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OFCCP Week In Review: April 5, 2021

GAO Report Finds NLRB Staff Dwindling and Dissatisfied
National Vietnam War Veterans Day – Thank You For Your Service!
NLRB Extends Deadline to File Briefs on Employer Investigations
VEVRAA Benchmark for Hiring Dropped to 5.6%
NLRB Website Now Available in Español
DOL Website Worker.gov Now Available in Español
DirectEmployers Announces OFCCP Director Jenny Yang as a Keynote Speaking “Live” at its Annual Member Meeting DEAMcon21
VETS Launched a New Pilot Program to Assist Transitioning Service Members and Their Spouses
The Re-Opening of America is Upon Us! Employment Explodes in March With Largest One-Month Job Surge Since WWII!
The WIR Team Awarded Readers’ Choice Award!
REMINDER: Final Countdown to Deadline for HIREVets Medallion Award

Biden Creates a White House Gender Policy Council
“Women Have Borne the Brunt of Pandemic-Related Layoffs & Job Losses”
Integrated Telework Policy for Employees With & Without Disabilities
Understanding Neurodiversity in the Workplace
VETS Seeks Comments on the VETS-4212 Report
Affirmative Action Plan Verification…Coming Soon?
Biden Administration Proposes to Rescind Trump FLSA Joint-Employer Rule in Most Recent “Whiplash” Change to Legal Standard
USDOL Seeks Public Comment on its Proposal to Withdraw the Recent Trump Rule Defining Which Workers are Independent Contractors Under FLSA
EEOC Will Open its EEO-1 Component 1 Collection Portal in April
Paid Students May Or May Not Be Employees Subject to the NLRA
The “Flip-Flop Report” – Scorecard of the Biden Administration Executive Actions

Comment Period Open for EEO-1 Comp Review Panel
Biden Designates a New NLRB Counsel Even As An Employer Already Challenges Biden’s Firing of the Trump-era General Counsel
Three WHD Opinion Letters Withdrawn–as Corresponding Rules Not Yet in Effect, and May Not Go into Effect
Policy Differences Erupt: EEOC Pilot Programs End Early–Virtual Mediations Stay
DOL “Good Guidance Rule” Goes Out the Window
ODEP Turns 20! Look How Far We Have Come…
Employers–You MUST Access This New Tool!
EEOC Launches New FOIA Portal
Stronger COVID-19 Guidance Available from OSHA
Biden Wage-Hour Administration Sounding an Early “Enforcement” Theme: Employers Now Back on the Hook for FLSA Violations

Fifth Woman in History Confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court
EEOC to Discuss MOU with USDOL & USDOJ
Is Scabby the Rat Unlawful?
Two Civil Rights Groups Sued The Trump Administration To Stop EO 13950
OFCCP Director of Policy & Program Development Provided Agency Updates
Comment Now on E-Verify
Comment Now on OFCCP Construction Recordkeeping Requirements
NLRB Boasts Great Progress in FY 2020
NLRB Enhanced its Website
Led by California, three States Sue The EEOC In an Attempt to Force Access to EEO-1 Component 2 “Hours Worked” and “Pay Data”
New Regulations Outlining EEOC Guidance

OFCCP Immediately Set Up the “Complaint Hotline to Combat Race and Sex Stereotyping” Per Executive Order 13950
NLRB Rejects House Committee on Education and Labor Subpoena: Cites Need for Confidentiality During the Pre-Deliberative Process
Keith E. Sonderling sworn in as EEOC Commissioner and Vice-Chair
The Federal Agencies Celebrated National Disability Employment Awareness Month and USDOL ODEP Offered Some Practical & Useful Employer Tools
California Will Require Pay and Hours Worked Data Confidentially Reported By 10 “Wage Ranges” and 10 Job Categories by March 31, 2021 in a New Component 2 “Look-a-like” Reporting Law
September Was Another Blockbuster Hiring Month; Unemployment Dropped a Full Half a Percentage Point to 7.9%, & Asians, Individuals with Disabilities and African Americans Outstripped the Percentage of White Hires For the First Time In This Pandemic

USDOL Agencies Showcase Resources & Award Programs
ALERT! OFCCP Made Revisions to the New CSAL!
Public Awareness Campaign on Paid Sick Leave
The House of Representatives Is Reportedly Engaging in “Political Theatre”
National Hispanic Heritage Month
Revisions to Paid Leave Under FFCRA Now Effective
DirectEmployers Launched Season Two of Its DE Talk Podcast Series By Discussing AI and the Future of Talent Acquisition
New Census Data Includes Same-Sex Couple Statistics
Discover Apprenticeship Campaign Launched
Rest in Peace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

New FLSA and FMLA Guidance on Return to Work and the FFCRA
The NLRB Draws the Line on Abusive and Offensive Statements
Federal Government Contractors Must Review Compensation Systems
OFCCP Updates on Conciliation, Mediation, and the Ombuds Service
Senate Confirmed NLRB Board Members Kaplan and McFerran To New NLRB Terms In Office
Honoring and Educating: The Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the ADA

OFCCP Recognized Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
WHD Issued Final Rule to Simplify Retail or Service Industry Exemptions
OSHA Adopted Revised Enforcement Policies for Coronavirus
A Procedurally Odd Finale to the Secretary of Labor’s ‘Direct Final Rule’ on The Secretary’s Review of ARB Decisions
NLRB Announced Public Outreach Sessions on “Quickie Election” Procedures
WHD Issued Final Rule to Expand Access to the Fluctuating Workweek Method of Computing Overtime