OFCCP Week In Review: July 5, 2022
- USDOJ Announced the Settlement of Claims That 16 Employers Posted Job Ads on College Recruiting Platforms Discriminating Against Non-U.S. Citizens: Attention ALL Recruiters, Especially College and University Recruitment Centers: USDOJ Has Put a Target On Your Backs
- Enforcement of Biden Vaccine Mandate for Federal Employees Again Delayed
- OFCCP Director & EEOC Chair Held A Joint Webinar With Four Outside Panelists Discussing Skills-Based Hiring
- OFCCP Quietly Extended the AAP Verification Deadline Following Discovery of Faux Pas
- SCOTUS Reigned In The Federal Agencies By Reminding Them They Must Identify “Clear Congressional Authorization” When Making Significant Decisions…Not So Much Trimming Rights As Trimming Presidential Power
- VETS Announced Eight New Partners For Its Employment Navigator Pilot Program
OFCCP Week In Review: June 27, 2022
- Spring 2022 Regulatory Agenda Recycles OFCCP Items From Previous Agendas; WHD And NLRB List Significant Items
- House Appropriations Subcommittee Approved FY 2023 Bill; OFCCP Funding In Line With President Biden’s Request
- E-Verify Released Seven New Case Processing Enhancements To Increase Awareness of Duplicate Cases & Improve Search Functions
- ODEP Announced “Disability: Part of the Equity Equation” As The Theme For National Disability Employment Awareness Month in October
- ODEP Is Seeking More Particularized Information About Employees with Disabilities
- The Three Things Human Resources Professionals Now Need To Do Following The Dobbs Decision (Reversing Roe)
- EEOC Announced The Addition Of A New “X” Gender Marker To Charge Intake Process
OFCCP Week In Review: June 20, 2022
- OMB Is About to Overhaul Federal Data Collections of Race and Ethnicity Information: Federal Contractors Beware of Coming New Data Collection and Reporting Burdens
- New Biden Executive Order Details Plan For Feds To Collect Sexual Orientation, Gender identity, and Sex Characteristics Data: An Old Acronym Now Takes Center Stage: SOGI. Federal Contractors Beware of Coming New Data Collection And Reporting Burdens
- USDOL Wage & Hour Division Published a Proposal to Revise the Existing WD-10 Form for Federal Construction Contractors
- NLRB Majority Holds That Trump-era “Block-Charging” Rule Does Not Prevent NLRB Staff from Issuing Merit-Based Dismissals of Election Petitions – Even Without a Full Evidentiary Hearing
- OMB And GSA Announced A “Technology Modernization Fund”
- USDOL’s Wage & Hour Division Issued New Guidance Limiting Subminimum Wages To Disabled And Young Employees: No Rulemaking, Yet Again.
OFCCP Week In Review: June 13, 2022
- DirectEmployers Welcomes Cynthia L. Hackerott to the Week In Review Reporting Team
- SCOTUS Limits Federal Preemption Otherwise Requiring Arbitration Of Airport Ramp Workers Claims
- President Biden Nominated Karla Gilbride to Be the Next EEOC General Counsel
- U.S. Senate Blocks Biden Nominee To Lead EBSA; But She is Likely To Nonetheless Get Confirmed Following An Upcoming “Déjà Vu Procedural Motion
- ODEP “Disability and The Digital Divide” Report: Significant Access Gap to Computers/Internet Hurts Employment
- Home Depot Employee’s Display of Black Lives Matter/BLM on Work Apron Was Not a Protected Activity; Employer’s Enforcement of Dress Code Did Not Violate NLRB, ALJ Concludes
OFCCP Week In Review: June 6, 2022
- Survey Says…Participants Prefer Online Mediation For EEOC Charge Resolution
- EARN Released Short Video To Assist Employers in Mental Health Awareness
- Federal Court Finds Georgia County Employee Medical Insurance Program Violated Title VII On Its Face By Denying A Transgender Female Employee “Sex Change” Surgery Coverage
- NLRB Revised Electronic Notice Posting Requirement
- May’s Employment Situation Relatively Status Quo from April
Unanimous Appellate Court Struck Down ALJ Decision Finding Baltimore Enterprise Rent-a-Car Guilty of Unlawful Race Discrimination: Judge Did Not Understand Title VII Law
In an unforgiving decision, a unanimous Administrative Review Board of the USDOL reversed and remanded the entirety of the 2019 Recommended Decision and Order of USDOL Administrative Law Judge Morris Davis. In doing so, the ARB held that Judge Davis misunderstood and...
OFCCP Week In Review: May 31, 2022
- Unanimous Appellate Court Struck Down ALJ Decision Finding Baltimore Enterprise Rent-a-Car Guilty of Unlawful Race Discrimination: Judge Did Not Understand Title VII Law
- The Crossroads of Mental Health Illness and the FMLA
- E-Verify Clarified Process Terms
- EEOC Commissioner Nominee Failed to Secure U.S. Senate Confirmation: Political Drama About To Unfold
- GAO Made Seven Lackluster Recommendations to OFCCP to “Improve Oversight of Veterans’ Federal Contractor Employment”
- Overtime Listening Session For West Coast Employers
- E-Verify Improves Process Forms
- Comment Now on Functional Affirmative Action Program Processes
OFCCP Week In Review: May 23, 2022
- Court Holds California State Law Requiring Female Representation on Boards of Publicly Held Companies Unconstitutional
- New Feature in OFCCP Contractor Portal Allows for Bulk Processing of AAP Establishments
- EEOC to Host LGBTQ+ Advocacy Webinar in the Post-Bostock World
- Veterans Employment, Training, and Employer Outreach Committee to Host Public Meeting
- EEOC Listened to a Powerful Panel to Aid in Ending Harassment in the Construction Industry
- National Labor Exchange Breaks Record with Four Million Job Listings Now Available on a Daily Basis!
- Fifth Circuit Case Decision Struck Down the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Entire Administrative Law Judicial System
- OFCCP Changes Up Its Audit Selection Methodology: OFCCP Plunged Deeper into New Era of “Drive-Thru Audits”
OFCCP Week In Review: May 16, 2022
- New Resources on Workplace Protections for Nursing Mothers
- Shifting from the Great Resignation to the Great Retention
- Take Note of Interim Acceptable Employment Authorization for I-9 Form
- EEOC to Hold Hearing on Race, Sex, and National Origin Discrimination In Construction
- Federal Agencies to Host Question & Answer Session
- USDOL to Host a Virtual Event – Building Mental Health-Friendly Workplaces
- EEOC and DOJ Release Guidance on The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Hiring To Help Prevent Disability Discrimination
- Comment Now on Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Information Collection
