OFCCP Week In Review: February 12, 2024
- U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Ruled “Retaliatory Intent” Not Required to Prove SOX Whistleblower Claim
- U.S. GAO Report on Military Spouse Employment Focused on Challenges of Part-Time Work
- HIRE Vets Medallion Award Application Period Now Open
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: April 24, 2023
- 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
OFCCP Week In Review: February 6, 2023
- U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology Released AI Risk Management Framework
- Apply Now for HIRE Vets Medallion Award
- EEOC Held Virtual Meeting on Navigating Artificial Intelligence
- U.S. BLS Reported a Small Increase in Job Openings for December But Little Change in Hires or Total Separations
- OFCCP Extended Final Opportunity for Objections To EEO-1 Component 1 (Type 2=Consolidated) Data FOIA Disclosure
- Economy Added 517k Jobs in January; Unemployment Rate Down Slightly to 3.4%
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: February 7, 2022
- This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance: No Changes As Legal Frenzy Dies Down…for the Moment
- HIRE Vets Medallion Award Application Window is Now Open!
- No Spoiler Alert Here – OFCCP Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Not to Have a Significant Economic Impact
- Employers & Job Seekers Beware – Scammers Are Exploiting Security Weaknesses on Some Job Recruitment Websites
- OFCCP Contractor Portal Opened for Registration – See Rules of Behavior to Enter
- NLRB Continues Push to Support Union Organizing
- CA Pay Data Reporting Portal is Also Open!
- WHD to Hire 100 Investigators to Support Compliance Efforts
- Updated Procedures Announced for Third-Party EEO-1 Survey Filers
- Biden Issued an Executive Order Unionizing All Large Construction Contracts
- January 2022 Employment Situation – Finally, a Big Jobs Month, but Total Jobs Picture Still Very Mixed!
- Update on USDOL’s “Good Jobs” Initiative
OFCCP Week In Review: November 15, 2021
- NLRB Counsel Seeks To Protect Immigrant Workers Rights
- Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Blasted and Enjoined the OSHA ETS in a Harsh Order; The List of Lawsuits Challenging Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates Continues to Grow
- EARN Website Gets A Redesign
- OFCCP Published Its NPRM to Rescind the Trump Religious Discrimination Exemption Rule, As Predicted Last Week
- Six New Countries Eligible For H-2 Visa Programs
- Federal Contractor Guidance Updated to Include New Fully Vaccinated Deadline
- NILG Comments On The Collection Of Pay Data
- Comment Now On The Issuance of “Consequential Damages” To Employees Per The NLRB
- NLRB, EEOC, and USDOL Join Forces To Use Their “Bully Pulpits” to Combat Workplace Retaliation: No Substantive Requirements Planned
- USVETS Honors 849 Companies With 2021 Hire Vets Medallion Awards!
- Honoring Our Military Veterans
- USDOL Seeks to Reverse Yet Another Trump Rule: Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs Now on the Chopping Block: Ping-Pong
OFCCP Week In Review: November 8, 2021
- The Final, Final, This Time We Mean It Deadline For EEO-1 Survey is November 15th
- New Guidance for Federal Government Contractors on Vaccine Mandate Continues to Stretch Its Reach
- NLRB Back On Average With $56 Million Collected in Fiscal Year 2021
- Watch The 2021 HIRE Vets Medallion Award Ceremony!
- It’s National Native American Heritage Month!
- The White House Issued a Press Release Relaxing the December 8, 2021 Employee Vaccination or Termination “Requirement” Applicable to Federal Contractors and Subcontractors to January 4, 2022
- OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines or Testing/Masks Catches Federal Contractors in a Bind by Exempting Them from the More Generous Exceptions to the OSHA ETS
- DEAMcon22 Agenda is Here!! Pack Your Bags For Carlsbad, California
- Comment Now on the Continuation of Videoconferencing In NLRB Hearings
- Monthly Job Growth For October Currently Slightly Below Yearly Average
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Jumped into the Vaccine Mandate Action with its Own Interim Final Rule Covering 17 Million Medicare/Medicaid Provider Employees
- It Took Less Than 24 Hours: U.S. Fifth Circuit Strikes Down OSHA ETS Citing “grve statutory and constitutional issues”
- OFCCP Published its Draft Proposal to Rescind the Trump OFCCP Religious Exemption Rule, and Not Replace It
OFCCP Week In Review: April 26, 2021
- OFCCP Wants Your Comments on Construction Compliance Reviews
- Empowering Teens in Their Workplaces Online Dialogue
- EEOC To Consider Civil Rights Implications Of The Pandemic
- California’s Labor Commissioner Heads to a Senate Vote for USDOL’s Deputy Secretary Role
- More In Store on Independent Contractors?
- NLRB Decides to Keep Its Existing “Contract Bar” Rule
- Biden Taps Former Obama Official to Come Back to ODEP: Obama Reunion Continues at USDOL
- EEOC To Host Event To Educate on National Origin Discrimination
- Create Diverse and Inclusive Workplaces Through Apprenticeships
- Former Obama Official Tapped to Come Back to OASP
- EEO-1 Component Data Collection Portal is now Open
- Reminder: Last Call for HIRE Vets Medallion Award Submissions
OFCCP Week In Review: January 11, 2021
- EEOC Mediation Pilot Program Extended
- USDOJ Pursues Last-Minute Attempt to Kill “Adverse Impact” Discrimination Claims Against Federal Grant Recipients
- USDOL’s New Independent Contractor Final Rule is DOA, Or Is It? Not So Fast!
- Comment on EEOC’s Wellness Program Incentive Proposal
- HIRE Vets Award Officially Open for Registration
- E-Verify Back-Up – Get Compliant by January 11, 2021
- EEOC Shuts Down Democrat Commissioners’ Objections to More Transparent Commission Conciliation Negotiations with Respondent Employers
- New Resources in the Telework & Accessibility Toolkit
- New FAQs on CA Pay Data Reporting Act
- WHD Issued First Two Opinion Letters of 2021
- What Exactly is “Systemic Enforcement” at the EEOC?
- Employment Numbers Take a Hit as Dining Occupancy Allowance Drops
- Biden announced Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as Labor Secretary Nominee
- EEOC To Hold Two Public Meetings This Week
OFCCP Week In Review: August 3, 2020
- It’s Time to Apply for the HIRE Vets Medallion Award!
- OFCCP Advances the ADA through Focused Reviews and Inclusion Awards
- Reminder: Time to Use the Revised Disability Self-ID Form
- NLRB Seeks Additional Employee Privacy and Absentee Ballots for Military Personnel
- Whipped Cream on Beer? OFCCP Talks Compensation Analysis
- NLRB’s Latest Decision in Browning-Ferris Brings the Joint-Employer Doctrine Full Circle
- Reminder: 2020 NASWA Veterans Conference is Virtual Next Week!
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