As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, employers around the globe will soon face new challenges: will they require employees to be vaccinated? To get down to the legal nitty gritty, we sat down with employment law expert Jay Wang of Fox, Wang, & Morgan to provide guidance on vaccine mandates, the recent FDA approval, and what this means for employers and employees around the nation.
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It Starts: Again. Texas Sued the EEOC Over Its Workplace Transgender Bathroom Guidance
Joint-Employer Rescission Rule Pushed Back Due To Technicality
Advisory Committee On Apprenticeships Is Now Staffed and Is Hosting a Public Meeting
Nine Organizations Identified in the Employment Navigator and Partnership Pilot to Assist Transitioning Service Members & Spouses
USDOL Delayed Returning Its Employees To Work In The Office: Teleworking To Remain Until The Start of Calendar 2022
A New Tip Rule Provides More Employee-Friendly Provisions
The Deadline for the White House Gender Policy Council Strategy Report to The President Has Passed Without Announcement
By Executive Fiat, White House Task Force Suddenly Extended a COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate to Include ALL Employees of Federal Contractors and Subcontractors
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!
Submit Stories About Essential Workers for USDOL’s Hall of Honor
Get Involved in National Apprenticeship Week!
National Association of State Workforce Agencies Annual Summit Open for Registration
NLRB General Counsel Issued a Memo Instructing Staff to Expand Financial Remedies in Enforcement Actions Under the NLRA, Including “Consequential” Damages
Two of President Biden’s Four Vaccine Mandates are Likely Unlawful, Without Implementing Rules, While the Other Two are Likely Lawful
President Biden Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine for Certain Federal Contractors: Exceptions As Interesting As Who is Covered
Twenty States File Suit to Strike Down EEOC Technical Assistance Documents Regarding Disputed Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Protections
OFCCP Came Out of Hibernation and Exploded with Three New Enforcement Initiatives
OFCCP’s New Emerging AAP Delivery Portal and AAP “Verification” Program: Much Ado About Nothing
DirectEmployers Partners with Leading Neurodiversity Expert Haley Moss to Promote Disability Inclusion & Diversity in the Workplace
Form I-9 Flexibility Continues Per COVID Precautions
New Courses Available for Transitioning Military Spouses
Sample Application Now Available for “HIRE Vets Medallion Award”
OFCCP Announced 400 New Full Compliance Reviews of Construction Contractors in its Latest CSAL
It’s September?! Take A Moment to Be Aware
Artificial Intelligence in the Hiring Process…Friend or Foe?]
Back to the Future: OFCCP Rescinds as Premature the Trump OFCCP’s Rescission of OFCCP’s Interest to Evaluate Employer EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data Reports
August Job Numbers Plummet by Over Half a Million Jobs: COVID-19 Economic Recovery Stunted
Nomination Process Open for the Advisory Committee on Veterans’ Employment, Training, and Employer Outreach
President Biden Issued EO On White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Revised EEO Tabulation Data for AAPs Must Be Used Starting January 1, 2022
Ban on Teaching Critical Race Theory in Federally Funded Pre-K through K-12 Schools Moves One Step Closer to Passage with U.S. House of Representatives Passage of the $3.5T FY 2022 Federal Budget Bill
Season Three of the DE Talk Podcast Launches with Conversation Around Redefining Work & the 8-to-5 Culture
Nine Organizations Named to Receive Reemployment Funding
Democrats Take the NLRB Majority – Expect Changes Ahead: Employers Brace for Impact
U.S. Senate Forwards the Proposed $3.5 Trillion FY 2022 Budget to U.S. House of Representatives, But Bans Critical Race Theory in Federally Funded Pre-K through K-12 Schools
Williams is the New ODEP Top Administrator (Obama Reunion Continues at USDOL)
NLRB Memo Directs Regions on Mandatory Issues to Submit to Headquarters
NILG Conference – Key Themes Recapped
Speak Up for A Panel on Artificial Intelligence Technology for Individuals With Disabilities at SXSW
Kansas Workforce Centers Received the NASWA Award for Exceptional Veteran Service
OFCCP Director Yang Looks to Modernize the Agency
EEOC Commissioner Sonderling: Commission To Tackle Artificial Intelligence in Employment Decisions
12+ Million Job Postings This Year to the NLx in the US!
EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows: Systemic Discrimination is on EEOC’s Radar
Combating Racist Training in the Military Act of 2021
EEOC to Host Unconscious Bias Training
All Five Members of the NLRB Are Now Seated
More Time to Comment on the $15 Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors
Four OFCCP Regional Directors Provided Updates and Recommendations
NILG Recap – This Week!
Access the Disability Equality Index Best Practices Collection
Employment in U.S. soared in July! The Unemployment Percentage Dropped an Astonishing Half-a-Point to 5.2%. However, Individuals with Disabilities Continue to Be the Hidden Talent Force
