OFCCP Week In Review: March 4, 2024

OFCCP Week In Review: March 4, 2024

by | Mar 4, 2024 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

  • U.S. OPM & OMB Jointly Published First Ever Strategic Plan on Hiring Military Spouses
  • Senate HELP Committee Advanced Renomination of Julie Su To Be Next U.S. Secretary of Labor
  • DE Talk Podcast Discussed “Platinum Rule of DEI”
  • DirectEmployers Named #1 in Government Contracting in JD Supra 2024 Readers’ Choice Awards
  • Big Budget Opponents Again Stop a Final Federal FY 2024 Budget While Congress Keeps to Agreement to Limit Agency Spending to FY 2023 Levels
  • In Brief
  • New Publications
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: March 4, 2024

OFCCP Week In Review: March 13, 2023

by | 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  • NLRB Rescinded Four Provisions of Trump-Era NLRB Union Election Rule Struck Down by Federal Appellate Court in January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
OFCCP Week In Review: March 14, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: March 14, 2022

by | Mar 14, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • OFCCP Week In Review Team Named #1 in Government Contracting in JD Supra 2022 Readers Choice Awards
  • Answers to Title VII Religious Objections to COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements
  • $55M Available To Support Workforce Readiness To Individuals Leaving Prison
  • From Public Service to Corporate America: Lived Experiences of an LGBTQ Employee in the Workplace
  • Inclusive Extended Reality Technology & Hybrid Work Toolkit
  • E-Verify To Drop Internet Explorer Support
  • Safety Coalition Joined the 90-Day Trucking Apprenticeship Challenge
  • WHD Launched Retaliation Webpage
  • USDOL Signed MOU to Report to USDOJ Employers Pursuing “No-Poach” Recruitment Agreements And/Or Conspiring to Fix Wages
  • Biden Proposal to Update Davis-Bacon Is Designed To Increase Prevailing Wages for Workers on Public Construction Projects
  • President Biden Signed Federal Bi-Partisan FY2022 Omnibus Budget Bill Dissing Federal Civil Rights Agencies
  • He’s Back! Popular OFCCP Regional Director Sam Maiden Returns, Now As The RD for the Mid-Atlantic Region (Philadelphia)
  • Old, But Important, News We Missed. Biden Extended the COVID-19 Pandemic National State of Emergency Impacting Labor Laws
OFCCP Week In Review: April 5, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: April 5, 2021

by | Apr 5, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • GAO Report Finds NLRB Staff Dwindling and Dissatisfied
  • National Vietnam War Veterans Day – Thank You For Your Service!
  • NLRB Extends Deadline to File Briefs on Employer Investigations
  • VEVRAA Benchmark for Hiring Dropped to 5.6%
  • NLRB Website Now Available in Español
  • DOL Website Worker.gov Now Available in Español
  • DirectEmployers Announces OFCCP Director Jenny Yang as a Keynote Speaking “Live” at its Annual Member Meeting DEAMcon21
  • VETS Launched a New Pilot Program to Assist Transitioning Service Members and Their Spouses
  • The Re-Opening of America is Upon Us! Employment Explodes in March With Largest One-Month Job Surge Since WWII!
  • The WIR Team Awarded Readers’ Choice Award!
  • REMINDER: Final Countdown to Deadline for HIREVets Medallion Award