OFCCP Week In Review: May 9, 2022
- NLRB Standardizes Education for Immigrants of Their Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act
- Mental Health Awareness Month – What Can You Do?
- Free Two-Day Virtual Forum On Construction and Government Contracting
- Department of Homeland Security Extends Expiration of Employment Authorization Documents
- EEOC to Discuss Discrimination and Harassment in Construction – Open to Public Viewing
- EEOC and USDOL To Host Webinar Series on Advancing “Workplace Equity”
- GAO Offered Service Contract Act Enforcement Insights When It Reported Progress to The U.S. Senate Budget Committee, But Also The Need For Further Improvement As To Five Recommendations GAO Made In 2020
- The Great Resignation Moved into an Even Higher Gear as Short-Term and Long-Term Unemployment Both Continued Essentially Unchanged For April 2022, But More Workers Lost Touch
OFCCP Week In Review: November 22, 2021
- USDOL Seeks Apprenticeship Ambassadors & Public Discussion on Diversity
- Renewed Call for Transgender Rights and Dignity as Deaths Due to Protected Status Rise to Deadliest Year on Record
- Private Employers Forced to Remain on Their Toes as Changes to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates are Occurring Daily/OSHA Suspended Its Own Emergency Temporary Standard
- A White House in Disarray Realizes Its Error in Federal Contractor Vaccination and Mask Mandate: Now Attempts “Hail Mary Pass” to OMB to Save It
- National Labor Exchange Hits 4 Million Daily Job Postings While NASWA Secures Funds to Mine the Data
- The “She-cession” – What Is It and How Do We Combat It?
- EEOC’s Annual Financial Report Shows Year-Over-Year Consistency
- USDOL, NLRB, and EEOC Discuss Ending Retaliation in The Workplace
- EEOC’s COVID-19 Technical Assistance Guide Updated to Include Retaliation Information
- New Executive Order Looks to Keep Employees Working When Federal Contracts Change Hands
OFCCP Week In Review: August 23, 2021
- EEOC/OFCCP Hosted Town Hall On Outreach Strategies
- Comment on EEOC Reentry Plan
- NLRB Added New Features to Its Website
- EEO-1 Survey Deadline Extended
- USDOL Announced $90M In Grants To Support Reemployment Services For Workers Displaced By The Pandemic
- NLRB To “Aggressively Seek” Injunctions to Stop Alleged Unfair Labor Practices
- Upcoming Event: EEOC Commissioner Sonderling To Address Implications of Artificial Intelligence
OFCCP Week In Review: June 28, 2021
- Appeals Court Holds Shareholders Have Standing to Challenge California Law Requiring Women on Public Company Boards of Directors
- LGBTQ+ Advocates Meet With White House Officials To Promote Equality Act
- USDOL Opens National Online Dialogue: Women and Work: Reinvestment, Return, and Recovery
- NLRB Prepares for Final Democrat Board Member
- The Biden Administration Rescission of Trump Administration Joint Employer Rule Under the Fair Labor Standards Act is Imminent
- Splinter Democrats Implore President Biden to Use Executive Order to Further Worker Protections, This Time by Axing Arbitration Agreements
- WHD Tip Rule Proposal Seeks to Rescind Trump Rule
- EEOC Legal Counsel Appointed
- In Blow to Federal Agency Transparency, Congress Overturns New (Trump era) EEOC Conciliation Process
- USDOL To Host Davis Bacon Training For Federal Contractors
- EEO-1 Filing Deadline Extended
- GAO Reports Veterans Affairs Must Improve Veteran Wait-Time for Care
OFCCP Week In Review: April 5, 2021
- GAO Report Finds NLRB Staff Dwindling and Dissatisfied
- National Vietnam War Veterans Day – Thank You For Your Service!
- NLRB Extends Deadline to File Briefs on Employer Investigations
- VEVRAA Benchmark for Hiring Dropped to 5.6%
- NLRB Website Now Available in Español
- DOL Website Worker.gov Now Available in Español
- DirectEmployers Announces OFCCP Director Jenny Yang as a Keynote Speaking “Live” at its Annual Member Meeting DEAMcon21
- VETS Launched a New Pilot Program to Assist Transitioning Service Members and Their Spouses
- The Re-Opening of America is Upon Us! Employment Explodes in March With Largest One-Month Job Surge Since WWII!
- The WIR Team Awarded Readers’ Choice Award!
- REMINDER: Final Countdown to Deadline for HIREVets Medallion Award
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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
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On Thursday, January 7, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (“USDOL”) published its long-awaited Final Rule in the Federal Register revising its interpretation of independent contractor (“IC”) status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Significantly, the Rule...
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