OFCCP Week In Review: June 27, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: June 27, 2022

  • Spring 2022 Regulatory Agenda Recycles OFCCP Items From Previous Agendas; WHD And NLRB List Significant Items
  • House Appropriations Subcommittee Approved FY 2023 Bill; OFCCP Funding In Line With President Biden’s Request
  • E-Verify Released Seven New Case Processing Enhancements To Increase Awareness of Duplicate Cases & Improve Search Functions
  • ODEP Announced “Disability: Part of the Equity Equation” As The Theme For National Disability Employment Awareness Month in October
  • ODEP Is Seeking More Particularized Information About Employees with Disabilities
  • The Three Things Human Resources Professionals Now Need To Do Following The Dobbs Decision (Reversing Roe)
  • EEOC Announced The Addition Of A New “X” Gender Marker To Charge Intake Process
OFCCP Week In Review: June 27, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: June 20, 2022

  • OMB Is About to Overhaul Federal Data Collections of Race and Ethnicity Information: Federal Contractors Beware of Coming New Data Collection and Reporting Burdens
  • New Biden Executive Order Details Plan For Feds To Collect Sexual Orientation, Gender identity, and Sex Characteristics Data: An Old Acronym Now Takes Center Stage: SOGI. Federal Contractors Beware of Coming New Data Collection And Reporting Burdens
  • USDOL Wage & Hour Division Published a Proposal to Revise the Existing WD-10 Form for Federal Construction Contractors
  • NLRB Majority Holds That Trump-era “Block-Charging” Rule Does Not Prevent NLRB Staff from Issuing Merit-Based Dismissals of Election Petitions – Even Without a Full Evidentiary Hearing
  • OMB And GSA Announced A “Technology Modernization Fund”
  • USDOL’s Wage & Hour Division Issued New Guidance Limiting Subminimum Wages To Disabled And Young Employees: No Rulemaking, Yet Again.
OFCCP Week In Review: June 27, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: June 13, 2022

  • DirectEmployers Welcomes Cynthia L. Hackerott to the Week In Review Reporting Team
  • SCOTUS Limits Federal Preemption Otherwise Requiring Arbitration Of Airport Ramp Workers Claims
  • President Biden Nominated Karla Gilbride to Be the Next EEOC General Counsel
  • U.S. Senate Blocks Biden Nominee To Lead EBSA; But She is Likely To Nonetheless Get Confirmed Following An Upcoming “Déjà Vu Procedural Motion
  • ODEP “Disability and The Digital Divide” Report: Significant Access Gap to Computers/Internet Hurts Employment
  • Home Depot Employee’s Display of Black Lives Matter/BLM on Work Apron Was Not a Protected Activity; Employer’s Enforcement of Dress Code Did Not Violate NLRB, ALJ Concludes
OFCCP Week In Review: June 6, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: June 6, 2022

  • Survey Says…Participants Prefer Online Mediation For EEOC Charge Resolution
  • EARN Released Short Video To Assist Employers in Mental Health Awareness
  • Federal Court Finds Georgia County Employee Medical Insurance Program Violated Title VII On Its Face By Denying A Transgender Female Employee “Sex Change” Surgery Coverage
  • NLRB Revised Electronic Notice Posting Requirement
  • May’s Employment Situation Relatively Status Quo from April
OFCCP Week In Review: June 6, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: May 31, 2022

  • Unanimous Appellate Court Struck Down ALJ Decision Finding Baltimore Enterprise Rent-a-Car Guilty of Unlawful Race Discrimination: Judge Did Not Understand Title VII Law
  • The Crossroads of Mental Health Illness and the FMLA
  • E-Verify Clarified Process Terms
  • EEOC Commissioner Nominee Failed to Secure U.S. Senate Confirmation: Political Drama About To Unfold
  • GAO Made Seven Lackluster Recommendations to OFCCP to “Improve Oversight of Veterans’ Federal Contractor Employment”
  • Overtime Listening Session For West Coast Employers
  • E-Verify Improves Process Forms
  • Comment Now on Functional Affirmative Action Program Processes
OFCCP Week In Review: June 6, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: May 23, 2022

  • Court Holds California State Law Requiring Female Representation on Boards of Publicly Held Companies Unconstitutional
  • New Feature in OFCCP Contractor Portal Allows for Bulk Processing of AAP Establishments
  • EEOC to Host LGBTQ+ Advocacy Webinar in the Post-Bostock World
  • Veterans Employment, Training, and Employer Outreach Committee to Host Public Meeting
  • EEOC Listened to a Powerful Panel to Aid in Ending Harassment in the Construction Industry
  • National Labor Exchange Breaks Record with Four Million Job Listings Now Available on a Daily Basis!
  • Fifth Circuit Case Decision Struck Down the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Entire Administrative Law Judicial System
  • OFCCP Changes Up Its Audit Selection Methodology: OFCCP Plunged Deeper into New Era of “Drive-Thru Audits”
OFCCP Week In Review: June 6, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: May 16, 2022

  • New Resources on Workplace Protections for Nursing Mothers
  • Shifting from the Great Resignation to the Great Retention
  • Take Note of Interim Acceptable Employment Authorization for I-9 Form
  • EEOC to Hold Hearing on Race, Sex, and National Origin Discrimination In Construction
  • Federal Agencies to Host Question & Answer Session
  • USDOL to Host a Virtual Event – Building Mental Health-Friendly Workplaces
  • EEOC and DOJ Release Guidance on The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Hiring To Help Prevent Disability Discrimination
  • Comment Now on Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Information Collection
OFCCP Week In Review: June 6, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: May 9, 2022

  • NLRB Standardizes Education for Immigrants of Their Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act
  • Mental Health Awareness Month – What Can You Do?
  • Free Two-Day Virtual Forum On Construction and Government Contracting
  • Department of Homeland Security Extends Expiration of Employment Authorization Documents
  • EEOC to Discuss Discrimination and Harassment in Construction – Open to Public Viewing
  • EEOC and USDOL To Host Webinar Series on Advancing “Workplace Equity”
  • GAO Offered Service Contract Act Enforcement Insights When It Reported Progress to The U.S. Senate Budget Committee, But Also The Need For Further Improvement As To Five Recommendations GAO Made In 2020
  • The Great Resignation Moved into an Even Higher Gear as Short-Term and Long-Term Unemployment Both Continued Essentially Unchanged For April 2022, But More Workers Lost Touch
OFCCP Week in Review, Special Edition | DEAMcon22 Day Two Recap

OFCCP Week in Review, Special Edition | DEAMcon22 Day Two Recap

  • Wake Up Call! Michael Murray Revealed The Power of Disability Inclusion
  • OFCCP Director Yang Revealed: Subgroup Goals & Non-Binary Gender Reporting Are On Her Agenda
  • Brian Pier Canvassed Modern Data Privacy Laws From A to Z
  • Vanderbilt Health Professionals Discussed How To Build Authentic Relationships with Diverse Community Organizations
  • Fox and Chambers Performed A Mock OFCCP Audit Covering The “Hot” Compliance Issues
  • Polcer & Fiore Highlighted On-Demand Disability Education to Match Your Needs
  • Scott Lesnick Delivered A Keynote With Practical Tips to Attract, Engage & Retain 5 Unique Generations Of Employees
OFCCP Week In Review: June 6, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: May 2, 2022

  • I-9 Form Flexibility Extended, Again…This Time to October 31, 2022
  • Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship to Hold Public Meeting
  • NLRB Taps into the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service for Good Faith Bargaining Assistance
  • New Federal Contractor Audit List Coming in May (This Month!)
  • Mind The Gap: Are Your Recruiters Prepared?
  • The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Held that the NLRB General Counsel Job is a Species of Political Appointments Subject to the Advice and Consent of the Senate Which Does Not Guarantee the Appointee’s Term in Office
  • Job Accommodation Network Shifting Communication Strategy to Meet Employer Needs
  • Deadline Looming For EEO-1 Survey – Then Its Failure To File Phase