Compliance Assistance Materials: Which Posters Do I Need to Display in My Workplace?
As a human resource professional, you have a lot of responsibilities to manage. Responsibilities not only from your organization, but also from the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL). Remaining in compliance can pertain to many areas of business, but one component of...
DirectEmployers 2021 Annual Meeting & Conference Keynote Speakers, & Virtual Agenda Announced
Due to the continued spread of the COVID-19 virus and prolonged social distancing recommendations, DirectEmployers has announced that it will transition its 2021 Annual Meeting & Conference (DEAMcon21) to a virtual platform, April 26-30, 2021. This move comes the...
OFCCP Week In Review: February 22, 2021
- Biden Administration Pulls Back on Industry Designed Apprenticeship Programs to Drive Apprenticeships Back to Union-Supported Registered Apprenticeship Programs
- CA Pay Data Reporting Portal Opened
- Equality Act Back on the Table
- Video Premiere of the Customized Employment Method to Hire Veterans with Disabilities
- EARN Updated COVID-19 Resources and Tools
- A Future Where Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality (XR) Technologies are Accessible
- WHD Withdrew Independent Contractor and Truck Driver Sleep Time Opinion Letters
DEvelopments: Introducing Two-Way Partner Communication
If you’re a Member of DirectEmployers, it’s likely that you’re a federal contractor and rely on our trusty OFCCP compliance solutions to provide you with the tools, support, and reporting that have proven, time and time again, to be vital in the case of an audit. When...
USDOJ Pursues Last-Minute Attempt to Kill “Adverse Impact” Discrimination Claims Against Federal Grant Recipients
On Wednesday, January 6, 2021, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) for review a Final Rule amending DOJ’s regulations administering Title VI (Title 6) of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The Final Rule...
OFCCP Issued Proposed Scheduling Letters for Focused Reviews on Promotions and Accommodations…But They Are Not What You Expected
On December 22, 2020, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) sent two proposed audit Scheduling Letters to the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) seeking OMB’s approval for OFCCP to use them to launch “focused reviews on promotion” and...
OFCCP Director Craig Leen Timed Out: Does Not Make it to OPM
The 106th Congress ended this day, and along with it so did Craig Leen’s attempt to become the Inspector General of OPM, as the Senate formally returned to President Trump Mr. Leen’s expired nomination (along with hundreds of other expired but unfilled nominations)...
EO 13950 Imploded Even Before Biden Could Cancel it
RECAP U.S. District Court Preliminarily Enjoined EO 13950 Ban on “Divisive” D&I Training OFCCP Canceled Announced Focused Reviews on D&I OFCCP Has Also Stopped EO 13950 Complaint Investigations On Tuesday, December 22, 2020, the United States District Court...