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.
Responding to unnamed and unknown “Congressional Requesters,” the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a 45-page written report titled “Equal Employment Opportunity: Better Assistance and Data Use Could Improve Oversight of Veterans’ Federal...
This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit Issued Two-Page Order Denying Biden Administration’s Request to Lift Nationwide Injunction Against Federal Contractor/Subcontractor Vaccine Mandate
USDOL Offers a Free Virtual Seminar to Help Covered Federal Contractors/Subcontractors Comply with the New $15 Minimum Wage Rule
Veterans’ Employment and Training Service to Hold Next Open Virtual Meeting of ACVETEO to Review Veterans hiring in 2021, Outreach for 2022 and Answer Employer Questions re Best Practices to Hire Veterans
Now is Your Chance! NLRB Seeks Employer Input as to Its Independent-Contractor Definition
CMS Issued Guidance on the Implementation of its Interim Final Rule for Healthcare Staff Vaccination Requirements Still in Force in the 25 States Not Subject to Injunction
2021 EEO-1 Component 1 Data Reporting Portal to Open April 12, 2022, with a May 17, 2022, Last-Day-To-File Date. ALSO: 2019/2020 EEO-1 Filing Portal Closed
OSHA Seeks Comment Regarding Extending the Recordkeeping Requirements its Healthcare ETS Imposes as Issued June 21, 2021, and Withdrew the Substantive Portions of its Healthcare ETS
NLRB Follows Previous Court Ruling in Rejecting Argument that Appointment of NLRB General Counsel was Improper and Should Invalidate Any General Counsel Action Against Employers
U.S. District Courts Enjoin Vaccine and Masking Mandate HHS Sought to Impose on Teachers and Students Participating in Federal “Head Start” Programs with Possible Legal Implications for Other Private Sector Vaccination Mandates
URGENT! Today is the Last Day to Submit Comments to OSHA re the Recordkeeping Requirements of its Proposed OSHA ETS
Biden Wins His Third Vaccination Mandate Case, But Loses the First Round of the Federal Contractor/Subcontractor Vaccination Mandate Fight to a Nationwide Injunction: Biden 3; Challengers 5
849 HIRE Vets Medallion Recipients Officially Documented
E-Verify Updated The User Profile For Easier Navigation
USDOL Announced Global Partnership Initiative For Labor Organizing and Worker Rights
How Should the NLRB Determine The Appropriateness Of A Petitioned-for Bargaining Unit?
USDOL and USDOJ Renew MOU To Ensure Military Service Members’ Employment Rights
What’s A Federal Government Contractor/Subcontractor To Do About The Vaccine Mandate?
Fall Regulatory Agenda Released – Federal Subcontractors – BEWARE!
Thought Affirmative Action Plans Were a Cumbersome Part of Being a Federal Government Contractor? Let’s Talk Sustainability.
NLRB Counsel Seeks To Protect Immigrant Workers Rights
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Blasted and Enjoined the OSHA ETS in a Harsh Order; The List of Lawsuits Challenging Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates Continues to Grow
EARN Website Gets A Redesign
OFCCP Published Its NPRM to Rescind the Trump Religious Discrimination Exemption Rule, As Predicted Last Week
Six New Countries Eligible For H-2 Visa Programs
Federal Contractor Guidance Updated to Include New Fully Vaccinated Deadline
NILG Comments On The Collection Of Pay Data
Comment Now On The Issuance of “Consequential Damages” To Employees Per The NLRB
NLRB, EEOC, and USDOL Join Forces To Use Their “Bully Pulpits” to Combat Workplace Retaliation: No Substantive Requirements Planned
USVETS Honors 849 Companies With 2021 Hire Vets Medallion Awards!
Honoring Our Military Veterans
USDOL Seeks to Reverse Yet Another Trump Rule: Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs Now on the Chopping Block: Ping-Pong
Biden Clipped ICE’s Wings: Homeland Security Memo Redirected Enforcement Efforts Towards “Unscrupulous Employers” and Away From Illegal Aliens…and Ends Mass Raids of Employer Facilities
EEOC Commissioner Sonderling Hit a Home Run Discussing All Things EEOC With DirectEmployers’ Members
EEOC Updated Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccinations
NLRB Median Age of Pending Cases Continues Downward Trend
Real-Time Labor Market Information Available Through National Labor Exchange (NLx)
Navigating COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: Employer vs. Employee Rights
Open Virtual Meeting on Veteran Employment & Employer Outreach
NLRB Counsel Continues to Trailblaze – This Time for Student-Athletes
Another $68 Million Awarded for Job Seeker Assistance
NASWA Announced Its 2021-2022 Board of Directors
FAR Council Required Two Clauses to Be Embedded in Federal Contracts Seeking to “Require” Compliance with Any and All Task Force “Guidances” Re COVID-19 Vaccinations or Testing
Government Fiscal Year Kicks Off In Status Quo
It’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month!
The following information is provided by USDOL Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP): Today, OFCCP updated the 2021 Annual Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark on the VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark Database. Effective...
