by DirectEmployers Guest | May 3, 2022 | Networking and Education, Week In Review (WIR)
- 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
by John C. Fox | 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
by Kacie Koons | Feb 9, 2022 | Networking and Education, Uncategorized
Labor law was a roller coaster for employers last year and 2022 is looking to be much the same with big goals and new changes planned from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). In our first DE Talk episode of the year, our employment law experts...
by John C. Fox | Dec 20, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- 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!
by John C. Fox | Nov 15, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- 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
by John C. Fox | Nov 8, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- 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
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- 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
by John C. Fox | May 17, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- EEOC To Host Virtual Training Event on Navigating the Impact of COVID-19 On The Asian American Community
- The Push Is On To End The Training Of Critical Race Theory
- Two Yays And A Tie For Senate Labor Nominees
- USDOL Announced the NDEAM Theme!
- Another Senate Tie-Vote on a Presidential Nominee – This Time in the DOJ
- The Wheel Continues to Turn as to Fate of Independent Contractor Rule Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
- President Biden and the OFCCP Acknowledge Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month
- ACVETEO Charter Renewed
- Celebrate And Educate For National Women’s Health Week
- Reminder: I-9 “Flexibility Policy” Set to Expire May 31, 2021
by John C. Fox | Apr 26, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- OFCCP Wants Your Comments on Construction Compliance Reviews
- Empowering Teens in Their Workplaces Online Dialogue
- EEOC To Consider Civil Rights Implications Of The Pandemic
- California’s Labor Commissioner Heads to a Senate Vote for USDOL’s Deputy Secretary Role
- More In Store on Independent Contractors?
- NLRB Decides to Keep Its Existing “Contract Bar” Rule
- Biden Taps Former Obama Official to Come Back to ODEP: Obama Reunion Continues at USDOL
- EEOC To Host Event To Educate on National Origin Discrimination
- Create Diverse and Inclusive Workplaces Through Apprenticeships
- Former Obama Official Tapped to Come Back to OASP
- EEO-1 Component Data Collection Portal is now Open
- Reminder: Last Call for HIRE Vets Medallion Award Submissions
by Jaime Costilow | Apr 2, 2021 | Press Release
The DirectEmployers OFCCP Week In Review team of nationally known employment lawyer John C. Fox, DE Executive Director Candee Chambers and DE Learning and Development Vice President Jen Polcer was awarded a JD Supra 2021 Readers Choice Award for achieving the highest...
by John C. Fox | Mar 29, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- New Secretary of Labor Confirmed Unanimously By Democrats
- EEOC Reaffirms Commitment to Protect Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
- USDOL To Create Registered Apprenticeship Technical Assistance Centers Of Excellence
- Congressional Democrats Introduce Resolutions to Rescind the EEOC’s Final Rule Requiring Transparency to Employers in Conciliation of Charges
- Improving Disability Employment Outcomes–Finale Conversation of the DE Talk Podcast Released
- Recognition of Equal Pay Day
- Spoiler Alert: Religious Exemption Changes For Federal Contractors On The Horizon
- National Medal of Honor Day
- The Tip Rule Saga Continues…Comment Now!
- Biden Announces Intent to Nominate Jocelyn Samuels for 5-year Term as EEOC Commissioner
- New Solicitor of USDOL in the Pipeline
- EEO-1 Data Collection Portal To Open April 26, 2021
