by DE Compliance News Jun 5, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance , Week In Review (WIR)
NLRB GC Asserted, Via Memo, That Employment Non-Compete Provisions Violate NLRA
JOLTS Report – Job Openings Increased by 358k in April as “Jobs Opening Rate” Jumped up .03% to 6.1% Signaling More Hard Work Ahead for Recruiters
U.S. Supreme Court Ruled NLRA Does Not Bar State Law Property Damage Claims Against Unions
Economy Added 339k Jobs in May, But the Unemployment Rate Nonetheless Rose to 3.7%
Debt Ceiling Increase Statute Became a Bill to Restrict Future Federal Budgets
What The Budget Reforms In The Debt-Ceiling Bill Likely Mean For OFCCP and Other Federal Agencies
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Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by DE Compliance News May 22, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance , Week In Review (WIR)
U.S. Government Accountability Office Report Found Employers Use Non-Competes to Protect Confidential Information, But Rarely Enforce Them
USDOL Wage & Hour Division Issued PUMP Act Bulletin Explaining New Employer Obligations
Focusing on Adverse Impact, U.S. EEOC Released a New Technical Assistance Document on Artificial Intelligence & Title VII
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Now Jumps into Biometric Privacy Protection Even in the Absence of Any New Congressional Authorizing Law
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Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by DE Compliance News May 15, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance , Week In Review (WIR)
U.S. Office of Personnel Management Announced Proposed Rule on Pay Equity for Federal Workers
USDOL ODEP Announced Themes for 2023 Disability Awareness Month & 50th Anniversary of Rehab Act
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by DE Compliance News Apr 24, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance , Week In Review (WIR)
OFCCP Released the First 20,000 EEO-1 Files to The Public
OFCCP’s Modified Proposal to Revise Scheduling Letter & Itemized Listing Revealed Via Newly Posted Documents
Ninth Circuit Became First Court of Appeals to Rule for Biden Administration’s Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate
House & Senate Democrats Reintroduced “Do No Harm Act”
Julie Su in the “Hotseat” During Senate HELP Committee Hearing
U.S. NLRB Detailed Expansive Potential Remedies for Repeat or Egregious Violations
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Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by DE Compliance News Apr 17, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance , Week In Review (WIR)
OLMS Submitted for OMB Review its Final Rule to Revise Union Persuader Reports to “Out” Federal Contractors
EEOC Vice Chair Samuels & Commissioner Sonderling Told DEAMcon23 Attendees that EEO-1 Component 2 Survey Will Soon Return
Biden Administration Sought to End Remote Work for Federal Employees
Federal Judge Alsup Ordered USDOL’s Lawyers to Prepare an Order Setting Dates & Deadlines for Outstanding FOIA Requests as to Contractor EEO-1 Filings
Senator Sanders Announced His Intention to Hold Julie Su’s Controversial Nomination Hearing on April 20: Tough Political Battle in Progress
U.S. Supreme Court Issued Unanimous Ruling Allowing Litigants to Go to Federal Court on Certain Constitutional Challenges to Agency Investigations
OFCCP Published Second Notice Regarding Proposed Changes to Its Supply & Service Contractor Audit Scheduling Letter & Document Demands
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Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by DE Compliance News Apr 10, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance , Week In Review (WIR)
OFCCP (Silently) Again Updated Its FOIA Objection Portal
JOLTS Report: Job Openings Decreased by 632k in February, Rate Dropped to 6.0%
Latest DE Talk Podcast Discussed Building Employee Resource Groups to Create Trustworthy Environments to Encourage ID&E Conversations
President Biden Issued “Modernizing Regulatory Review” Executive Order
Substantially More People in All Race/Ethnic Groups Worked from Home Between 2019-2021, U.S. Census Bureau Reported
Economy Added 236k Jobs in March, Unemployment Rate Decreased Slightly to 3.5%
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Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by DE Compliance News Mar 27, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance , Week In Review (WIR)
Job Search Website Operator Agreed to Electronically Scan and Remove Language in Job Postings Which Limited Jobs in the U.S. to Foreign Applicants
OFCCP Requested Public Comments (Again) on Proposed Changes to Disability Self ID Form
OFCCP Quietly Updated (Again) FOIA Objection Submissions Deadline to March 31
USDOL WHD Provided Second Comment Period on Proposal to Revise the Existing WD-10 Form for Federal Construction Contractors
An Employer’s Failure to Post the Employee Rights Notice Will Now Cost $659 Per Violation
USCIS Ended Covid Flexibilities for Response to Certain Notices & Requests
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Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by DE Compliance News Mar 20, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance , Week In Review (WIR)
FTC Jumped into the “Joint-Employer” Fray and Also Broadened Its Attack on Non-Competition Agreements to Franchise Agreements
OFCCP’s Congressional Budget Justification Is Chock-Full of Insights Into the Agency’s Future Plans & Past Performance
U.S. EEOC Annual Performance Report Touts An Increase In Performance Equivalent to Its Increase in Staffing in FY 2022 While General Counsel Performance Fell off Almost 22% Despite 3% More Lawyers
U.S. Justice Department Issued Guidance on FOIA Presumption of Openness
President Biden Formally Sent to the U.S. Senate Julie Su’s Nomination to Be the Next Secretary of Labor
OFCCP Launched (Again) a Mega Construction Program
Biden Administration Marked “Equal Pay Day”
With Regulatory Proposal Still Pending, U.S. FTC Announced a 4th Noncompete Enforcement Action This Year
U.S. Appeals Court for Third Circuit Ruled PTO Is Not “Salary” Under the FLSA…So, Employers May Dock PTO for Productivity Failures
House EWC Chair Foxx & Senator Cassidy Concerned About Validity of Labor Advisors Policy
OFCCP Announced AAP Certification Portal to Open March 31 with June 29 Deadline
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Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
by DE Compliance News Mar 13, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance , Week In Review (WIR)
OFCCP Requested Public Comments (Again) on OFCCP’s Job Listing, AAP, “Benchmarks for hiring” and Self-ID for Protected Veterans
U.S. BLS JOLTS Report Shows Shrinking Jobs Market
White House Budget Proposal Is Unrealistic, a Nonstarter for Congress and Sets the Stage for a Political Fight Over the U.S. Debt Ceiling
OFCCP Updated FOIA Objection Portal with “Final” Non-Objector List
NLRB Rescinded Four Provisions of Trump-Era NLRB Union Election Rule Struck Down by Federal Appellate Court in January
USBLS Reports Shrinking U.S. Labor Force; Unemployment Rate Increased to 3.6%
Marty Walsh’s Concluded His Time as Secretary of Labor
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by DE Compliance News 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
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Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
