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DE Talk Unplugged: Employment Branding Trends & Tactics in the Midst of a Pandemic
In case you missed it, we recently aired a special edition minisode of the DE Talk Podcast hosted by our friends at Recruit Rooster – Ruth Toombs and Rob Cox. These two sat down to discuss the workforce trends experienced over the course of the pandemic so far, from...
Senators Warren and Luján Urged USDOJ To Use Dormant Powers to Suspend & Debar Corporate “Criminals” From Federal Contracts
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) sent an unusually strongly worded letter to top U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) officials urging them to use the Department’s authority to ban from government contracting those corporations which fail to...
OFCCP Week In Review: August 15, 2022
- Senators Warren and Luján Urged USDOJ To Use Dormant Powers to Suspend & Debar Corporate “Criminals” From Federal Contracts
- USDOL Published A Notice Seeking Public Comment On Multiple Studies Of USDOL-Funded Programs
- USDOL’s ODEP Announced a Twitter Chat And Online Dialogue Regarding The National Apprenticeship System
- ODEP Promoted Its PIA New Apprenticeship EEO Toolkit
- USDOL Announced That Tuskegee University Will Host Department’s HBCU Southeast Hiring Summit
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: August 8, 2022
- ODEP Published Notice Seeking Public Comments on Four-Year Study to Support Partnership on Inclusive Apprenticeship
- EEOC Announced Public Meeting in Buffalo to Focus On “Racial and Economic Justice”
- In Webinar Discussing Its Pay Data Study NASEM Expert Panel Noted Flawed Design, Data Problems, and Recommendations
- The Federal Labor Relations Authority Sued the EEOC For Allegedly Failing to Sufficiently Bargain With its Employees When Ordering Them Back to Work at The Office
- Noting State Law Developments, President Biden Issued Second Post-Dobbs E.O. On “Securing Access to Reproductive and Other Healthcare Services”
- HHS Announced Two New Reports on COVID Services & Support and Research Developments
- Economy Added 528,000 Jobs in July, Unemployment Rate Dropped to Pre-Pandemic Level of 3.5%
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: August 1, 2022
- Commissioners Dhillon & Lucas Reported EEOC Is Denying FOIA Requests On Claims Sent To Arbitration Rather Than Litigation
- Federal Judge in Ohio Blocked Air Forces’ Vax Requirement Nationwide
- OFCCP Issued First Official Statement After Weeks of Confusion On Its AAP Portal “Deadline”
- National Academy of Sciences Released Its Anticipated Pay Data Study; EEOC Commissioners Respond With Notably Different Takes
- HHS, DOL, And Treasury Department Issued Guidance Regarding Birth Control Coverage Under the ACA
- DOL WHD Added New Best Practices Guidance on Child Labor for Employers
- DC Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses NLRB Win for Browning-Ferris in Long-Running Joint-Employer Litigation Slugfest: No New Legal Test Emerges…Yet
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
Reflecting on ADA32
Every year with the ADA Anniversary, I try to picture if the Americans with Disabilities Act were a person. I did it as a retrospective during the 30th anniversary, trying to picture one of my newly 30-year-old-friends getting promoted and buying a house. But this...
OFCCP Week In Review: July 25, 2022
- Federal District Court Judge In Tennessee Blocked Enforcement Of Controversial EEOC & DOE Guidance Documents On Bostock
- AbilityOne Commission Published Final Rule Barring Nonprofits From Subminimum Pay On Its Contracts
- OFCCP Enforcement Statistics Continue To Spiral Down To New Modern Lows
- Wage And Hour Division Announced 60-day Comment Period On Its Unchanged Paid Sick Leave Recordkeeping Requirements For Federal Contractors
- Census Bureau announced ACS 1-year estimates will be released on September 15, 2022
- NLRB and FTC Signed New Partnership Agreement To Focus on “Anticompetitive and Unfair Labor Practices”
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
EEOC Updated 15 Items In Its Covid-19 Technical Assistance Guidance, Adding A New Standard For Employers Which Test Employees For the Virus
On Tuesday, the EEOC once again updated its COVID-19 technical assistance Guidance, “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws,” adding updates for 15 items. While the Guidance does not have the force and effect of...
OFCCP Week In Review: July 18, 2022
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Reported That Its Second Comment Period For Continued Use of Form I-9 Is Still Open
- NLRB Announced 2021 Update To Its “Outline of Law & Procedure In Representation Cases”
- EEOC Updated 15 Items In Its Covid-19 Technical Assistance Guidance, Adding A New Standard For Employers Which Test Employees For the Virus
- While OFCCP Slipped Into the Bottom Quartile, The EEOC Climbed Into The Top 30% In The 2021 Best Places To Work Scores In The Federal Government
- USDOL Agencies Announced They Are Seeking Comments From Employers Regarding Long-Covid Workplace Challenges
- Wage & Hour Division Published Its Long Expected Proposed Rule on “Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts”
- The NLRB Reported Union Election Petitions Are Up 58% Through Q3, Exceeding Already All FY21 Petitions Filed
- Jury Awards Former Southwest Flight Attendant >$5M In Abortion Views Bias Suit
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: July 11, 2022
- USDOL Secretary Used Prior Secretary Scalia’s Order 01-2020 To Issue A Final Ruling Ordering Convergys to Comply With OFCCP Document Demands
- EEOC Settled Claims That Medical Practice Violated GINA By Collecting COVID-19 Test Results Of Employees’ Family Members
- OFCCP Submitted To OMB Its Final Rule To Rescind Trump-Era Religious Exemption, Publication Likely Prior To Mid-terms
- E-Verify Will End This Week The Extended Timeframes For Employees To Visit SSA To Resolve Mismatches
- OFCCP Walked Back Part Of Its Extension Of Its AAP Verification Portal “Deadline”
- Economy Added 372,000 Jobs in June, BLS Reported as Biden Administration Touts “Full Recovery” To Pre-Pandemic Numbers
- President Biden Issued Executive Order On “Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services”
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