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2020 Recap | A Year Filled with Surprises, Part Two

by Kacie Clark | Dec 9, 2020 | Networking and Education

In case you missed it, last week we kicked off part one of our 2020 recap series by highlighting a number of exciting accomplishments, product launches, acquisitions, networking events and more. Today we’re wrapping things up and dishing out even more greatness! Take...

OFCCP Week In Review: December 7, 2020

by John C. Fox | Dec 7, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)

Controversial Contract Language for EO 13950 Released
WHD Issued Two New FLSA-related Opinion Letters
Transgender Now Protected Under Title VII
EEOC Released a Savvy New Employment Data Tool
New TAG for Small Contractors
OFCCP Concedes to Oracle
November Employment Situation Shows Steady Improvement As Unemployment Drops To 6.7%
Remembering Pearl Harbor

2020 Recap | A Year Filled with Surprises, Part One

by Kacie Clark | Dec 2, 2020 | Networking and Education, Uncategorized

When the year began, there was an air of excitement for the start of a new decade — the “new roaring 20s”! Of course, no one had any idea what was coming: a global pandemic, months upon months of quarantine, a series of natural disasters, a surge in racial injustices,...

OFCCP Week In Review: November 30, 2020

by John C. Fox | Nov 30, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)

California Quietly Gives Guidance on Employees Outside of CA, and other Updates, as to its New Component 2 Pay Reporting Look-A-Like Tool + a Bonus Blog Post
EEOC Updates Two Guides To Help Veterans with Disabilities

California Quietly Gives Guidance on Employees Outside of CA, and other Updates, as to its New Component 2 Pay Reporting Look-A-Like Tool

by John C. Fox | Nov 30, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”) issued another round of guidance under California’s new pay data reporting law (“SB 973”). This time, subtopic #3 Required Content (see backstory below) provided guidance clarifying what the Department...

OFCCP Week In Review: November 23, 2020

by John C. Fox | Nov 23, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)

EEOC Financial Report Hypes Reduced Inventory, Record Recovery, and Mediation Success
Comment Now on EEOC Enforcement Guidance on Religious Discrimination
OFCCP Salutes our Veterans and Military Families
DHS Extended Form I-9 Requirement Flexibility
OFCCP Training on Veteran Focused Reviews
Compliance in the New Administration
Comment Now on VETS-4212 Report

DE Talk Unplugged: A Behind the Scenes look at The Weight of Honor

by Kacie Clark | Nov 18, 2020 | Networking and Education

November is an important month, for so many reasons. Aside from marking the official start of the holiday season, it is also National Veterans and Military Families Month, as well as National Family Caregivers Month. In our latest episode of DE Talk, these two...

OFCCP Week In Review: November 16, 2020

by John C. Fox | Nov 16, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)

EEOC To Revise Compliance Guidance on Religious Discrimination
Creating Inclusive Apprenticeships – National Apprenticeship Week
NLRB Sets Standards for Mail-In Ballot Process Due to COVID-19
Congrats to the 675 HIREVets Medallion Recipients!
OFCCP Final “PDN Rule” Now Final
The Weight of Honor: The Story of Military Caregivers
Thank You For Your Service, Veterans!
What to Expect with the Latest Governmental Initiatives Following the 2020 Election

OFCCP’s New MOU with the EEOC Could Dramatically Change OFCCP’s Enforcement Program

by Jay J. Wang | Nov 9, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (“DOJ CRD”) executed and finalized on November 3, 2020 a dramatically different (Memorandum...