OFCCP Week In Review: June 26, 2023

OFCCP Week In Review: June 26, 2023

  • The Harvard and UNC Case Decisions Are Coming: What Corporations, Colleges and Universities, and Federal Contractors Need to Know
  • OMB Approved Changes to OFCCP Complaint Procedures to Take Effect in November
  • DE Talk Podcast Focused on Moving Off the DEIB “Treadmill” & Onto Progressive Change
  • President Biden Nominated Burrows for 3rd U.S. EEOC Commissioner Term
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: June 26, 2023

OFCCP Week In Review: June 5, 2023

  • NLRB GC Asserted, Via Memo, That Employment Non-Compete Provisions Violate NLRA
  • JOLTS Report – Job Openings Increased by 358k in April as “Jobs Opening Rate” Jumped up .03% to 6.1% Signaling More Hard Work Ahead for Recruiters
  • U.S. Supreme Court Ruled NLRA Does Not Bar State Law Property Damage Claims Against Unions
  • Economy Added 339k Jobs in May, But the Unemployment Rate Nonetheless Rose to 3.7%
  • Debt Ceiling Increase Statute Became a Bill to Restrict Future Federal Budgets
  • What The Budget Reforms In The Debt-Ceiling Bill Likely Mean For OFCCP and Other Federal Agencies
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: June 26, 2023

OFCCP Week In Review: May 30, 2023

  • Illinois Set to Become First U.S. State to Count Arab Americans When Collecting Public Data
  • OMB Working Group Now Preparing Final Recommendations to Overhaul Federal Race & Ethnicity Data Collections
  • Top 5 Actions to Take After Completing AAP Discussed in New DE Talk Minisode
  • Percentage of Older Women in U.S. Workforce Nearly Doubled Since 1980, USDOL Reported
  • USDOL WHD Announced First PUMP Act Enforcement Action
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: June 26, 2023

OFCCP Week In Review: May 22, 2023

  • U.S. Government Accountability Office Report Found Employers Use Non-Competes to Protect Confidential Information, But Rarely Enforce Them
  • USDOL Wage & Hour Division Issued PUMP Act Bulletin Explaining New Employer Obligations
  • Focusing on Adverse Impact, U.S. EEOC Released a New Technical Assistance Document on Artificial Intelligence & Title VII
  • U.S. Federal Trade Commission Now Jumps into Biometric Privacy Protection Even in the Absence of Any New Congressional Authorizing Law
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: June 26, 2023

OFCCP Week In Review: May 8, 2023

  • OFCCP Extended Enforcement Moratorium for Veterans’ Affairs Health Benefits Program Providers
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement for Federal Contractors to End on May 11
  • NLRB Reverted Back to “Setting Specific” Legal Standard on How Employers May Deal with Abusive Employees
  • U.S. EEOC Published 2nd Notice on Proposal to Eliminate Counting Employees to Determine Filing “Type” for EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection
  • JOLTS Report: Job Openings Decreased (for 2nd month in a row) this time by 384k in March as the U.S. Jobs Market Continues to Contract
  • White House Announced Three New Actions to Mitigate AI Risks
  • Economy Added 253k Jobs in April, Unemployment Rate Decreased Slightly to 3.4% But Long-Term Unemployment Increased as the “Great Resignation” Continues
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: June 26, 2023

OFCCP Week In Review: May 1, 2023

  • OFCCP’s Controversial “Pre-Enforcement Notice & Conciliation Procedures” Final Rule Coming Soon: Ends Trump Era of Transparency
  • California CRD Will Consider 2-Month Extensions on Labor Contractor Employee Reports Deadline
  • Senate HELP Committee Advanced Nomination of Julie Su for U.S. Secretary of Labor
  • OFCCP Slightly Modified Proposal to Revise Its Complaint Intake Procedures
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: June 26, 2023

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: June 26, 2023

OFCCP Week In Review: April 17, 2023

  • OLMS Submitted for OMB Review its Final Rule to Revise Union Persuader Reports to “Out” Federal Contractors
  • EEOC Vice Chair Samuels & Commissioner Sonderling Told DEAMcon23 Attendees that EEO-1 Component 2 Survey Will Soon Return
  • Biden Administration Sought to End Remote Work for Federal Employees
  • Federal Judge Alsup Ordered USDOL’s Lawyers to Prepare an Order Setting Dates & Deadlines for Outstanding FOIA Requests as to Contractor EEO-1 Filings
  • Senator Sanders Announced His Intention to Hold Julie Su’s Controversial Nomination Hearing on April 20: Tough Political Battle in Progress
  • U.S. Supreme Court Issued Unanimous Ruling Allowing Litigants to Go to Federal Court on Certain Constitutional Challenges to Agency Investigations
  • OFCCP Published Second Notice Regarding Proposed Changes to Its Supply & Service Contractor Audit Scheduling Letter & Document Demands
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders