OFCCP Week in Review: July 1, 2024

OFCCP Week in Review: July 1, 2024

by | Jul 1, 2024 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

  • 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
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

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

by | Jul 1, 2024 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

But it’s Complicated. And, of course, OFCCP’s Enforcement Scheme will “not go gentle into that good night.” The case decision is Securities & Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy  (Case No.  22-859; i.e., “SEC decision”). The Seventh Amendment (passed in 1791) to the...
OFCCP Week In Review: March 28, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: March 28, 2022

by | Mar 28, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Part 2: New OFCCP Directive on “Pay Equity Audits” Raises More Questions Than it Answers
  • E-Verify Released New Features
  • OFCCP’s Proposed NPRM Walks Backwards Promising Less Transparency in Audits and Unknown, But Different (to come), Evidentiary Standards in Discrimination Investigations
  • CA Pay Data Reports Show No Surprises and Do not Tell us Much
  • New Resources Available for EEO-1 Filers
  • Lilly Ledbetter Shared Her Powerful and History-Making Story
  • SCOTUS Overturns 5th Circuit, Stays U.S. District Court Injunction of DoD COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate
OFCCP Week In Review: March 28, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: January 18, 2022

by | Jan 18, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
  • Earn Professional Development Credits by Attending E-Verify and Form I-9 Webinars
  • VETS Extends Transition Training Program to Include Veterans
  • USDOL Announced a Funding Opportunity to Assist Veterans Combat Homelessness/Return to the Workforce
  • OFCCP and EEOC Announce a Joint Hiring Practices Initiative
  • U.S. Supreme Court Stayed Implementation of the OSHA ETS: What It Means For Employers
  • SCOTUS Allowed Enforcement of the CMS Interim Final Vaccination Rule; Healthcare Facilities Subject to Vaccine Mandate for Medicare/Medicaid Staff
  • Clarification on The New Minimum Wage For Some Federal Government Contractors
  • A User’s Guide: What Employers Should Know When Implementing a Private Vaccine Mandate Policy
  • Processing Vaccination Accommodation Requests Under The ADA
  • USDOL Adjusted Civil Monetary Penalties Per Inflation Adjustment Act
USDOL Announced A Coming Controversial OFCCP Final Rule Recognizing Expanded Religious Defenses, Even While Only Mirroring the Recent Case Law Which Established Them, Published the Rule Two Days Later, And Then Two Days Later Drew Angry Criticism From House Speaker Pelosi

USDOL Announced A Coming Controversial OFCCP Final Rule Recognizing Expanded Religious Defenses, Even While Only Mirroring the Recent Case Law Which Established Them, Published the Rule Two Days Later, And Then Two Days Later Drew Angry Criticism From House Speaker Pelosi

by | Dec 14, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)

On Monday December 7, 2020, OFCCP issued a press release announcing that it would soon publish its Final Rule updating OFCCP’s Rules re religious discrimination titled: “Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause’s Religious Exemption.”...
OFCCP Week In Review: October 14, 2019

OFCCP Week In Review: October 14, 2019

by | Oct 14, 2019 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • Supreme Court Declines to Weigh-In on ADA and Mobile Accessibility at This Time
  • SCOTUS Heard Oral Arguments on LGBTQ Cases
  • EEOC & OMB ask the Court to End the Component 2 Data Collection by November 11, 2019
  • Director Leen Kicks off NELI
  • NELI Part III – Reasonable Accommodations & Other Hot Topics
  • OFCCP Released TAG for Educational Institutions
  • Legal Counsel Sworn into EEOC
OFCCP Week in Review: October 29, 2018

OFCCP Week in Review: October 9, 2017

by | Oct 9, 2017 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • SCOTUS hearing on compelled employee arbitration agreements banning class actions is too close to call
  • The Trump Team has finally arrived at Wage & Hour Division
  • Who is a joint employer? The confusion continues…
  • Trump Administration expanded religious exemption for companies objecting to provision of certain contraceptive services in employer health service plans
  • US Attorney Sessions threatened vigorous enforcement against employers and government contractors of claimed religious discrimination
OFCCP Week in Review: March 13, 2017

OFCCP Week in Review: March 13, 2017

by | Mar 13, 2017 | Week In Review (WIR)

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”.