OFCCP Week In Review: July 6, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: July 6, 2021

by | Jul 6, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • WAIT! We’ve Seen This Movie Before! New Biden DE&I Order for the Federal Executive Branch Duplicates the Prior In-Force Obama DE&I Executive Order and the EEOC’s Management Directive to All Federal Agencies
  • OFCCP Continues Its Climb in Best Places to Work
  • EEOC Conciliation Transparency Merry-Go-Round Comes to An End
  • Biden Administration Spotlighted Transgender Equality Efforts
  • 750 OFCCP Audits Will Tap 276 Federal Government Contractors Out of an Estimated 25,000: Many Contractors Experience the Return of Multiple Audits
  • The June Employment Situation: Stock Market Jumps Higher – Five Numbers to Talk About
  • The EEOC Extends for 30 Days its Call for Comments on the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
  • Upcoming Event
  • Join the Week in Review Team in San Diego for DEAMcon22
OFCCP Week In Review: July 6, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: June 28, 2021

by | Jun 28, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Appeals Court Holds Shareholders Have Standing to Challenge California Law Requiring Women on Public Company Boards of Directors
  • LGBTQ+ Advocates Meet With White House Officials To Promote Equality Act
  • USDOL Opens National Online Dialogue: Women and Work: Reinvestment, Return, and Recovery
  • NLRB Prepares for Final Democrat Board Member
  • The Biden Administration Rescission of Trump Administration Joint Employer Rule Under the Fair Labor Standards Act is Imminent
  • Splinter Democrats Implore President Biden to Use Executive Order to Further Worker Protections, This Time by Axing Arbitration Agreements
  • WHD Tip Rule Proposal Seeks to Rescind Trump Rule
  • EEOC Legal Counsel Appointed
  • In Blow to Federal Agency Transparency, Congress Overturns New (Trump era) EEOC Conciliation Process
  • USDOL To Host Davis Bacon Training For Federal Contractors
  • EEO-1 Filing Deadline Extended
  • GAO Reports Veterans Affairs Must Improve Veteran Wait-Time for Care
OFCCP Week In Review: July 6, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: June 7, 2021

by | Jun 7, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • During National Pride Month – A Push For The Equality Act
  • Obama Administration USDOL Reunion Continues
  • Most Unemployment Numbers Drop – But, We are Not Out of The Woods Yet
  • OFCCP Director Yang Fills Her Regional Director Posse: It’s Aida Collins for RD for the Southeast Region (Atlanta)
OFCCP Week In Review: July 6, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: March 22, 2021

by | Mar 22, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Democrats Introduce Workforce Justice Act in Congress Seeking to Federally Mandate “Ban-the-Box” Compliance
  • What Employers Should Know About the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
  • Biden Administration Seeks to Withdraw Trump Administration Tip-Pooling Wage-Hour Rules
  • DE Holds its Second Masterclass Disability Roundtable Educational Forum and Discusses TBI and PTSD!
OFCCP Week In Review: July 6, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: March 15, 2021

by | Mar 15, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Biden Creates a White House Gender Policy Council
  • “Women Have Borne the Brunt of Pandemic-Related Layoffs & Job Losses”
  • Integrated Telework Policy for Employees With & Without Disabilities
  • Understanding Neurodiversity in the Workplace
  • VETS Seeks Comments on the VETS-4212 Report
  • Affirmative Action Plan Verification…Coming Soon?
  • Biden Administration Proposes to Rescind Trump FLSA Joint-Employer Rule in Most Recent “Whiplash” Change to Legal Standard
  • USDOL Seeks Public Comment on its Proposal to Withdraw the Recent Trump Rule Defining Which Workers are Independent Contractors Under FLSA
  • EEOC Will Open its EEO-1 Component 1 Collection Portal in April
  • Paid Students May Or May Not Be Employees Subject to the NLRA
  • The “Flip-Flop Report” – Scorecard of the Biden Administration Executive Actions
OFCCP Week In Review: July 6, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: March 1, 2021

by | Mar 1, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Exploration, Compliance, Competence, Competitive Advantage – Where is Your Company on the Disability Employment Maturity Curve?
  • Biden Nominates His NLRB General Counsel
  • USDOL’s Customized Employment Method to Hire Veterans with Disabilities Explained
  • Exploring the Intersection of Black History and Disability Inclusion
  • Driving Change Through Accessible Technology
  • Persons with a Disability: Labor Force Characteristics – 2020
  • Equality Act Passed the House
  • New Leaders Appointed to the Women’s Bureau
  • Tip Rule Delayed to April 30, 2021
  • JAN’s New Blog Tips to Request and Negotiate Accommodations During the Pandemic
  • Retaliation Remained the Top EEOC Charge in FY 2020
  • EEOC Pledges Again to Redouble Efforts to Address Racism
  • DE Masterclass Education Series Kicked Off With Astounding Reviews!
  • OFCCP Contractor Assistance Portal Closed
  • NEW: The “Flip-Flop Report” – Scorecard of the Biden Administration Executive Actions
OFCCP Week In Review: July 6, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: February 22, 2021

by | Feb 22, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Biden Administration Pulls Back on Industry Designed Apprenticeship Programs to Drive Apprenticeships Back to Union-Supported Registered Apprenticeship Programs
  • CA Pay Data Reporting Portal Opened
  • Equality Act Back on the Table
  • Video Premiere of the Customized Employment Method to Hire Veterans with Disabilities
  • EARN Updated COVID-19 Resources and Tools
  • A Future Where Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality (XR) Technologies are Accessible
  • WHD Withdrew Independent Contractor and Truck Driver Sleep Time Opinion Letters
OFCCP Week In Review: July 6, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: February 8, 2021

by | Feb 8, 2021 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

  • The Paycheck Fairness Act Surfaces…Again
  • OFCCPs New Chief of Staff
  • NLRB Rescinds Ten Memos Issued by Former Counsel
  • May Employers Provide COVID Vaccine Incentives?
  • California DFEH Released New Pay Data Reporting Resources
  • Senate Agrees on Rules of the Road as to Committee Assignments and Tie Votes: Looks like Democrats Will Need 10 Republicans to Cross-Over to Pass Controversial Legislation for the Next Two Years-Kamala Sidelined + Bonus Blog
  • Nomination Hearing Held for Secretary of Labor
  • Tip and Independent Contractor Rules Frozen
  • OFCCP’s Commitment to Racial Equity
  • Employment Numbers Improve, Blacks Show Greatest Gains, But Others Fall Back
Biden Administration DOL Publishes Final Rule Rescinding Trump Administration Independent Contractor Rule Under the FLSA

Senate Agrees on Rules of the Road as to Committee Assignments and Tie Votes: Looks like Democrats Will Need 10 Republicans to Cross-Over to Pass Controversial Legislation for the Next Two Years-Kamala Sidelined

by | Feb 7, 2021 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

This story is important to understand how Legislation is now going to proceed through the United States Senate, given the rare occurrence of a 50/50 tie between Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Floor. The Biden Administration has been delayed in the U.S. Senate...