OFCCP Week In Review: March 4, 2024

OFCCP Week In Review: March 4, 2024

  • 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
OFCCP Week In Review: March 4, 2024

OFCCP Week In Review: August 14, 2023

  • U.S. EEOC Announced Proposed Regulations to Implement PWFA
  • Federal Judge Ordered Southwest Airlines Attorneys to Attend “Religious Liberty Training”
  • USDOL Announced Controversial Final Rule Updating Davis-Bacon Act Rules Increasing Prevailing Wages on Public Construction Projects
  • EEOC Settled Its First Lawsuit Alleging AI Hiring Discrimination
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: March 4, 2024

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: March 4, 2024

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
OFCCP Week In Review: March 4, 2024

OFCCP Week In Review: April 10, 2023

  • OFCCP (Silently) Again Updated Its FOIA Objection Portal
  • JOLTS Report: Job Openings Decreased by 632k in February, Rate Dropped to 6.0%
  • Latest DE Talk Podcast Discussed Building Employee Resource Groups to Create Trustworthy Environments to Encourage ID&E Conversations
  • President Biden Issued “Modernizing Regulatory Review” Executive Order
  • Substantially More People in All Race/Ethnic Groups Worked from Home Between 2019-2021, U.S. Census Bureau Reported
  • Economy Added 236k Jobs in March, Unemployment Rate Decreased Slightly to 3.5%
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: March 4, 2024

OFCCP Week In Review: March 13, 2023

  • OFCCP Requested Public Comments (Again) on OFCCP’s Job Listing, AAP, “Benchmarks for hiring” and Self-ID for Protected Veterans
  • U.S. BLS JOLTS Report Shows Shrinking Jobs Market
  • White House Budget Proposal Is Unrealistic, a Nonstarter for Congress and Sets the Stage for a Political Fight Over the U.S. Debt Ceiling
  • OFCCP Updated FOIA Objection Portal with “Final” Non-Objector List
  • NLRB Rescinded Four Provisions of Trump-Era NLRB Union Election Rule Struck Down by Federal Appellate Court in January
  • USBLS Reports Shrinking U.S. Labor Force; Unemployment Rate Increased to 3.6%
  • Marty Walsh’s Concluded His Time as Secretary of Labor
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: March 4, 2024

OFCCP Week In Review: March 6, 2023

  • NLRB Advice Memo: Workplace Discussions of Racism Are NLRA-Protected Concerted Activity (Even for Non-Unionized Employees)
  • Amid Political Controversy, President Biden Announced He Will Nominate Julie Su for Labor Secretary
  • New DE Talk Podcast Discussed How Veteran & Military Spouse Hiring Fits into DEIA Plans
  • In a Courageous Political Act of Folly, The Biden White House Ordered OFCCP to Publish Its Final Rule Rescinding Trump’s Religious Exemption
  • Three Town Halls on Initial Proposals to Overhaul Federal Race & Ethnicity Data Collections Announced
  • U.S. EEOC Revealed Big Jump in Commissioner Charges in FY 2022
  • DirectEmployers Member Engagement Team Earns Bronze Award for Customer Service During 2023 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: February 17, 2020

OFCCP Week In Review: February 17, 2020

  • Denial Of Sex Reassignment Surgery to a Federal Prisoner Found to be Cruel and Unusual Punishment Violative Of the 8th Amendment
  • OFCCP and NILG To Host Compensation Roundtable
  • EEOC Issued Annual Performance Report
  • Component 2 Collection Data Officially Closed!
  • The White House Issued FY21 Budget
  • OFCCP Budget Justification Released
  • DE Talk: Episode 5 Launched! The ROI of D&I is Greater Humanity
  • DirectEmployers Signed MOU with OFCCP!
  • NILG Conference Agenda Announced
  • MILG Updates
  • OFCCP Recognized African American History Month
  • EARN Recognized American Heart Month and Age-Related Macular Degeneration/Low Vision Month