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OFCCP Week In Review: April 8, 2024

February JOLTS Report – Job Openings Continue to Stagnate Month Over Month, Rate Unchanged for the Third Month in a Row
EEOC Consent Decree Illustrated Enforcement Stance Regarding Natural Hair Texture & Race Discrimination
U.S. Economy Added 303k Jobs in March, Unemployment Rate Decreases Slightly to 3.8%
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Biden “Hits the Brakes” on Non-Defense Discretionary Budgets for Federal Agencies Joining Congress’ Historic Pivot Away from Both Bigger Federal Agencies and Bigger Social Programs
U.S. EEOC’s FY 2023 Annual Performance Report Touted 29.5% Increase in Monetary Remedies Over Previous Year
Biden Administration Marked Annual “Equal Pay Day”
U.S. EEOC’s Data Dashboard for Limited 2017 & 2018 EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data Collection Shows Both Sex & Race Disparities
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New Publications
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Remote Work Not Required to Accommodate Hospital Worker’s Disability Claims Because Physical Presence was Essential Job Function
U.S. EEOC Settled with Tutoring Company that had Alleged Intentionally Programmed its ATS to Reject Older Applicants
2022 EEO-1 Component 1 Data File Upload Specifications Posted
DE Webinar Questions & Answers: What Federal Contractors Need to Know About the OFCCP’s New Audit Scheduling Letter
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U.S. EEOC Announced Proposed Regulations to Implement PWFA
Federal Judge Ordered Southwest Airlines Attorneys to Attend “Religious Liberty Training”
USDOL Announced Controversial Final Rule Updating Davis-Bacon Act Rules Increasing Prevailing Wages on Public Construction Projects
EEOC Settled Its First Lawsuit Alleging AI Hiring Discrimination
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At 11th Hour, OFCCP Made Changes to Contractor Portal FAQ
U.S. Census Bureau Reported Sharp Drop in On-Site/In-Person Work Between 2019 & 2021
One Day After PWFA Took Effect, EEOC Submitted Proposed Regulations for OMB Review
U.S. EEOC Discreetly Announced EEO-1 Reporting Tentative Starting Date Pushed Back to Fall 2023
SCOTUS Ends Its 45-Year Detour Around The Equal Protection Clause By Now Finding “Race-Based” Admissions Practices At Harvard and UNC Unlawful
The Four “Elevator Speeches” Federal Contractor Compliance Managers and AAP Vendors Now Need Post Harvard/UNC
Three Justices Square Off in the Harvard/UNC Case Decision Over the Accuracy of OMB Directive 15 Defining Race and National Origin in America
Employers Must Grant Religious Accommodations Absent Substantial Increased Costs, Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court Ruled
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The Harvard and UNC Case Decisions Are Coming: What Corporations, Colleges and Universities, and Federal Contractors Need to Know
OMB Approved Changes to OFCCP Complaint Procedures to Take Effect in November
DE Talk Podcast Focused on Moving Off the DEIB “Treadmill” & Onto Progressive Change
President Biden Nominated Burrows for 3rd U.S. EEOC Commissioner Term
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OFCCP Extended Enforcement Moratorium for Veterans’ Affairs Health Benefits Program Providers
COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement for Federal Contractors to End on May 11
NLRB Reverted Back to “Setting Specific” Legal Standard on How Employers May Deal with Abusive Employees
U.S. EEOC Published 2nd Notice on Proposal to Eliminate Counting Employees to Determine Filing “Type” for EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection
JOLTS Report: Job Openings Decreased (for 2nd month in a row) this time by 384k in March as the U.S. Jobs Market Continues to Contract
White House Announced Three New Actions to Mitigate AI Risks
Economy Added 253k Jobs in April, Unemployment Rate Decreased Slightly to 3.4% But Long-Term Unemployment Increased as the “Great Resignation” Continues
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Senate HELP Committee Advanced Nominations for Kotagal as EEOC Commissioner & Looman as WHD Head
OFCCP Leadership Shake-Up: Director Yang and Her Deputy Have Left OFCCP. No Successor Director Yet In Sight
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology Launched Its Artificial Intelligence Resource Center
VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark Dropped Slightly to 5.4%
USCIS Updated Policy Guidance on Self-Selecting a Gender Marker on Benefits Forms & Documents
OFCCP Held Uneventful Webinar Briefing on Religious Exemption Rule Rescission
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U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology Released AI Risk Management Framework
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EEOC Held Virtual Meeting on Navigating Artificial Intelligence
U.S. BLS Reported a Small Increase in Job Openings for December But Little Change in Hires or Total Separations
OFCCP Extended Final Opportunity for Objections To EEO-1 Component 1 (Type 2=Consolidated) Data FOIA Disclosure
Economy Added 517k Jobs in January; Unemployment Rate Down Slightly to 3.4%
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U.S. Appellate Court for D.C. Circuit Blocked Key Aspects of Trump-Era NLRB Union Election Rule
OFCCP Published Proposal to Modify Its Complaint Intake Procedures
OFCCP Published a New Corporate Scheduling Announcement List
DirectEmployers Association and 47 Others Filed Comments Re OFCCP’s Controversial Changes to its Supply & Service Audit Document Demands
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