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OFCCP Week In Review: March 13, 2023

OFCCP Requested Public Comments (Again) on OFCCP’s Job Listing, AAP, “Benchmarks for hiring” and Self-ID for Protected Veterans
U.S. BLS JOLTS Report Shows Shrinking Jobs Market
White House Budget Proposal Is Unrealistic, a Nonstarter for Congress and Sets the Stage for a Political Fight Over the U.S. Debt Ceiling
OFCCP Updated FOIA Objection Portal with “Final” Non-Objector List
NLRB Rescinded Four Provisions of Trump-Era NLRB Union Election Rule Struck Down by Federal Appellate Court in January
USBLS Reports Shrinking U.S. Labor Force; Unemployment Rate Increased to 3.6%
Marty Walsh’s Concluded His Time as Secretary of Labor
In Brief
Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders

First Federal Appellate Court Rules That Gender Dysphoria May Qualify as a Disability Under The ADA
White House Announced Comment Opportunity on Federal LGBTQI+ Data Collections
Another Federal Court Enforced The Religious Freedom Restoration Act To Insulate Religious Employers From Transgender Claims
Healthcare Unions Fail To Convince The DC Circuit To Force OSHA To Adopt A Permanent Covid-19 Rule To Protect Healthcare Workers
Employer Bans on Union Apparel in The Workplace Unlawful, Absent Special Circumstances
OMB Will Begin Virtual Listening Sessions To Prepare To Overhaul Federal Data Collections of Race and Ethnicity Information
Tips & Tricks to Master “Deep Dredge” OFCCP Audits
Federal Contractors Still Need Not Require Their Employees to Vaccinate Says White House Safer Federal Workforce Task Force
U.S. Workforce Slips Backwards: More Jobs Lost Than Gained in August
*New* BLS Now Publishing Monthly Data for Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders and People of Two or More Races
US GSA Published Final Rule Allowing Union Organizers To Solicit Federal Contractor Employees in GSA-Controlled Buildings
In Brief
Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders

Survey Says…Participants Prefer Online Mediation For EEOC Charge Resolution
EARN Released Short Video To Assist Employers in Mental Health Awareness
Federal Court Finds Georgia County Employee Medical Insurance Program Violated Title VII On Its Face By Denying A Transgender Female Employee “Sex Change” Surgery Coverage
NLRB Revised Electronic Notice Posting Requirement
May’s Employment Situation Relatively Status Quo from April

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)