OFCCP Week In Review: May 2, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: May 2, 2022

by | May 2, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • I-9 Form Flexibility Extended, Again…This Time to October 31, 2022
  • Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship to Hold Public Meeting
  • NLRB Taps into the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service for Good Faith Bargaining Assistance
  • New Federal Contractor Audit List Coming in May (This Month!)
  • Mind The Gap: Are Your Recruiters Prepared?
  • The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Held that the NLRB General Counsel Job is a Species of Political Appointments Subject to the Advice and Consent of the Senate Which Does Not Guarantee the Appointee’s Term in Office
  • Job Accommodation Network Shifting Communication Strategy to Meet Employer Needs
  • Deadline Looming For EEO-1 Survey – Then Its Failure To File Phase
OFCCP Week In Review: May 2, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: April 25, 2022

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

  • This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
  • EEOC and OFCCP to Host Second HIRE Initiative Roundtable
  • Director Yang Told the DirectEmployers Annual Meeting Audience That Subgroup Goals & Non-Binary Gender Reporting Are On OFCCP’s Agenda
  • EEOC Commissioner Sonderling Told DirectEmployers Annual Meeting Attendees The EEO-1 Component 2 Survey Will Soon Return
OFCCP Week In Review: May 2, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: April 11, 2022

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

  • This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
  • The Iowa Supreme Court Gives A Male Transgender Employee The Win On The Restroom Dispute and On Gender Reassignment Surgery
  • The DUNS Number is Out – Federal Contractors Must Secure a New “Unique Entity Identifier”
  • EEOC To Shift to Democrat Majority in July
  • DOJ Provided Opioid-Specific ADA Guidance
  • Update Your Affirmative Action Programs – the VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark Dropped to 5.5%
  • NLRB Reported 57% Increase in Union Representation Petitions Since October 2021
  • NLRB Counsel Announced Intent to Urge the Board That “Captive-Audience” Anti-Union Meetings for Employees Are Unlawful
  • Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reinstated Biden Administration Vaccine Mandate for Federal Civilian Employees: Federal Courts Lacked Jurisdiction
  • New Interpretation Confirms That WIOA’s Discrimination Prohibition “Based On Sex” Includes Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity
OFCCP Week In Review: May 2, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: April 4, 2022

by | Apr 4, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • OFCCP FY 2023 Budget Request Seeks A Lot Of Money And Lays Out A Very Comprehensive And Ambitious Internal Rebuilding Program
  • EEOC Seeks Big FY 2023 Budget Increase Despite Declining Workload Numbers Also Released Today in New Performance Report
  • Cast Your Vote And Do Your Outreach – American Job Centers Add Voting
  • EEOC Presented New Features and Improvements to the EEO-1 Survey Filing System
  • USDOL Public Service Announcement: “Mental Health at Work: What Can I Do?”
  • Comment Now on Revisions to the I-9 Form
  • Comment on “Notice of Employee Rights under National Labor Relations Act Complaint Process” (this is the so-called “anti-Beck notice”)
  • OFCCP Contractor Portal Opened – New Resources Available
  • Transgender Day of Visibility Sees Swooping Efforts Across the Federal Government to Recognize and Support the Transgender Community
  • EEOC to Add Non-Binary Gender Option to Discrimination Charge Intake Process
  • OFCCP Released The “Wrecking Ball” On Most Of The Remaining Trump Administration Policies and Procedures Of Significance
  • E-Verify Records Disposal Date Extended to May 6, 2022
  • March’s “New Jobs Filled Employment Numbers” Increased, But Those Dropping Out of The Workforce Provided An Anemic “Jobs Gains” Month
  • Only 10% Of Those Working In U.S. Teleworked In March Because Of The COVID-19 Pandemic
  • BLS Reports Show Educational Attainment Level Correlated to Higher Unemployment
OFCCP Week In Review: May 2, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: March 28, 2022

by | Mar 28, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Part 2: New OFCCP Directive on “Pay Equity Audits” Raises More Questions Than it Answers
  • E-Verify Released New Features
  • OFCCP’s Proposed NPRM Walks Backwards Promising Less Transparency in Audits and Unknown, But Different (to come), Evidentiary Standards in Discrimination Investigations
  • CA Pay Data Reports Show No Surprises and Do not Tell us Much
  • New Resources Available for EEO-1 Filers
  • Lilly Ledbetter Shared Her Powerful and History-Making Story
  • SCOTUS Overturns 5th Circuit, Stays U.S. District Court Injunction of DoD COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate
OFCCP Week In Review: May 2, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: March 21, 2022

by | Mar 21, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • A Federal Court in Texas Shot Down the Biden FLSA Independent Contractor Rule & Reinstated the Trump Rule
  • Federal Government Exploring Non-Binary Data Collection
  • Manager Alert: EEOC Slips in an Unsanctioned New “Law” on So-Called “Intersectional Discrimination” Under Guise of New Caretaker Discrimination Guidance
  • New OFCCP Directive on “Pay Equity Audits” Raises More Questions Than it Answers
  • Free Prevailing Wage Seminars for Federal Contractors
  • OMB Finally Has a Director in A First for African Americans
  • OFCCP to Host Instructional Webinar on Contractor Portal Certification Opening – March 31st
  • Expired Documents No Longer Acceptable for I-9 Form
  • The Comment Deadline on USDOL’s Davis-Bacon Act Proposed Rules Change Proposals is Now Set for May 17, 2022
  • EARN Updated Its Federal Contractor Resource Page
  • Registered Apprenticeships for Incarcerated Individuals Topped National Dialogue Ideas
  • New Guidance on Website Accessibility Under the ADA
OFCCP Week In Review: May 2, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: March 14, 2022

by | Mar 14, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • OFCCP Week In Review Team Named #1 in Government Contracting in JD Supra 2022 Readers Choice Awards
  • Answers to Title VII Religious Objections to COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements
  • $55M Available To Support Workforce Readiness To Individuals Leaving Prison
  • From Public Service to Corporate America: Lived Experiences of an LGBTQ Employee in the Workplace
  • Inclusive Extended Reality Technology & Hybrid Work Toolkit
  • E-Verify To Drop Internet Explorer Support
  • Safety Coalition Joined the 90-Day Trucking Apprenticeship Challenge
  • WHD Launched Retaliation Webpage
  • USDOL Signed MOU to Report to USDOJ Employers Pursuing “No-Poach” Recruitment Agreements And/Or Conspiring to Fix Wages
  • Biden Proposal to Update Davis-Bacon Is Designed To Increase Prevailing Wages for Workers on Public Construction Projects
  • President Biden Signed Federal Bi-Partisan FY2022 Omnibus Budget Bill Dissing Federal Civil Rights Agencies
  • He’s Back! Popular OFCCP Regional Director Sam Maiden Returns, Now As The RD for the Mid-Atlantic Region (Philadelphia)
  • Old, But Important, News We Missed. Biden Extended the COVID-19 Pandemic National State of Emergency Impacting Labor Laws
OFCCP Week In Review: May 2, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: March 7, 2022

by | Mar 7, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
  • Fifth Circuit Refused to Lift the Lower Court Injunction Which Stopped the Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate as to 35 Naval Combatants
  • The 90-Day Trucking Apprenticeship Challenge Nears Completion as the Nation’s Largest Trucking Industry Association Joins the Cause
  • USDOL Announced $45M in Grant Funding to Expand Equitable Reskilling & Job Training
  • Compensation, Personal Safety, and Racial/Gender Inequalities Addressed in the Driving Good Jobs Initiative
  • USDA Seeks To Criminalize Federal Contractor Non-Compliance With Federal Labor Laws
  • It was A Big Jobs Gains Month As Workers Begin To End Their Two-Year Sabbatical and Return To Their Jobs. Minority Jobs Gains Noticeable
  • New NASWA and DE NLx Research Hub Will Help Employers Recruit, Hire and Train U.S. Workers
OFCCP Week In Review: May 2, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: February 28, 2022

by | Feb 28, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
  • A Missing EEO is the Law Notice Will Now Cost An Employer $610 Per Violation
  • $113 Million Now Available Through The Apprenticeship Building America Grant Program
  • Cornell & USDOL’s Women’s Bureau Kicked off the “Equity in Focus” Series with a Powerful Panel Tackling “Job Creation for a Just Society”
  • Unemployment Rate for Individuals with a Disability Decreased in 2021, However, Remains Higher than 2019 Rate