OFCCP Week In Review: August 8, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: August 8, 2022

by | Aug 8, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • 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: August 8, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: August 1, 2022

by | Aug 1, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Commissioners Dhillon & Lucas Reported EEOC Is Denying FOIA Requests On Claims Sent To Arbitration Rather Than Litigation
  • Federal Judge in Ohio Blocked Air Forces’ Vax Requirement Nationwide
  • OFCCP Issued First Official Statement After Weeks of Confusion On Its AAP Portal “Deadline”
  • National Academy of Sciences Released Its Anticipated Pay Data Study; EEOC Commissioners Respond With Notably Different Takes
  • HHS, DOL, And Treasury Department Issued Guidance Regarding Birth Control Coverage Under the ACA
  • DOL WHD Added New Best Practices Guidance on Child Labor for Employers
  • DC Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses NLRB Win for Browning-Ferris in Long-Running Joint-Employer Litigation Slugfest: No New Legal Test Emerges…Yet
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: August 8, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: July 25, 2022

by | Jul 25, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Federal District Court Judge In Tennessee Blocked Enforcement Of Controversial EEOC & DOE Guidance Documents On Bostock
  • AbilityOne Commission Published Final Rule Barring Nonprofits From Subminimum Pay On Its Contracts
  • OFCCP Enforcement Statistics Continue To Spiral Down To New Modern Lows
  • Wage And Hour Division Announced 60-day Comment Period On Its Unchanged Paid Sick Leave Recordkeeping Requirements For Federal Contractors
  • Census Bureau announced ACS 1-year estimates will be released on September 15, 2022
  • NLRB and FTC Signed New Partnership Agreement To Focus on “Anticompetitive and Unfair Labor Practices”
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: August 8, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: July 18, 2022

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

  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security Reported That Its Second Comment Period For Continued Use of Form I-9 Is Still Open
  • NLRB Announced 2021 Update To Its “Outline of Law & Procedure In Representation Cases”
  • EEOC Updated 15 Items In Its Covid-19 Technical Assistance Guidance, Adding A New Standard For Employers Which Test Employees For the Virus
  • While OFCCP Slipped Into the Bottom Quartile, The EEOC Climbed Into The Top 30% In The 2021 Best Places To Work Scores In The Federal Government
  • USDOL Agencies Announced They Are Seeking Comments From Employers Regarding Long-Covid Workplace Challenges
  • Wage & Hour Division Published Its Long Expected Proposed Rule on “Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts”
  • The NLRB Reported Union Election Petitions Are Up 58% Through Q3, Exceeding Already All FY21 Petitions Filed
  • Jury Awards Former Southwest Flight Attendant >$5M In Abortion Views Bias Suit
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: August 8, 2022

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: August 8, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: July 5, 2022

by | Jul 5, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • USDOJ Announced the Settlement of Claims That 16 Employers Posted Job Ads on College Recruiting Platforms Discriminating Against Non-U.S. Citizens: Attention ALL Recruiters, Especially College and University Recruitment Centers: USDOJ Has Put a Target On Your Backs
  • Enforcement of Biden Vaccine Mandate for Federal Employees Again Delayed
  • OFCCP Director & EEOC Chair Held A Joint Webinar With Four Outside Panelists Discussing Skills-Based Hiring
  • OFCCP Quietly Extended the AAP Verification Deadline Following Discovery of Faux Pas
  • SCOTUS Reigned In The Federal Agencies By Reminding Them They Must Identify “Clear Congressional Authorization” When Making Significant Decisions…Not So Much Trimming Rights As Trimming Presidential Power
  • VETS Announced Eight New Partners For Its Employment Navigator Pilot Program
OFCCP Week In Review: August 8, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: June 27, 2022

by | Jun 27, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Spring 2022 Regulatory Agenda Recycles OFCCP Items From Previous Agendas; WHD And NLRB List Significant Items
  • House Appropriations Subcommittee Approved FY 2023 Bill; OFCCP Funding In Line With President Biden’s Request
  • E-Verify Released Seven New Case Processing Enhancements To Increase Awareness of Duplicate Cases & Improve Search Functions
  • ODEP Announced “Disability: Part of the Equity Equation” As The Theme For National Disability Employment Awareness Month in October
  • ODEP Is Seeking More Particularized Information About Employees with Disabilities
  • The Three Things Human Resources Professionals Now Need To Do Following The Dobbs Decision (Reversing Roe)
  • EEOC Announced The Addition Of A New “X” Gender Marker To Charge Intake Process
OFCCP Week In Review: August 8, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: June 20, 2022

by | Jun 20, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • OMB Is About to Overhaul Federal Data Collections of Race and Ethnicity Information: Federal Contractors Beware of Coming New Data Collection and Reporting Burdens
  • New Biden Executive Order Details Plan For Feds To Collect Sexual Orientation, Gender identity, and Sex Characteristics Data: An Old Acronym Now Takes Center Stage: SOGI. Federal Contractors Beware of Coming New Data Collection And Reporting Burdens
  • USDOL Wage & Hour Division Published a Proposal to Revise the Existing WD-10 Form for Federal Construction Contractors
  • NLRB Majority Holds That Trump-era “Block-Charging” Rule Does Not Prevent NLRB Staff from Issuing Merit-Based Dismissals of Election Petitions – Even Without a Full Evidentiary Hearing
  • OMB And GSA Announced A “Technology Modernization Fund”
  • USDOL’s Wage & Hour Division Issued New Guidance Limiting Subminimum Wages To Disabled And Young Employees: No Rulemaking, Yet Again.
OFCCP Week In Review: August 8, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: June 13, 2022

by | Jun 13, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • DirectEmployers Welcomes Cynthia L. Hackerott to the Week In Review Reporting Team
  • SCOTUS Limits Federal Preemption Otherwise Requiring Arbitration Of Airport Ramp Workers Claims
  • President Biden Nominated Karla Gilbride to Be the Next EEOC General Counsel
  • U.S. Senate Blocks Biden Nominee To Lead EBSA; But She is Likely To Nonetheless Get Confirmed Following An Upcoming “Déjà Vu Procedural Motion
  • ODEP “Disability and The Digital Divide” Report: Significant Access Gap to Computers/Internet Hurts Employment
  • Home Depot Employee’s Display of Black Lives Matter/BLM on Work Apron Was Not a Protected Activity; Employer’s Enforcement of Dress Code Did Not Violate NLRB, ALJ Concludes
OFCCP Week In Review: June 6, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: June 6, 2022

by | Jun 6, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Survey Says…Participants Prefer Online Mediation For EEOC Charge Resolution
  • EARN Released Short Video To Assist Employers in Mental Health Awareness
  • Federal Court Finds Georgia County Employee Medical Insurance Program Violated Title VII On Its Face By Denying A Transgender Female Employee “Sex Change” Surgery Coverage
  • NLRB Revised Electronic Notice Posting Requirement
  • May’s Employment Situation Relatively Status Quo from April