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
- In Brief
- 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
- In Brief
- 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
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
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
- In Brief
- 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
- In Brief
- 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%
- In Brief
- 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
- In Brief
- 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
- In Brief
- 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
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
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
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
