OFCCP Week In Review: August 22, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: August 22, 2022

by | Aug 22, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Citing an Anticipated Increase In IRS Jobs, Senator Rick Scott Wrote An Astonishing Open Letter Discouraging Job Seekers From Applying
  • FAR Council Proposed A Rule Mandating Unions (“PLAs”) On Large Federal Construction Projects
  • USDHS ICE Issued A Proposal to Later (Perhaps?) Create Proposed Permanent Remote Form I-9 Documentation Procedures
  • USDOL Women’s Bureau Webinar Presented Soft HR Advice to Motivate Discussion Around Pay Equity Issues
  • Title VII Will Stop OFCCP “Cold in Its Tracks” From Releasing EEO-1 Component 2 Pay and Hours Worked Data: The “Abandoned Baby on The Porch” Legal Problem
  • OFCCP Walks Back Its Earlier “Pay Equity” Directive but Now Tries to Impose An “Analysis of Compensation” on Federal Contractors Without Rulemaking
  • Federal Judge Cites First Amendment to Enjoin Florida’s New Law Barring Employers from Teaching Critical Race Theory
  • White House Memo Accentuated Importance of Federal Zero Trust Security and IT Modernization Goals
  • USDOL Created the “ApprenticeshipUSA” Brand and Announced the Start of An Online Dialogue
  • USDOL WHD Reminded Stakeholders About Upcoming, Free Live Q&A Sessions on Prevailing Wage Compliance
  • DOL Revealed Joint Message by Nine Federal Agencies to State & Local Governments on Competitive Integrated Employment for Workers with Disabilities
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: August 22, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: August 15, 2022

by | Aug 15, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Senators Warren and Luján Urged USDOJ To Use Dormant Powers to Suspend & Debar Corporate “Criminals” From Federal Contracts
  • USDOL Published A Notice Seeking Public Comment On Multiple Studies Of USDOL-Funded Programs
  • USDOL’s ODEP Announced a Twitter Chat And Online Dialogue Regarding The National Apprenticeship System
  • ODEP Promoted Its PIA New Apprenticeship EEO Toolkit
  • USDOL Announced That Tuskegee University Will Host Department’s HBCU Southeast Hiring Summit
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: August 22, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: August 8, 2022

by | Aug 8, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • ODEP Published Notice Seeking Public Comments on Four-Year Study to Support Partnership on Inclusive Apprenticeship
  • EEOC Announced Public Meeting in Buffalo to Focus On “Racial and Economic Justice”
  • In Webinar Discussing Its Pay Data Study NASEM Expert Panel Noted Flawed Design, Data Problems, and Recommendations
  • The Federal Labor Relations Authority Sued the EEOC For Allegedly Failing to Sufficiently Bargain With its Employees When Ordering Them Back to Work at The Office
  • Noting State Law Developments, President Biden Issued Second Post-Dobbs E.O. On “Securing Access to Reproductive and Other Healthcare Services”
  • HHS Announced Two New Reports on COVID Services & Support and Research Developments
  • Economy Added 528,000 Jobs in July, Unemployment Rate Dropped to Pre-Pandemic Level of 3.5%
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: August 22, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: August 1, 2022

by | Aug 1, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Commissioners Dhillon & Lucas Reported EEOC Is Denying FOIA Requests On Claims Sent To Arbitration Rather Than Litigation
  • Federal Judge in Ohio Blocked Air Forces’ Vax Requirement Nationwide
  • OFCCP Issued First Official Statement After Weeks of Confusion On Its AAP Portal “Deadline”
  • National Academy of Sciences Released Its Anticipated Pay Data Study; EEOC Commissioners Respond With Notably Different Takes
  • HHS, DOL, And Treasury Department Issued Guidance Regarding Birth Control Coverage Under the ACA
  • DOL WHD Added New Best Practices Guidance on Child Labor for Employers
  • DC Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses NLRB Win for Browning-Ferris in Long-Running Joint-Employer Litigation Slugfest: No New Legal Test Emerges…Yet
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: August 22, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: July 25, 2022

by | Jul 25, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Federal District Court Judge In Tennessee Blocked Enforcement Of Controversial EEOC & DOE Guidance Documents On Bostock
  • AbilityOne Commission Published Final Rule Barring Nonprofits From Subminimum Pay On Its Contracts
  • OFCCP Enforcement Statistics Continue To Spiral Down To New Modern Lows
  • Wage And Hour Division Announced 60-day Comment Period On Its Unchanged Paid Sick Leave Recordkeeping Requirements For Federal Contractors
  • Census Bureau announced ACS 1-year estimates will be released on September 15, 2022
  • NLRB and FTC Signed New Partnership Agreement To Focus on “Anticompetitive and Unfair Labor Practices”
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: August 22, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: July 18, 2022

by | Jul 18, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security Reported That Its Second Comment Period For Continued Use of Form I-9 Is Still Open
  • NLRB Announced 2021 Update To Its “Outline of Law & Procedure In Representation Cases”
  • EEOC Updated 15 Items In Its Covid-19 Technical Assistance Guidance, Adding A New Standard For Employers Which Test Employees For the Virus
  • While OFCCP Slipped Into the Bottom Quartile, The EEOC Climbed Into The Top 30% In The 2021 Best Places To Work Scores In The Federal Government
  • USDOL Agencies Announced They Are Seeking Comments From Employers Regarding Long-Covid Workplace Challenges
  • Wage & Hour Division Published Its Long Expected Proposed Rule on “Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts”
  • The NLRB Reported Union Election Petitions Are Up 58% Through Q3, Exceeding Already All FY21 Petitions Filed
  • Jury Awards Former Southwest Flight Attendant >$5M In Abortion Views Bias Suit
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: August 22, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: July 11, 2022

by | Jul 11, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • USDOL Secretary Used Prior Secretary Scalia’s Order 01-2020 To Issue A Final Ruling Ordering Convergys to Comply With OFCCP Document Demands
  • EEOC Settled Claims That Medical Practice Violated GINA By Collecting COVID-19 Test Results Of Employees’ Family Members
  • OFCCP Submitted To OMB Its Final Rule To Rescind Trump-Era Religious Exemption, Publication Likely Prior To Mid-terms
  • E-Verify Will End This Week The Extended Timeframes For Employees To Visit SSA To Resolve Mismatches
  • OFCCP Walked Back Part Of Its Extension Of Its AAP Verification Portal “Deadline”
  • Economy Added 372,000 Jobs in June, BLS Reported as Biden Administration Touts “Full Recovery” To Pre-Pandemic Numbers
  • President Biden Issued Executive Order On “Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services”
OFCCP Week In Review: August 22, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: July 5, 2022

by | Jul 5, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • USDOJ Announced the Settlement of Claims That 16 Employers Posted Job Ads on College Recruiting Platforms Discriminating Against Non-U.S. Citizens: Attention ALL Recruiters, Especially College and University Recruitment Centers: USDOJ Has Put a Target On Your Backs
  • Enforcement of Biden Vaccine Mandate for Federal Employees Again Delayed
  • OFCCP Director & EEOC Chair Held A Joint Webinar With Four Outside Panelists Discussing Skills-Based Hiring
  • OFCCP Quietly Extended the AAP Verification Deadline Following Discovery of Faux Pas
  • SCOTUS Reigned In The Federal Agencies By Reminding Them They Must Identify “Clear Congressional Authorization” When Making Significant Decisions…Not So Much Trimming Rights As Trimming Presidential Power
  • VETS Announced Eight New Partners For Its Employment Navigator Pilot Program
OFCCP Week In Review: August 22, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: June 27, 2022

by | Jun 27, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Spring 2022 Regulatory Agenda Recycles OFCCP Items From Previous Agendas; WHD And NLRB List Significant Items
  • House Appropriations Subcommittee Approved FY 2023 Bill; OFCCP Funding In Line With President Biden’s Request
  • E-Verify Released Seven New Case Processing Enhancements To Increase Awareness of Duplicate Cases & Improve Search Functions
  • ODEP Announced “Disability: Part of the Equity Equation” As The Theme For National Disability Employment Awareness Month in October
  • ODEP Is Seeking More Particularized Information About Employees with Disabilities
  • The Three Things Human Resources Professionals Now Need To Do Following The Dobbs Decision (Reversing Roe)
  • EEOC Announced The Addition Of A New “X” Gender Marker To Charge Intake Process
OFCCP Week In Review: August 22, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: June 20, 2022

by | Jun 20, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • OMB Is About to Overhaul Federal Data Collections of Race and Ethnicity Information: Federal Contractors Beware of Coming New Data Collection and Reporting Burdens
  • New Biden Executive Order Details Plan For Feds To Collect Sexual Orientation, Gender identity, and Sex Characteristics Data: An Old Acronym Now Takes Center Stage: SOGI. Federal Contractors Beware of Coming New Data Collection And Reporting Burdens
  • USDOL Wage & Hour Division Published a Proposal to Revise the Existing WD-10 Form for Federal Construction Contractors
  • NLRB Majority Holds That Trump-era “Block-Charging” Rule Does Not Prevent NLRB Staff from Issuing Merit-Based Dismissals of Election Petitions – Even Without a Full Evidentiary Hearing
  • OMB And GSA Announced A “Technology Modernization Fund”
  • USDOL’s Wage & Hour Division Issued New Guidance Limiting Subminimum Wages To Disabled And Young Employees: No Rulemaking, Yet Again.