassignment Surgery to a Federal Prisoner Found to be Cruel and Unusual Punishment Violative Of the 8th Amendment
- OFCCP and NILG To Host Compensation Roundtable
- EEOC Issued Annual Performance Report
- Component 2 Collection Data Officially Closed!
- The White House Issued FY21 Budget
- OFCCP Budget Justification Released
- DE Talk: Episode 5 Launched! The ROI of D&I is Greater Humanity
- DirectEmployers Signed MOU with OFCCP!
- NILG Conference Agenda Announced
- MILG Updates
- OFCCP Recognized African American History Month
- EARN Recognized American Heart Month and Age-Related Macular Degeneration/Low Vision Month
OFCCP Week In Review: February 10, 2020
- OFCCP Director Craig Leen Is Not Gone Yet, And Maybe Not at All
- Bonus Feature: Director Leen in Long-Term Limbo
- EEOC Recognized Black History Month
- Component 2 Pay Data Portal to Close
- U.S. DOL Event to Honor Women in Service
- EEOC’s 2020 Priorities
OFCCP Week In Review Bonus: Director Leen In Long-Term Limbo
Here’s the rub. The President has to present high-level officials like Inspector Generals (IGs), including OPM’s IG, to the Senate pursuant to Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution for its “Advice and Consent”: “…and he [The President of the United States] shall...