OFCCP Week In Review | Series Update

OFCCP Week In Review: July 8, 2024

  • SCOTUS’ Retirement of “Chevron Doctrine” Has Exposed Vulnerability of OFCCP’s Overreaching Interpretations of Some of its Rules
  • With Exception for the Texas State Government, USDOL Overtime Rule Took Effect
  • OSHA Unveiled Proposed Rule on First-Ever National Heat Standard
  • JOLTS Report – Job Openings Increased by 221k in May, Rate Increased Slightly to 4.9%: State & Federal Government Employers Led Job Openings
  • U.S. Economy Added 206k Jobs in June, Unemployment Rate Edged Up to 4.1%
  • Spring 2024 Regulatory Agenda Revealed EEOC’s Plan to Propose Employer Pay Data Collection in January 2025
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review | Series Update

OFCCP Week in Review: July 1, 2024

  • Federal Judge Temporarily Blocked Portions of USDOL Rule Setting New Formula for Prevailing Wages on Federal Construction Projects
  • It’s All Over but the Shouting: OFCCP Must Shut Down its Administrative Court Prosecutions as a Result of SCOTUS’ SEC Jury Trial Case Decision
  • U.S. Supreme Court Dissolved Decades-Old Precedent Giving Court Deference to Federal Agency Interpretations of The Laws They Enforce
  • In Brief
  • New Publications
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review | Series Update

OFCCP Week In Review: June 10, 2024

  • JOLTS Report – Job Openings Decreased by 296k in April, Rate Decreased to 4.8%
  • Employers Who Missed June 4th Deadline Now Have Until July 9 to File EEO-1 Survey
  • OFCCP Changes Up Many Important Technical Details of its Audit Selection Process in its First FY 2024 Corporate Scheduling Announcement List
  • U.S. Economy Added 272k Jobs in May, Unemployment Rate Edged Up to 4.0%
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review | Series Update

OFCCP Week In Review: May 20, 2024

  • Coalition of 18 Republican States’ Attorney Generals Filed Suit to Challenge EEOC’s Harassment Guidance
  • Bill to Amend How Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act Damages Accrue Headed to Governor Pritzker’s Desk
  • Budget Battles Update: Setting Aside Previous Side Deals, House Republicans Proposed Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Cuts
  • In Brief
  • New Publications
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review | Series Update

OFCCP Week In Review: April 22, 2024

  • Federal Trade Commission Poised to Issue Final Rule to Prevent Most Worker Non-Compete Agreements
  • Title VII Prohibits Discriminatory Job Transfers Even Without Significant Harm, U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Ruled
  • Acting Labor Secretary Su’s Testimony Before House Subcommittee on USDOL FY 2025 Budget Largely Uneventful
  • US EEOC Officially Published Controversial Final Regulations to Implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review | Series Update

OFCCP Week in Review: April 15, 2024

  • EEOC Seeks to Jump into Job Seeker’s AI Bias Lawsuit: New Technology Scares It
  • Congressional Resolution to Nullify NLRB’s Joint Employer Final Rule Headed for Certain Presidential Veto
  • U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Ruled Transportation Workers Not Required to Arbitrate Wage Claims Regardless of Industry
  • EEOC Announced Finalized Regulations to Implement Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
  • In Brief
  • New Publications
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review | Series Update

OFCCP Week In Review: March 18, 2024

  • Biden “Hits the Brakes” on Non-Defense Discretionary Budgets for Federal Agencies Joining Congress’ Historic Pivot Away from Both Bigger Federal Agencies and Bigger Social Programs
  • U.S. EEOC’s FY 2023 Annual Performance Report Touted 29.5% Increase in Monetary Remedies Over Previous Year
  • Biden Administration Marked Annual “Equal Pay Day”
  • U.S. EEOC’s Data Dashboard for Limited 2017 & 2018 EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data Collection Shows Both Sex & Race Disparities
  • In Brief
  • New Publications
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review | Series Update

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