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OFCCP Week In Review: April 22, 2024

by John C. Fox | Apr 22, 2024 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

Federal Trade Commission Poised to Issue Final Rule to Prevent Most Worker Non-Compete Agreements
Title VII Prohibits Discriminatory Job Transfers Even Without Significant Harm, U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Ruled
Acting Labor Secretary Su’s Testimony Before House Subcommittee on USDOL FY 2025 Budget Largely Uneventful
US EEOC Officially Published Controversial Final Regulations to Implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
In Brief
Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders

OFCCP Week In Review: April 8, 2024

by John C. Fox | Apr 8, 2024 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

February JOLTS Report – Job Openings Continue to Stagnate Month Over Month, Rate Unchanged for the Third Month in a Row
EEOC Consent Decree Illustrated Enforcement Stance Regarding Natural Hair Texture & Race Discrimination
U.S. Economy Added 303k Jobs in March, Unemployment Rate Decreases Slightly to 3.8%
In Brief
Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders

OFCCP Week In Review: March 18, 2024

by John C. Fox | Mar 18, 2024 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

Biden “Hits the Brakes” on Non-Defense Discretionary Budgets for Federal Agencies Joining Congress’ Historic Pivot Away from Both Bigger Federal Agencies and Bigger Social Programs
U.S. EEOC’s FY 2023 Annual Performance Report Touted 29.5% Increase in Monetary Remedies Over Previous Year
Biden Administration Marked Annual “Equal Pay Day”
U.S. EEOC’s Data Dashboard for Limited 2017 & 2018 EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data Collection Shows Both Sex & Race Disparities
In Brief
New Publications
Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders

OFCCP Week In Review: March 11, 2024

by John C. Fox | Mar 11, 2024 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

JOLTS Report – Job Openings Decreased by 26k in January, Rate Unchanged at 5.3%
U.S. Economy Added 275k Jobs in February, Unemployment Rate Rose to 3.9%
Recruiters Should Take Four Things Away from the Below “Year-over-Year” Comparison Charts We Have Compiled
U.S. Trial Court Judge Struck Down NLRB Joint Employer Rule
President Biden Signed Budget Bill to Partially Fund Government Through End of FY 2024
In Brief
New Publications
Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders

OFCCP Week In Review: March 4, 2024

by John C. Fox | 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

DirectEmployers Named #1 in Government Contracting in JD Supra 2024 Readers’ Choice Awards

by DirectEmployers Association | Mar 4, 2024 | Press Release

For the fourth consecutive year, DirectEmployers’ authors were named #1 and #2 in the Government Contracting category during the JD Supra 2024 Readers’ Choice Awards. JD Supra, a daily source of need-to-know legal news, insights, and intelligence, recently revealed...

OFCCP Week In Review: February 26, 2024

by John C. Fox | Feb 26, 2024 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

Telecommuting Decreased in 2022, But Still Far Above Pre-Pandemic Numbers, U.S. Census Bureau Reported
Overturning ALJ, U.S. NLRB Ruled Employee’s Display of Black Lives Matter/BLM on Work Apron Was Protected Activity
U.S. Trial Court Judge Pushed Back NLRB Joint Employer Rule Effective Date to March 11
OFCCP Rolled Out Its Entirely Revamped Construction Contractor Audit Selection Protocols and Audit Schemes
OFCCP Has Formally Proposed to Resurrect Monthly CC-257 Employment Utilization Reports for Construction Contractors to Give OFCCP a New Way to Select Construction Contractors for Audit
GAMECHANGER: OFCCP Proposed Changes to Construction Compliance Review Scheduling Letter, Itemized Listing, and Construction Contract Award Notification Requirement Form
In Brief
Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders

OFCCP Week In Review: February 19, 2024

by John C. Fox | Feb 19, 2024 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

US DOL Announced 2023 Equity Action Plan Update
GAO Issued Three Frank, Blunt, & Shocking Warning Reports that U.S. Fiscal Health is Not Good & Federal Government Spending is Not Sustainable
In Brief
Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders

OFCCP Week In Review: February 12, 2024

by John C. Fox | Feb 12, 2024 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

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

DE Talk Unplugged: The Top 10 Employment Law Issues That Affected Federal Contractors in 2023

by Kacie Koons | Feb 8, 2024 | Networking and Education

It wouldn’t be a new year without insight from our employment law experts John C. Fox and Candee Chambers! A few weeks ago, we launched our first new DE Talk Podcast episode of 2024, featuring these two, as they recapped all that took place in the regulatory...