OFCCP Week In Review: January 25, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: January 25, 2021

  • How Ten Organizations Rocked Their Section 503 Compliance Reviews
  • Four New WHD Opinion Letters, Including Independent Contractor Scenario
  • EEOC Touts $535 Million in Discrimination Recoveries in FY2020
  • Day One for President Biden Included, Among Many Actions, Revoking EO 13950
  • Several New Appointees (and a Termination) in the Labor World
  • Jenny Yang on the Job For Less Than 24 Hours Before Sued to Stop OFCCP’s Religious Discrimination Final Rule
  • $15 Federal Min Wage In The Works
OFCCP Week In Review: January 25, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: January 19, 2021

  • Opinion Letter Issued on the Scope of Legal Protections for Religious Liberty
  • Negotiation Impasse Among Top Issues Requesting Ombud Service
  • The EEOC Announced Dates for Three EEO Survey Data Collections
  • Focused Review Survival Grid with New AAP Page
  • DE Talk Podcast: Leverage Your Strengths with CliftonStrengths Finder
  • Comment Now on the Registration & EEO in Apprenticeships Program
  • Religious Discrimination in Employment – Report Released
  • EEOC Final Rule on Its Conciliation Process Moves in the Direction of Employers, but is Ultimately Disappointing
  • OFCCP Reveals Top Five Violations from Disability Focused Reviews
  • EEOC Opinion Letter: No OWBPA Disclosures Required to Non-U.S. Citizens Outside the United States
  • Clarity on EEOC’s Authority to Intervene in Litigation and Approve Amicus Curiae Recommendations
  • Biden Transition Team Floats Trial Balloon: Jenny Yang for OFCCP Director?
  • EEOC Director of State, Local, and Tribal Programs Appointed
  • Three New FLSA Opinion Letters from WHD
  • EEOC Revised Compliance Manual Section on Religious Discrimination
DE Talk | Naming, Claiming, & Aiming Your Strengths in 2021

DE Talk | Naming, Claiming, & Aiming Your Strengths in 2021

Season 2 • Episode 5

Studies suggest that people spend around eighty percent of their time focused on fixing weaknesses, and only twenty percent of their time trying to build upon strengths in most workplaces. However, we achieve excellence most often when using our strengths—enter the CliftonStrengths assessment. In this episode, Jen Polcer chats with JoDee Curtis from Purple Ink LLC to discuss how CliftonStrengths can transform workplaces from weakness-fixing to strengths-based cultures and use those strengths as a roadmap to becoming our best selves.

Subscribe links, guest bios, and full transcript available.

OFCCP Week In Review: January 25, 2021

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: January 25, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: January 4, 2021

  • New COVID-19 Relief Permits Employers to Voluntarily Extend Cost-Free Paid Leave Under FFCRA into 2021
  • EO 13950 Imploded Even Before Biden Could Cancel it + Bonus Blog Post
  • REMINDER: Time to Get Ready to Apply for USDOL’s HIRE Vets Medallion Program
  • OFCCP Now Accepting Public Comment on Its New Proposed Information Collection Requests in Construction Contractor Compliance Audit Scheduling Letters Awaiting OMB Approval
  • OFCCP Wants More Comments on Its Proposal to Require Contractors to Submit All AAPs for Verification: Public Comment Deadline Extended
  • OFCCP Director Craig Leen Timed Out: Does Not Make it to OPM + Bonus Blog Post
  • U.S. Department of Labor Issues Two Opinion Letters Regarding Travel Time and Overtime Payments Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
  • EEOC Announces It will Hold Its First Commission Meeting of 2021
  • OFCCP Touts a Year in Review
OFCCP Week In Review: January 25, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: December 21, 2020

  • OFCCP Released “Certainty” Directive
  • Celebrating the Bill of Rights Day!
  • EEOC Published Vaccination FAQs to Supplement its COVID-19 Technical Assistance Information
  • USDOL Launched a Training Provider Website
  • Nine New Organizations Achieved Recognition For High-Quality Apprenticeship Programs
  • Open Virtual Meeting on Veteran Employment & Employer Outreach
  • Colorado Asserts Nationwide Reach Over Most Online Job Postings of “Colorado Employers” in New Guidance Re Pay Transparency Rules
  • That’s a Wrap For 2020
OFCCP Week In Review: January 25, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: December 14, 2020

  • USDOL Announced A Coming Controversial OFCCP Final Rule Recognizing Expanded Religious Defenses, Even While Only Mirroring the Recent Case Law Which Established Them, Published the Rule Two Days Later, And Then Two Days Later Drew Angry Criticism From House Speaker Pelosi + Bonus Deep Dive Blog Post
  • Disability and Employment Boot Camp Underway
  • EEOC To Begin Formal Opinion Letters
  • Rounding Out the Year with a Look Ahead to OFCCP Compliance in 2021
  • Nine Democrat Senators Ask The EEOC To Investigate Hiring Processes Using Artificial Intelligence Tools
  • Checklists Every Employer Needs To Stay Off the Naughty List!
  • DOJ Continues ADA Celebration Recognizing a Win in Education With Service Animals
OFCCP Week In Review: January 25, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: December 7, 2020

  • Controversial Contract Language for EO 13950 Released
  • WHD Issued Two New FLSA-related Opinion Letters
  • Transgender Now Protected Under Title VII
  • EEOC Released a Savvy New Employment Data Tool
  • New TAG for Small Contractors
  • OFCCP Concedes to Oracle
  • November Employment Situation Shows Steady Improvement As Unemployment Drops To 6.7%
  • Remembering Pearl Harbor
OFCCP Week In Review: January 25, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: November 23, 2020

  • EEOC Financial Report Hypes Reduced Inventory, Record Recovery, and Mediation Success
  • Comment Now on EEOC Enforcement Guidance on Religious Discrimination
  • OFCCP Salutes our Veterans and Military Families
  • DHS Extended Form I-9 Requirement Flexibility
  • OFCCP Training on Veteran Focused Reviews
  • Compliance in the New Administration
  • Comment Now on VETS-4212 Report