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Fresh From the Roost: How We Strutted Our Stuff in 2020
Take a deep breath, count to 10, and let out a long sigh–you’ve finally made it to the end of 2020. For many of us, it’s been an incredibly transformative and life-changing year and, in some ways, life went on as usual. For others, their lives were completely flipped...
USDOL Announced A Coming Controversial OFCCP Final Rule Recognizing Expanded Religious Defenses, Even While Only Mirroring the Recent Case Law Which Established Them, Published the Rule Two Days Later, And Then Two Days Later Drew Angry Criticism From House Speaker Pelosi
On Monday December 7, 2020, OFCCP issued a press release announcing that it would soon publish its Final Rule updating OFCCP’s Rules re religious discrimination titled: “Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause’s Religious Exemption.”...
OFCCP Week In Review: December 14, 2020
- USDOL Announced A Coming Controversial OFCCP Final Rule Recognizing Expanded Religious Defenses, Even While Only Mirroring the Recent Case Law Which Established Them, Published the Rule Two Days Later, And Then Two Days Later Drew Angry Criticism From House Speaker Pelosi + Bonus Deep Dive Blog Post
- Disability and Employment Boot Camp Underway
- EEOC To Begin Formal Opinion Letters
- Rounding Out the Year with a Look Ahead to OFCCP Compliance in 2021
- Nine Democrat Senators Ask The EEOC To Investigate Hiring Processes Using Artificial Intelligence Tools
- Checklists Every Employer Needs To Stay Off the Naughty List!
- DOJ Continues ADA Celebration Recognizing a Win in Education With Service Animals
2020 Recap | A Year Filled with Surprises, Part Two
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
- 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
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
- 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
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
- 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
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...
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