OFCCP Week in Review: March 27, 2017
In today’s edition of OFCCP Week in Review (WIR), John C. Fox and Candee Chambers discuss the continuing nomination hearings for Alexander Acosta and Judge Neil Gorsuch.
OFCCP Week in Review: March 20, 2017
In today’s edition of OFCCP Week in Review (WIR), John C. Fox and Candee Chambers discuss President Trump’s issuance of Executive Order 13781 which calls for a comprehensive plan to reorganize the Executive Branch; as well as Trump’s proposed 21% reduction to the USDOL budget.
OFCCP Week in Review: March 13, 2017
In today’s edition of OFCCP Week in Review (WIR), John C. Fox and Candee Chambers discuss the joint resolution passed by the U.S. Senate killing the FAR Council’s rule implementing Fair Pay & Safe Workplaces Executive Order; SCOTUS declines to hear Grimm transgender bathroom case; Trump sends Acosta USDOL Secretary nomination to the U.S. Senate; and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals holds that Title VII does not protect against sexual orientation, while still protecting “gender non-conformity”.
OFCCP Week in Review: February 27, 2017
In today’s edition of OFCCP Week in Review (WIR), John C. Fox and Candee Chambers discuss OFCCP’s first administrative complaint seeking to protect sexual orientation; 800 CSALs sent to federal contractors; Trump political nominees began moving into the labor positions; former OFCCP compensation program architect admits no widespread pay discrimination; and U.S. Department of Education withdrew the Obama Administration’s Title IX transgender bathroom use guidance.
OFCCP Week in Review: February 20, 2017
In today’s edition of OFCCP Week in Review (WIR), John C. Fox and Candee Chambers discuss the many Senate confirmations within the Veterans Administration and the Office of Management and Budgets, as well as who’s “out” and who’s “in” to be the incoming Secretary of Labor.
OFCCP Week in Review: February 13, 2017
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OFCCP Week in Review: February 6, 2017
In today’s edition of OFCCP Week in Review, John C. Fox and Candee Chambers discuss the OMB’s renewed self-identification form; Victoria Lipnic appointed to Chair of EEOC; White House Press Office indicates Trump Administration will leave Obama LGBTQ Executive Order intact; Andrew Puzder’s Senate confirmation hearing delayed indefinitely; 10th Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch nominated to U.S. Supreme Court; Senate Judiciary Committee sends Senator Sessions’ nomination to be Attorney General to Senate for full vote; and end of the “Blacklisting Rule” now goes to Senate for a final vote.
OFCCP Week in Review: January 30, 2017
In today’s edition of OFCCP Week in Review, John C. Fox and Candee Chambers discuss Trump’s frozen new regulations, pending review; notice published by the Heritage Foundation in July 2016 proposing to eliminate OFCCP; Money Magazine reported that the USDOJ Division of Civil Rights may be on the budget chopping block; and Trump named EEOC Commissioner Victoria A. Lipnic acting Chair of the Commission.
OFCCP Week in Review: January 9, 2017
The OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox and Candee Chambers. Week of January 2, 2017: Senate Set the Following Confirmation Hearings for Trump...
OFCCP Week in Review: November 8, 2016
In today’s edition of OFCCP Week in Review, John C. Fox and Candee Chambers discuss the significance of November 3, 2016 being the mid-point between the beginning of OFCCP’s 5-year so-called TRICARE subcontractor enforcement “Moratorium”–which began May 7, 2014 and will end on May 7, 2019.