OFCCP Week In Review: January 17, 2023
- House Approved Procedural Rule That Allows Legislative Amendments to Axe Specific Programs/Agencies or Agency Officials
- EEOC Requested Public Input on Its Draft FY 2023-2027 Strategic Enforcement Plan
- U.S. DOL & White House OMB Directed Federal Agencies to Designate Labor Advisors
- Another U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms the Injunction Against Implementation of the Federal Contractor COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
- USDOL Adjusted Civil Monetary Penalties Per Inflation Adjustment Act
- USDOL & 8 Other Agencies Proposed a Controversial Joint Rule on Partnerships with Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: September 26, 2022
- Backing Off From Several Proposed Changes, OFCCP Published FAAP Directive Revision #3 Hoping to Spawn More FAAPs as Contractor Community Increasingly Shuns Them
- Sparks Unexpectedly Fly at The Beginning of the Latest US EEOC Full Commission Hearing as Republican Commissioners Ambushed the Democrat Chair to Coax Agency Transparency
- US DOL Published Final Rule to Rescind Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs and Direct DOL Resources to Union-Supported Registered Apprenticeship Programs
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: August 8, 2022
- 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, Special Edition | DEAMcon22 Day Three Recap
- Panel Discusses Neurodiversity In The Workplace & Breaking Down Barriers
- EEOC Commissioner Sonderling Told DirectEmployers Annual Meeting Attendees The EEO-1 Component 2 Survey Will Soon Return
- HR Director Rises to the Challenge Of Implementing National HRIS At Decentralized Construction Company
- Attorney Explains How To Lawfully Use Race & Gender In The Selection Process
OFCCP Week In Review: March 21, 2022
- 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
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OFCCP Week In Review: December 20, 2021
- This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
- When is COVID-19 A Disability Under the ADA? EEOC Expands Technical Assistance Guide
- Today’s Youth = Tomorrow’s Workforce, How do We Cultivate At-Risk Talent?
- Time Extended To Comment On “Consequential Damages” To Employees Per The NLRB
- Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Flexibility Extended Through April 2022
- VETS Turns 40!
- Just In Time To Save Christmas – A Joint Resolution To Increase The Debt Limit By $2.5 Trillion
- This Week’s Surprising Vaccination Mandate Case Decisions
- New Resource: How To Handle Captioning & ASL Requests For Virtual Meetings
- Fair Chance Act – “Ban The Box” – Effective Today as to Federal Contractors!
OFCCP Week In Review: November 15, 2021
- 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
OFCCP Week In Review: November 8, 2021
- The Final, Final, This Time We Mean It Deadline For EEO-1 Survey is November 15th
- New Guidance for Federal Government Contractors on Vaccine Mandate Continues to Stretch Its Reach
- NLRB Back On Average With $56 Million Collected in Fiscal Year 2021
- Watch The 2021 HIRE Vets Medallion Award Ceremony!
- It’s National Native American Heritage Month!
- The White House Issued a Press Release Relaxing the December 8, 2021 Employee Vaccination or Termination “Requirement” Applicable to Federal Contractors and Subcontractors to January 4, 2022
- OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines or Testing/Masks Catches Federal Contractors in a Bind by Exempting Them from the More Generous Exceptions to the OSHA ETS
- DEAMcon22 Agenda is Here!! Pack Your Bags For Carlsbad, California
- Comment Now on the Continuation of Videoconferencing In NLRB Hearings
- Monthly Job Growth For October Currently Slightly Below Yearly Average
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Jumped into the Vaccine Mandate Action with its Own Interim Final Rule Covering 17 Million Medicare/Medicaid Provider Employees
- It Took Less Than 24 Hours: U.S. Fifth Circuit Strikes Down OSHA ETS Citing “grve statutory and constitutional issues”
- OFCCP Published its Draft Proposal to Rescind the Trump OFCCP Religious Exemption Rule, and Not Replace It
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