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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

EEOC Mediation Pilot Program Extended
USDOJ Pursues Last-Minute Attempt to Kill “Adverse Impact” Discrimination Claims Against Federal Grant Recipients
USDOL’s New Independent Contractor Final Rule is DOA, Or Is It? Not So Fast!
Comment on EEOC’s Wellness Program Incentive Proposal
HIRE Vets Award Officially Open for Registration
E-Verify Back-Up – Get Compliant by January 11, 2021
EEOC Shuts Down Democrat Commissioners’ Objections to More Transparent Commission Conciliation Negotiations with Respondent Employers
New Resources in the Telework & Accessibility Toolkit
New FAQs on CA Pay Data Reporting Act
WHD Issued First Two Opinion Letters of 2021
What Exactly is “Systemic Enforcement” at the EEOC?
Employment Numbers Take a Hit as Dining Occupancy Allowance Drops
Biden announced Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as Labor Secretary Nominee
EEOC To Hold Two Public Meetings This Week

Controversial Contract Language for EO 13950 Released
WHD Issued Two New FLSA-related Opinion Letters
Transgender Now Protected Under Title VII
EEOC Released a Savvy New Employment Data Tool
New TAG for Small Contractors
OFCCP Concedes to Oracle
November Employment Situation Shows Steady Improvement As Unemployment Drops To 6.7%
Remembering Pearl Harbor

OFCCP Says Good-Bye to Ten Billion Dollars in Annual TRICARE Contracts
WHD Published Four New Opinion Letters
New Minimum Wage for Federal Government Contractors
Comment Now on Required Apprenticeship Reports
Higher Education Discussion of Coming OFCCP Focused Reviews Sheds Light on Coming Promotion Issues All Contractors Will Have to Face and Resolve
USDOL to Trumpet its Assistance and Award Programs
Trump EEOC Pulls Back Obama EEOC’s Claimed ‘Section 707’ Authority
July Was a Blockbuster Hiring Month, But Individuals with Disabilities and Minority Hires Continued to Lag
White House Orders All Federal Agencies to Review Their Race Training Programs and Stop Any Course Which Furthers Racism