OFCCP Week in Review: July 1, 2024

OFCCP Week in Review: July 1, 2024

by | Jul 1, 2024 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

  • Federal Judge Temporarily Blocked Portions of USDOL Rule Setting New Formula for Prevailing Wages on Federal Construction Projects
  • It’s All Over but the Shouting: OFCCP Must Shut Down its Administrative Court Prosecutions as a Result of SCOTUS’ SEC Jury Trial Case Decision
  • U.S. Supreme Court Dissolved Decades-Old Precedent Giving Court Deference to Federal Agency Interpretations of The Laws They Enforce
  • In Brief
  • New Publications
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week in Review: July 1, 2024

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: March 28, 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: March 28, 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: March 28, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: January 24, 2022

by | Jan 24, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
  • California Pay Data Reporting Portal Opens February 1st
  • Should NLRB Change Its Legal Standard on Mandatory Arbitration Clauses?
  • HIRE Launched With Discussion Of “Reimagined” Recruitment Ideas
  • E-Verify Updated Webpage to Close Company Accounts
  • Union Membership Falls Back to 2019 Rate, 10.3% of Employed Workers: Only 6.1% in the Private Sector
  • EEOC’s First Year Performance Under Biden Nosedived In a Big Surprise and Amid Reduced Transparency
  • USDOL Released Training Video on the Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Increase
  • USDOL Launched “Good Jobs” Initiative
  • Biden Administration’s Vaccination Efforts Restricted to Just Mandate as to Healthcare Workers as Court Enjoins Executive Order Requiring Vaccination of Federal Employees
OFCCP Week In Review: March 28, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: January 18, 2022

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

  • This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
  • Earn Professional Development Credits by Attending E-Verify and Form I-9 Webinars
  • VETS Extends Transition Training Program to Include Veterans
  • USDOL Announced a Funding Opportunity to Assist Veterans Combat Homelessness/Return to the Workforce
  • OFCCP and EEOC Announce a Joint Hiring Practices Initiative
  • U.S. Supreme Court Stayed Implementation of the OSHA ETS: What It Means For Employers
  • SCOTUS Allowed Enforcement of the CMS Interim Final Vaccination Rule; Healthcare Facilities Subject to Vaccine Mandate for Medicare/Medicaid Staff
  • Clarification on The New Minimum Wage For Some Federal Government Contractors
  • A User’s Guide: What Employers Should Know When Implementing a Private Vaccine Mandate Policy
  • Processing Vaccination Accommodation Requests Under The ADA
  • USDOL Adjusted Civil Monetary Penalties Per Inflation Adjustment Act
OFCCP Week In Review: December 13, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: December 13, 2021

by | Dec 13, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • 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.
OFCCP Week In Review: December 13, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: October 11, 2021

by | Oct 11, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • OFCCP Alleges Individuals Classified as “Two or More Races” are Protected From Discrimination as a New “Protected Class”
  • OFCCP Spotlights Its Disability Inclusion Resources
  • Construction Compliance Course Released in The Online OFCCP Contractor Compliance Institute
  • Moving Along – Pending Piece of Tip Rule Takes Its Last Dance
  • E-Verify Now Offering Webinars Eligible for Professional Development Credits!
  • September’s Employment Situation – Another Disappointing Jobs Creation Month and More Americans Dropping Out to Expand the Long-Term Unemployed List
  • Artificial Intelligence in The Workforce – Utopia or Legal Landmine?
  • Looking Ahead: Celebrate NDEAM 2021 And The 20th Anniversary Of the Office of Disability Employment Policy
OFCCP Week In Review: December 13, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: September 20, 2021

by | Sep 20, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • GAO Seeks to Improve Veterans Justice Outreach Program to Help Veterans and Employers
  • A Must Watch Short Video on Writing Good (Inclusive) Job Descriptions
  • Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Increase on The Horizon
  • AAP Administrators — Budget (A LOT) Of Time for Census Re-Mapping
  • The Controversial New NLRB General Counsel Has Now Extended Her Push for New Forms of Damages in NLRB Actions to Include Settlement Negotiations, and Not Just NLRB Adjudications
  • Learn & Celebrate! It’s National Hispanic Heritage Month
  • White House Safer Federal Workforce Task Force Greenlights Federal Executive Agencies to Impose Vaccination Mandates on Federal Contracts/Subcontracts Beyond Biden’s Federal Contractor Vaccination Mandate
  • E-Verify Reminder to Employers
  • Get Ideas for National Disability Employment Awareness Month This Thursday Via a Twitter Chat!
OFCCP Week In Review: December 13, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: January 11, 2021

by | Jan 11, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • EEOC Mediation Pilot Program Extended
  • USDOJ Pursues Last-Minute Attempt to Kill “Adverse Impact” Discrimination Claims Against Federal Grant Recipients
  • USDOL’s New Independent Contractor Final Rule is DOA, Or Is It? Not So Fast!
  • Comment on EEOC’s Wellness Program Incentive Proposal
  • HIRE Vets Award Officially Open for Registration
  • E-Verify Back-Up – Get Compliant by January 11, 2021
  • EEOC Shuts Down Democrat Commissioners’ Objections to More Transparent Commission Conciliation Negotiations with Respondent Employers
  • New Resources in the Telework & Accessibility Toolkit
  • New FAQs on CA Pay Data Reporting Act
  • WHD Issued First Two Opinion Letters of 2021
  • What Exactly is “Systemic Enforcement” at the EEOC?
  • Employment Numbers Take a Hit as Dining Occupancy Allowance Drops
  • Biden announced Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as Labor Secretary Nominee
  • EEOC To Hold Two Public Meetings This Week