OFCCP Week In Review: June 6, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: June 6, 2022

by | Jun 6, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • 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 9, 2022

by | May 9, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • 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: June 6, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: April 11, 2022

by | Apr 11, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
  • The Iowa Supreme Court Gives A Male Transgender Employee The Win On The Restroom Dispute and On Gender Reassignment Surgery
  • The DUNS Number is Out – Federal Contractors Must Secure a New “Unique Entity Identifier”
  • EEOC To Shift to Democrat Majority in July
  • DOJ Provided Opioid-Specific ADA Guidance
  • Update Your Affirmative Action Programs – the VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark Dropped to 5.5%
  • NLRB Reported 57% Increase in Union Representation Petitions Since October 2021
  • NLRB Counsel Announced Intent to Urge the Board That “Captive-Audience” Anti-Union Meetings for Employees Are Unlawful
  • Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reinstated Biden Administration Vaccine Mandate for Federal Civilian Employees: Federal Courts Lacked Jurisdiction
  • New Interpretation Confirms That WIOA’s Discrimination Prohibition “Based On Sex” Includes Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity
OFCCP Week In Review: June 6, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: February 14, 2022

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

  • This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
  • White House to Be A “Model Employer” for Empowering Employees to Unionize
  • BLS Seeks to Increase Data Set for Occupational Requirements Survey – Comment Portal Open
  • OFCCP Published How-To Videos and Registration Tips for New Contractor Portal
  • Fifth Circuit Refuses to Lift Nationwide Injunction of Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate Before Oral Argument on Substantive Merits of the Mandate
  • Comment Now on Functional Affirmative Action Program Directive Updates
  • NLRB Looks to Strengthen Ties with Other Federal Enforcement Agencies
  • Eight States Bring Two Suits Seeking to Enjoin $15/Hour Minimum Wage for Employees of Federal Contractors & Subcontractors
  • The #MeToo Movement Continues to Alter the Federal Employment Law Landscape, as Private Employers Now Face Changes to the Scope of Employment Arbitration Agreements
  • In Memoriam
OFCCP Week In Review: June 6, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: February 7, 2022

by | Feb 7, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance: No Changes As Legal Frenzy Dies Down…for the Moment
  • HIRE Vets Medallion Award Application Window is Now Open!
  • No Spoiler Alert Here – OFCCP Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Not to Have a Significant Economic Impact
  • Employers & Job Seekers Beware – Scammers Are Exploiting Security Weaknesses on Some Job Recruitment Websites
  • OFCCP Contractor Portal Opened for Registration – See Rules of Behavior to Enter
  • NLRB Continues Push to Support Union Organizing
  • CA Pay Data Reporting Portal is Also Open!
  • WHD to Hire 100 Investigators to Support Compliance Efforts
  • Updated Procedures Announced for Third-Party EEO-1 Survey Filers
  • Biden Issued an Executive Order Unionizing All Large Construction Contracts
  • January 2022 Employment Situation – Finally, a Big Jobs Month, but Total Jobs Picture Still Very Mixed!
  • Update on USDOL’s “Good Jobs” Initiative
OFCCP Week In Review: June 6, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: January 24, 2022

by | Jan 24, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
  • California Pay Data Reporting Portal Opens February 1st
  • Should NLRB Change Its Legal Standard on Mandatory Arbitration Clauses?
  • HIRE Launched With Discussion Of “Reimagined” Recruitment Ideas
  • E-Verify Updated Webpage to Close Company Accounts
  • Union Membership Falls Back to 2019 Rate, 10.3% of Employed Workers: Only 6.1% in the Private Sector
  • EEOC’s First Year Performance Under Biden Nosedived In a Big Surprise and Amid Reduced Transparency
  • USDOL Released Training Video on the Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Increase
  • USDOL Launched “Good Jobs” Initiative
  • Biden Administration’s Vaccination Efforts Restricted to Just Mandate as to Healthcare Workers as Court Enjoins Executive Order Requiring Vaccination of Federal Employees
OFCCP Week In Review: June 6, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: January 10, 2022

by | Jan 10, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
  • Wage & Hour Administrator Nomination Boomerang
  • Court Prohibits Defense Department Discipline of 35 Navy Personnel Seeking Religious Accommodation From Vaccine Mandate
  • DE First to Have Signed Partnership Agreements with All 50 States & U.S. Territories for Electronic Job Listings
  • 6th Circuit Joins Prior 11th Circuit Decision in Refusing to Allow Enforcement of the Federal Contractor/Subcontractor Vaccine Mandate
  • Coalition of Healthcare Worker Unions File Petition Seeking Court Order to Make OSHA Healthcare ETS Permanent
  • The U.S. Department of Justice Weighed In Again On COVID Concerns Affecting Individuals With Disabilities
  • EEO-1 Administrators Take Note: EEOC Will Replace Its EEO-1 Type 6 Report For Small Establishments With Its Type 8 Report
  • Should NLRB Change Its Legal Standard On Work Rules?
  • U.S. Wage-Hour Division and NLRB MOU Promises Greater Enforcement and Investigation Opportunities Against Employers, Including as to Independent Contractor Misclassifications
  • Countdown to E-Verify Record Destruction
  • BILG Gets Answers On OFCCP Certification Portal
  • NLRB Seeks To Remedy Alleged Ethics Violations By Former Member Emanuel
  • Another Disappointing Monthly Jobs Report: Short Term Unemployment Dropped as Long-Term Unemployment Grew And More Americans Decided To Sit Out Millions of Available Jobs
  • Oral Argument Suggests U.S. Supreme Court Dubious OSHA Has Authority to Require Vaccination in ETS; Proponents of CMS Healthcare Worker Vaccination Mandate More Hopeful
OFCCP Week In Review: December 20, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: December 20, 2021

by | Dec 20, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
  • When is COVID-19 A Disability Under the ADA? EEOC Expands Technical Assistance Guide
  • Today’s Youth = Tomorrow’s Workforce, How do We Cultivate At-Risk Talent?
  • Time Extended To Comment On “Consequential Damages” To Employees Per The NLRB
  • Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Flexibility Extended Through April 2022
  • VETS Turns 40!
  • Just In Time To Save Christmas – A Joint Resolution To Increase The Debt Limit By $2.5 Trillion
  • This Week’s Surprising Vaccination Mandate Case Decisions
  • New Resource: How To Handle Captioning & ASL Requests For Virtual Meetings
  • Fair Chance Act – “Ban The Box” – Effective Today as to Federal Contractors!
OFCCP Week In Review: December 20, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: December 13, 2021

by | Dec 13, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Biden Wins His Third Vaccination Mandate Case, But Loses the First Round of the Federal Contractor/Subcontractor Vaccination Mandate Fight to a Nationwide Injunction: Biden 3; Challengers 5
  • 849 HIRE Vets Medallion Recipients Officially Documented
  • E-Verify Updated The User Profile For Easier Navigation
  • USDOL Announced Global Partnership Initiative For Labor Organizing and Worker Rights
  • How Should the NLRB Determine The Appropriateness Of A Petitioned-for Bargaining Unit?
  • USDOL and USDOJ Renew MOU To Ensure Military Service Members’ Employment Rights
  • What’s A Federal Government Contractor/Subcontractor To Do About The Vaccine Mandate?
  • Fall Regulatory Agenda Released – Federal Subcontractors – BEWARE!
  • Thought Affirmative Action Plans Were a Cumbersome Part of Being a Federal Government Contractor? Let’s Talk Sustainability.
OFCCP Week In Review: December 20, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: November 15, 2021

by | Nov 15, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • NLRB Counsel Seeks To Protect Immigrant Workers Rights
  • Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Blasted and Enjoined the OSHA ETS in a Harsh Order; The List of Lawsuits Challenging Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates Continues to Grow
  • EARN Website Gets A Redesign
  • OFCCP Published Its NPRM to Rescind the Trump Religious Discrimination Exemption Rule, As Predicted Last Week
  • Six New Countries Eligible For H-2 Visa Programs
  • Federal Contractor Guidance Updated to Include New Fully Vaccinated Deadline
  • NILG Comments On The Collection Of Pay Data
  • Comment Now On The Issuance of “Consequential Damages” To Employees Per The NLRB
  • NLRB, EEOC, and USDOL Join Forces To Use Their “Bully Pulpits” to Combat Workplace Retaliation: No Substantive Requirements Planned
  • USVETS Honors 849 Companies With 2021 Hire Vets Medallion Awards!
  • Honoring Our Military Veterans
  • USDOL Seeks to Reverse Yet Another Trump Rule: Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs Now on the Chopping Block: Ping-Pong