OFCCP Week In Review: January 4, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: January 4, 2021

by | Jan 4, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • New COVID-19 Relief Permits Employers to Voluntarily Extend Cost-Free Paid Leave Under FFCRA into 2021
  • EO 13950 Imploded Even Before Biden Could Cancel it + Bonus Blog Post
  • REMINDER: Time to Get Ready to Apply for USDOL’s HIRE Vets Medallion Program
  • OFCCP Now Accepting Public Comment on Its New Proposed Information Collection Requests in Construction Contractor Compliance Audit Scheduling Letters Awaiting OMB Approval
  • OFCCP Wants More Comments on Its Proposal to Require Contractors to Submit All AAPs for Verification: Public Comment Deadline Extended
  • OFCCP Director Craig Leen Timed Out: Does Not Make it to OPM + Bonus Blog Post
  • U.S. Department of Labor Issues Two Opinion Letters Regarding Travel Time and Overtime Payments Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
  • EEOC Announces It will Hold Its First Commission Meeting of 2021
  • OFCCP Touts a Year in Review
OFCCP Week In Review: January 4, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: November 2, 2020

by | Nov 2, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Fifth Woman in History Confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court
  • EEOC to Discuss MOU with USDOL & USDOJ
  • Is Scabby the Rat Unlawful?
  • Two Civil Rights Groups Sued The Trump Administration To Stop EO 13950
  • OFCCP Director of Policy & Program Development Provided Agency Updates
  • Comment Now on E-Verify
  • Comment Now on OFCCP Construction Recordkeeping Requirements
  • NLRB Boasts Great Progress in FY 2020
  • NLRB Enhanced its Website
  • Led by California, three States Sue The EEOC In an Attempt to Force Access to EEO-1 Component 2 “Hours Worked” and “Pay Data”
  • New Regulations Outlining EEOC Guidance
OFCCP Week In Review: January 4, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: October 26, 2020

by | Oct 26, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • USDOL Boasts OFCCP’s Monetary Settlements
  • Ensure Emerging Technologies are Accessible
  • OFCCP Launched Executive Order 13950 Landing Page
  • OFCCP Seeks Information on Contractor D&I Training Programs
  • NLRB Chairman Defends Ethics Report
  • The 2020 State of the Industry Survey, D&I and Remote Work Reign Supreme
  • Mark Your Calendar
OFCCP Week In Review: January 4, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: October 12, 2020

by | Oct 12, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Comment Period Extended For NLRB Amendments
  • Interim Final Rule to Protect American Workers’ Wages
  • OFCCP On The Offensive Against Microsoft and Wells Fargo As To “Implied” Race-Based Employment Preferences
  • National Apprenticeship Week Announced
  • OFCCP Issued FAQs on Sex Stereotyping Related to Executive Order 13950
  • OFCCP Reminded Contractors To Grant Religious Accommodations
  • Comment Now on EEOC Conciliation Process
  • OFCCP Atlanta Regional Director Sam Maiden Suddenly Retired
OFCCP Week In Review: January 4, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: October 5, 2020

by | Oct 5, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • OFCCP Immediately Set Up the “Complaint Hotline to Combat Race and Sex Stereotyping” Per Executive Order 13950
  • NLRB Rejects House Committee on Education and Labor Subpoena: Cites Need for Confidentiality During the Pre-Deliberative Process
  • Keith E. Sonderling sworn in as EEOC Commissioner and Vice-Chair
  • The Federal Agencies Celebrated National Disability Employment Awareness Month and USDOL ODEP Offered Some Practical & Useful Employer Tools
  • California Will Require Pay and Hours Worked Data Confidentially Reported By 10 “Wage Ranges” and 10 Job Categories by March 31, 2021 in a New Component 2 “Look-a-like” Reporting Law
  • September Was Another Blockbuster Hiring Month; Unemployment Dropped a Full Half a Percentage Point to 7.9%, & Asians, Individuals with Disabilities and African Americans Outstripped the Percentage of White Hires For the First Time In This Pandemic
OFCCP Week In Review: January 4, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: September 28, 2020

by | Sep 28, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Submit Comments on Paid Leave Under FFCRA & CARES Act
  • OFCCP Loses Oracle Case At Trial
  • Trump Issues Executive Order 13950 to Combat Race and Sex Stereotyping Imposing New Requirements on Government Contractors, plus a Bonus Deep Dive Blog Post
  • Department of Labor Proposes New Independent Contractor Test Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
  • USDOL Break-Out Sessions Now Available
  • EEOC Now Fully Staffed With Republican Majority
  • OFCCP Defines “Promotion”
  • Top Organizations Identified to Oversee IRAPs
  • VETS Apprenticeship Pilot Will Help Employers Achieve the VETS Medallion Award