This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
Wage & Hour Administrator Nomination Boomerang
Court Prohibits Defense Department Discipline of 35 Navy Personnel Seeking Religious Accommodation From Vaccine Mandate
DE First to Have Signed Partnership Agreements with All 50 States & U.S. Territories for Electronic Job Listings
6th Circuit Joins Prior 11th Circuit Decision in Refusing to Allow Enforcement of the Federal Contractor/Subcontractor Vaccine Mandate
Coalition of Healthcare Worker Unions File Petition Seeking Court Order to Make OSHA Healthcare ETS Permanent
The U.S. Department of Justice Weighed In Again On COVID Concerns Affecting Individuals With Disabilities
EEO-1 Administrators Take Note: EEOC Will Replace Its EEO-1 Type 6 Report For Small Establishments With Its Type 8 Report
Should NLRB Change Its Legal Standard On Work Rules?
U.S. Wage-Hour Division and NLRB MOU Promises Greater Enforcement and Investigation Opportunities Against Employers, Including as to Independent Contractor Misclassifications
Countdown to E-Verify Record Destruction
BILG Gets Answers On OFCCP Certification Portal
NLRB Seeks To Remedy Alleged Ethics Violations By Former Member Emanuel
Another Disappointing Monthly Jobs Report: Short Term Unemployment Dropped as Long-Term Unemployment Grew And More Americans Decided To Sit Out Millions of Available Jobs
Oral Argument Suggests U.S. Supreme Court Dubious OSHA Has Authority to Require Vaccination in ETS; Proponents of CMS Healthcare Worker Vaccination Mandate More Hopeful
This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit Issued Two-Page Order Denying Biden Administration’s Request to Lift Nationwide Injunction Against Federal Contractor/Subcontractor Vaccine Mandate
USDOL Offers a Free Virtual Seminar to Help Covered Federal Contractors/Subcontractors Comply with the New $15 Minimum Wage Rule
Veterans’ Employment and Training Service to Hold Next Open Virtual Meeting of ACVETEO to Review Veterans hiring in 2021, Outreach for 2022 and Answer Employer Questions re Best Practices to Hire Veterans
Now is Your Chance! NLRB Seeks Employer Input as to Its Independent-Contractor Definition
CMS Issued Guidance on the Implementation of its Interim Final Rule for Healthcare Staff Vaccination Requirements Still in Force in the 25 States Not Subject to Injunction
2021 EEO-1 Component 1 Data Reporting Portal to Open April 12, 2022, with a May 17, 2022, Last-Day-To-File Date. ALSO: 2019/2020 EEO-1 Filing Portal Closed
OSHA Seeks Comment Regarding Extending the Recordkeeping Requirements its Healthcare ETS Imposes as Issued June 21, 2021, and Withdrew the Substantive Portions of its Healthcare ETS
NLRB Follows Previous Court Ruling in Rejecting Argument that Appointment of NLRB General Counsel was Improper and Should Invalidate Any General Counsel Action Against Employers
U.S. District Courts Enjoin Vaccine and Masking Mandate HHS Sought to Impose on Teachers and Students Participating in Federal “Head Start” Programs with Possible Legal Implications for Other Private Sector Vaccination Mandates
URGENT! Today is the Last Day to Submit Comments to OSHA re the Recordkeeping Requirements of its Proposed OSHA ETS
There’s no denying that today’s youth are tomorrow’s future, and sometimes, they just need a second chance and some guidance to set them on the track to success. In this episode of the DE Talk podcast, we sat down with Denny Armington, President of Youth Opportunity Foundation (YOF), to discuss how they work with disadvantaged and post-adjudicated youth to mentor, educate, and train them as they prepare for a stable and rewarding future in the workforce.
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Biden Wins His Third Vaccination Mandate Case, But Loses the First Round of the Federal Contractor/Subcontractor Vaccination Mandate Fight to a Nationwide Injunction: Biden 3; Challengers 5
849 HIRE Vets Medallion Recipients Officially Documented
E-Verify Updated The User Profile For Easier Navigation
USDOL Announced Global Partnership Initiative For Labor Organizing and Worker Rights
How Should the NLRB Determine The Appropriateness Of A Petitioned-for Bargaining Unit?
USDOL and USDOJ Renew MOU To Ensure Military Service Members’ Employment Rights
What’s A Federal Government Contractor/Subcontractor To Do About The Vaccine Mandate?
Fall Regulatory Agenda Released – Federal Subcontractors – BEWARE!
Thought Affirmative Action Plans Were a Cumbersome Part of Being a Federal Government Contractor? Let’s Talk Sustainability.
Decision Striking Down the Federal Contractor/Subcontractor Vaccine Mandate Portends Difficulty for OFCCP to Enforce its AAP Certification Portal
OFCCP’s AAP Verification Interface Gets Set to Open – Contractors Must Now Decide Whether to Voluntarily Comply with OFCCP’s Unenforceable “Requirement” Since the Agency Has Now “Thrown Down Its Gauntlet”
Big Budget Bill Busts Again: Federal Government Funded Through Only February 18, 2022
International Day of Persons with a Disability Sparks Global Movement
Amid a Strong Economy, Another Disappointing Monthly Jobs Report as Long-Term Unemployment Remains 1.1 Million Higher Than February 2020
Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Executive Order Now Officially EO 14055
New $15.00 Minimum Wage Rule for SOME Employees of Federal Contractors by January 30, 2022 is a Complex Web of Broadened Inclusions and Technical Exclusions
USDOL Seeks Apprenticeship Ambassadors & Public Discussion on Diversity
Renewed Call for Transgender Rights and Dignity as Deaths Due to Protected Status Rise to Deadliest Year on Record
Private Employers Forced to Remain on Their Toes as Changes to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates are Occurring Daily/OSHA Suspended Its Own Emergency Temporary Standard
A White House in Disarray Realizes Its Error in Federal Contractor Vaccination and Mask Mandate: Now Attempts “Hail Mary Pass” to OMB to Save It
National Labor Exchange Hits 4 Million Daily Job Postings While NASWA Secures Funds to Mine the Data
The “She-cession” – What Is It and How Do We Combat It?
The pandemic changed the U.S. workforce virtually overnight. More than a year later, its impact lingers on, continuing to drive more women out of the workforce. Decades worth of slow progress made by women to catch up to men evaporated in just one year – and the question remains, how many women will return to work? And how does this threaten our economic recovery? Tune in as gender economist Katica Roy, CEO and Founder of Pipeline, shares the setbacks women’s labor force participation has experienced and how equitable skilling and opportunity in the workforce can aid in providing a way for the 2.6 million women to return to the workforce.
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NLRB Counsel Seeks To Protect Immigrant Workers Rights
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Blasted and Enjoined the OSHA ETS in a Harsh Order; The List of Lawsuits Challenging Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates Continues to Grow
EARN Website Gets A Redesign
OFCCP Published Its NPRM to Rescind the Trump Religious Discrimination Exemption Rule, As Predicted Last Week
Six New Countries Eligible For H-2 Visa Programs
Federal Contractor Guidance Updated to Include New Fully Vaccinated Deadline
NILG Comments On The Collection Of Pay Data
Comment Now On The Issuance of “Consequential Damages” To Employees Per The NLRB
NLRB, EEOC, and USDOL Join Forces To Use Their “Bully Pulpits” to Combat Workplace Retaliation: No Substantive Requirements Planned
USVETS Honors 849 Companies With 2021 Hire Vets Medallion Awards!
Honoring Our Military Veterans
USDOL Seeks to Reverse Yet Another Trump Rule: Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs Now on the Chopping Block: Ping-Pong
