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%
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: March 18, 2024
- 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
- In Brief
- New Publications
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: September 18, 2023
- 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
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: August 14, 2023
- 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
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: July 3, 2023
- 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
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: June 26, 2023
- 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
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: May 8, 2023
- 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
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: April 3, 2023
- 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
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: February 6, 2023
- U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology Released AI Risk Management Framework
- Apply Now for HIRE Vets Medallion Award
- 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%
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders