A new year means new policy changes from the employment law enforcement agencies, but the guessing game of what changes to expect and when can layer on the stress to an already confusing regulatory environment. Having an idea of what these changes may be can go a long...
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
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%
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
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...
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
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
