OFCCP Week In Review: February 27, 2023

OFCCP Week In Review: February 27, 2023

by | Feb 27, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

  • In the Ongoing Push to Make More Companies Liable for Worker Employment Claims, California Again Seeks to Set the Pace
  • U.S. NLRB Ruled Employers May Not Include Confidentiality or Non-Disparagement Provisions in Severance Agreements
  • U.S. Supreme Court Held FLSA’s Overtime Exemption Does Not Apply to Highly Paid, Daily-Rate Worker
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Reported Employment of Workers with Disabilities Increased in 2022
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: February 27, 2023

OFCCP Week In Review: February 20, 2023

by | Feb 20, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

  • NLRB Again Extended Reply Comment Period on Proposed Fair Choice and Employee Voice Rule
  • Last Two Chances Coming for Contractors to Object to OFCCP’s Proposed Disclosures of EEO-1 Data
  • U.S. Labor Secretary Walsh Announced Changes to Three Labor Appeals Boards
  • Senate HELP Committee Advanced Gilbride Nomination for EEOC General Counsel, But Looman Nomination to Head WHD Hit Technical Snag
  • U.S. Labor Secretary Walsh Finally Announced His Resignation Date
  • President Biden Issued Executive Order on “Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities”
  • Illinois Supreme Court Ruled Claims Under State’s Biometric Information Privacy Act Accrue with Each Scan or Transmission
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: February 27, 2023

OFCCP Week In Review: January 3, 2023

by | Jan 3, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

  • U.S. IRS & Treasury Department Published Notice on Prevailing Wage & Apprenticeship Requirements for Enhanced Tax Benefits Under Inflation Reduction Act
  • Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Delivers Another Fatal Blow to Biden Administration’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors
  • Latest DE Talk Podcast Provided Tips for Celebrating Holidays Inclusively at Work
  • OFCCP Submitted to OMB Its Final Rule on “Pre-Enforcement Notice & Conciliation Procedures”
  • Republican U.S. Senator Blocked Efforts for Unanimous Floor Vote to Confirm Gilbride (EEOC Counsel) & Looman (WHD Head) Nominations
  • NY Gov. Hochul Finally Signs Bill Requiring “Salary Range” Disclosures in Job Ads
  • How The New $1.7 Trillion Federal Budget Differentially Impacts Federal Labor & Employment Law Agencies
  • Bipartisan FY 2023 Budget Law Included New Accommodations for Pregnant & Nursing Employees
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
GAO Made Seven Lackluster Recommendations to OFCCP to “Improve Oversight of Veterans’ Federal Contractor Employment”

Unanimous Appellate Court Struck Down ALJ Decision Finding Baltimore Enterprise Rent-a-Car Guilty of Unlawful Race Discrimination: Judge Did Not Understand Title VII Law

by | May 31, 2022 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

In an unforgiving decision, a unanimous Administrative Review Board of the USDOL reversed and remanded the entirety of the 2019 Recommended Decision and Order of USDOL Administrative Law Judge Morris Davis. In doing so, the ARB held that Judge Davis misunderstood and...
GAO Made Seven Lackluster Recommendations to OFCCP to “Improve Oversight of Veterans’ Federal Contractor Employment”

Biden Administration Takes Its Foot Off The Gas on Employment Civil Rights Enforcement: OFCCP Joins EEOC in Nosedive in Critical Performance Metrics During Biden’s First Year

by | Jan 31, 2022 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

What Federal Contractors May Expect For The Remainder of FY 2022 No one would have ever predicted it a year ago or did predict that the OFCCP and the EEOC (see last week’s WIR) would actually go backwards and perform below the level of the Trump Administration....
OFCCP Week In Review: June 22, 2020

OFCCP Week In Review: June 22, 2020

by | Jun 22, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Additional 30-Day Extension on I-9 Flexibility
  • Advisory Meeting on Veterans Outreach
  • EEOC Says “No” To Antibody Tests
  • USDOL To Host Compliance Assistance Webinars
  • DACA Roller Coaster Continues as SCOTUS Strikes Down Trump Administration Rescission of Program, but ALSO Says the President May Rescind it if he Does it the Right Way
OFCCP Week In Review: June 22, 2020

OFCCP Week In Review: June 15, 2020

by | Jun 15, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court Rules LGBT Employees are Protected from Discrimination on the Basis of Sex Under Title VII
  • End of EEO-1 Component 2 Litigation Nears…
  • EEOC Says “Black Lives Matter”
  • ODEP and ASA Join Forces
  • OSHA Published FAQs on Cloth Face Coverings
  • Leen Gets One Step Closer to OPM
  • NLRB Declines Jurisdiction Over Faculty at Religious Institutions
  • NILG Announced Webinar Series
  • ODEP Published Employer Survey Results
  • EEOC Makes Progress on Wellness Programs
  • EEOC (again) Updated Its COVID-19 Guidance
  • EEOC Issued Federal Sector Report on Conflict Case Management
OFCCP Week In Review: June 22, 2020

OFCCP Week In Review: June 8, 2020

by | Jun 8, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • NLRB Implemented Almost All Election Rule Changes
  • Trouble in the EEOC
  • ETA Released Workplace Resources for Intellectual Disability
  • EEOC to Hold Public Meeting on Wellness Programs
  • Leen Testifies to be Inspector General, Office of Personnel Management
  • New Movement for EEOC Commissioner Seats
  • Progress in Getting the NLRB Filled
  • Nomination For New Head of ODEP
  • NILG Announced Webinar Series
  • Finalists Announced in Veteran Employment Challenge
  • EEOC Commissioner Charges and Directed Investigations Explained
  • May Employment Situation Shows Unemployment Numbers Finally Dropped!
  • Final Rule Effective Date Set on Fluctuating Workweek Overtime Computation
OFCCP Week In Review: June 22, 2020

OFCCP Week In Review: May 26, 2020

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

  • OFCCP Recognized Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
  • WHD Issued Final Rule to Simplify Retail or Service Industry Exemptions
  • OSHA Adopted Revised Enforcement Policies for Coronavirus
  • A Procedurally Odd Finale to the Secretary of Labor’s ‘Direct Final Rule’ on The Secretary’s Review of ARB Decisions
  • NLRB Announced Public Outreach Sessions on “Quickie Election” Procedures
  • WHD Issued Final Rule to Expand Access to the Fluctuating Workweek Method of Computing Overtime