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OFCCP Week In Review: January 4, 2021

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

New FLSA and FMLA Guidance on Return to Work and the FFCRA
The NLRB Draws the Line on Abusive and Offensive Statements
Federal Government Contractors Must Review Compensation Systems
OFCCP Updates on Conciliation, Mediation, and the Ombuds Service
Senate Confirmed NLRB Board Members Kaplan and McFerran To New NLRB Terms In Office
Honoring and Educating: The Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the ADA

NLRB Rules Confidentiality Provisions in Arbitration Clauses Relating to the Rules Under Which an Arbitration May be Conducted are Permissible
Apprenticeship Pilot Launched for Transitioning Service Members
Employment Discrimination Data Now in Visual Formats
President Trump Halts New Foreign Worker Visas
USDOL Launched Interactive FFCRA Eligibility Tool
NLRB Restores Employer Right to Discipline Before a First Contract
WHD Issued Five New Opinion Letters
USDOL’s Wage and Hour Division Hiring
WHD Issued Guidance on FFCRA and Summer Camps
OFCCP Updated Scheduling Letter FAQs

OSHA Issued COVID-19 Risk Reduction Poster
Presidential Proclamation of World Autism Day
The Big Reveal! OFCCP Audit Scheduling Letters Approved
- Bonus Feature with Deep Dive Into Scheduling Letters
OSHA Expanded Facepiece Guidance
OSHA Champions Anti-Retaliation for Reporting Unsafe Working Conditions
USERRA and COVID-19
EEOC Updated It’s COVID-19 Assistance
OFCCP Request for Comments on Its Complaint Form
WHD Corrections to FFCRA
NLRB Now Delays Final Rule Effective Date
NILG Conference Cancelled
USDOL Announced Guidance on Unemployment Compensation
OSHA Issued Guidance on COVID-19 Reporting

IG Report Blasts OFCCP Construction Audits–Including Bonus Feature
Big Changes Ahead for OFCCP Construction Programs
VETS Champion Veteran Hiring Award
EEOC Continues to Serve Amid COVID-19 Crisis
NLRB Final Rule – Three Amendments
NLRB Resumes Representation Elections
DE & NASWA Launched “NeedAJobNow” Website
IRS Issued FAQs on FFCRA Sick Leave and Tax Credits
OFCCP Ensured Data Safety
World Autism Awareness Day
National Dialogue on COVID-19 Extended
OFCCP Updates for FAAPs
March Employment Situation Released
OSHA Issued Respirator Guidance
Disability:IN Launched COVID-19 Response Series
OFCCP Sent National Exemption Reminder
OFCCP Announced New Online Course
USDOL Announced Additional FFCRA Guidance
NLRB Launched a New Website
WHD Issued Temporary Rule on Paid Leave under FFCRA
Bonus Feature: Section 3610 of the CARES Act Provides Potential Additional Relief for Qualified Federal Contractors