OFCCP Week In Review: March 28, 2022
- Part 2: New OFCCP Directive on “Pay Equity Audits” Raises More Questions Than it Answers
- E-Verify Released New Features
- OFCCP’s Proposed NPRM Walks Backwards Promising Less Transparency in Audits and Unknown, But Different (to come), Evidentiary Standards in Discrimination Investigations
- CA Pay Data Reports Show No Surprises and Do not Tell us Much
- New Resources Available for EEO-1 Filers
- Lilly Ledbetter Shared Her Powerful and History-Making Story
- SCOTUS Overturns 5th Circuit, Stays U.S. District Court Injunction of DoD COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate
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
OFCCP Week In Review: March 14, 2022
- OFCCP Week In Review Team Named #1 in Government Contracting in JD Supra 2022 Readers Choice Awards
- Answers to Title VII Religious Objections to COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements
- $55M Available To Support Workforce Readiness To Individuals Leaving Prison
- From Public Service to Corporate America: Lived Experiences of an LGBTQ Employee in the Workplace
- Inclusive Extended Reality Technology & Hybrid Work Toolkit
- E-Verify To Drop Internet Explorer Support
- Safety Coalition Joined the 90-Day Trucking Apprenticeship Challenge
- WHD Launched Retaliation Webpage
- USDOL Signed MOU to Report to USDOJ Employers Pursuing “No-Poach” Recruitment Agreements And/Or Conspiring to Fix Wages
- Biden Proposal to Update Davis-Bacon Is Designed To Increase Prevailing Wages for Workers on Public Construction Projects
- President Biden Signed Federal Bi-Partisan FY2022 Omnibus Budget Bill Dissing Federal Civil Rights Agencies
- He’s Back! Popular OFCCP Regional Director Sam Maiden Returns, Now As The RD for the Mid-Atlantic Region (Philadelphia)
- Old, But Important, News We Missed. Biden Extended the COVID-19 Pandemic National State of Emergency Impacting Labor Laws
OFCCP Week In Review: March 7, 2022
- This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
- Fifth Circuit Refused to Lift the Lower Court Injunction Which Stopped the Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate as to 35 Naval Combatants
- The 90-Day Trucking Apprenticeship Challenge Nears Completion as the Nation’s Largest Trucking Industry Association Joins the Cause
- USDOL Announced $45M in Grant Funding to Expand Equitable Reskilling & Job Training
- Compensation, Personal Safety, and Racial/Gender Inequalities Addressed in the Driving Good Jobs Initiative
- USDA Seeks To Criminalize Federal Contractor Non-Compliance With Federal Labor Laws
- It was A Big Jobs Gains Month As Workers Begin To End Their Two-Year Sabbatical and Return To Their Jobs. Minority Jobs Gains Noticeable
- New NASWA and DE NLx Research Hub Will Help Employers Recruit, Hire and Train U.S. Workers
OFCCP Week In Review: February 28, 2022
- This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
- A Missing EEO is the Law Notice Will Now Cost An Employer $610 Per Violation
- $113 Million Now Available Through The Apprenticeship Building America Grant Program
- Cornell & USDOL’s Women’s Bureau Kicked off the “Equity in Focus” Series with a Powerful Panel Tackling “Job Creation for a Just Society”
- Unemployment Rate for Individuals with a Disability Decreased in 2021, However, Remains Higher than 2019 Rate
OFCCP Week In Review: February 21, 2022
- This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
- It is a “One Ticket, One Ride” Win for Only the Outdoorsy People as the Biden Minimum Wage Order Faces First Litigation Defeat
- A Third “Stop Gap” Continuing Resolution Keeps the Federal Government Alive through March 11th
- Upcoming Event | DE Masterclass Employment Law Roundtable Tackles Retaliation: The Rising Centerpiece of Civil Rights Enforcement
OFCCP Week In Review: February 14, 2022
- This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
- White House to Be A “Model Employer” for Empowering Employees to Unionize
- BLS Seeks to Increase Data Set for Occupational Requirements Survey – Comment Portal Open
- OFCCP Published How-To Videos and Registration Tips for New Contractor Portal
- Fifth Circuit Refuses to Lift Nationwide Injunction of Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate Before Oral Argument on Substantive Merits of the Mandate
- Comment Now on Functional Affirmative Action Program Directive Updates
- NLRB Looks to Strengthen Ties with Other Federal Enforcement Agencies
- Eight States Bring Two Suits Seeking to Enjoin $15/Hour Minimum Wage for Employees of Federal Contractors & Subcontractors
- The #MeToo Movement Continues to Alter the Federal Employment Law Landscape, as Private Employers Now Face Changes to the Scope of Employment Arbitration Agreements
- In Memoriam
OFCCP Week In Review: February 7, 2022
- This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance: No Changes As Legal Frenzy Dies Down…for the Moment
- HIRE Vets Medallion Award Application Window is Now Open!
- No Spoiler Alert Here – OFCCP Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Not to Have a Significant Economic Impact
- Employers & Job Seekers Beware – Scammers Are Exploiting Security Weaknesses on Some Job Recruitment Websites
- OFCCP Contractor Portal Opened for Registration – See Rules of Behavior to Enter
- NLRB Continues Push to Support Union Organizing
- CA Pay Data Reporting Portal is Also Open!
- WHD to Hire 100 Investigators to Support Compliance Efforts
- Updated Procedures Announced for Third-Party EEO-1 Survey Filers
- Biden Issued an Executive Order Unionizing All Large Construction Contracts
- January 2022 Employment Situation – Finally, a Big Jobs Month, but Total Jobs Picture Still Very Mixed!
- Update on USDOL’s “Good Jobs” Initiative
