OFCCP Week In Review: April 1, 2024

OFCCP Week In Review: April 1, 2024

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

  • DE Talk Podcast Explored Camaraderie & Meaningful Impact of Veteran ERGs
  • EEOC Released Its FY 2023 Litigation Report & Updated 5-Year “Data Dashboard”
  • OMB Announced Finalized Overhaul to Federal Race & Ethnicity Data Collection Standards
  • VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark Dropped Slightly to 5.2%
  • Construction Trade Association Sued to Stop FAR Council’s Rule Requiring Unionized Workforces on Large Federal Construction Projects
  • OSHA Announced Finalized, Union-Friendly Regulations to Allow Employee Representatives to Attend Safety Inspections
  • In Brief
  • New Publications
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: April 1, 2024

OFCCP Week In Review: April 3, 2023

by | Apr 3, 2023 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

  • Senate HELP Committee Advanced Nominations for Kotagal as EEOC Commissioner & Looman as WHD Head
  • OFCCP Leadership Shake-Up: Director Yang and Her Deputy Have Left OFCCP. No Successor Director Yet In Sight
  • U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology Launched Its Artificial Intelligence Resource Center
  • VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark Dropped Slightly to 5.4%
  • USCIS Updated Policy Guidance on Self-Selecting a Gender Marker on Benefits Forms & Documents
  • OFCCP Held Uneventful Webinar Briefing on Religious Exemption Rule Rescission
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: April 11, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: April 11, 2022

by | Apr 11, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
  • The Iowa Supreme Court Gives A Male Transgender Employee The Win On The Restroom Dispute and On Gender Reassignment Surgery
  • The DUNS Number is Out – Federal Contractors Must Secure a New “Unique Entity Identifier”
  • EEOC To Shift to Democrat Majority in July
  • DOJ Provided Opioid-Specific ADA Guidance
  • Update Your Affirmative Action Programs – the VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark Dropped to 5.5%
  • NLRB Reported 57% Increase in Union Representation Petitions Since October 2021
  • NLRB Counsel Announced Intent to Urge the Board That “Captive-Audience” Anti-Union Meetings for Employees Are Unlawful
  • Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reinstated Biden Administration Vaccine Mandate for Federal Civilian Employees: Federal Courts Lacked Jurisdiction
  • New Interpretation Confirms That WIOA’s Discrimination Prohibition “Based On Sex” Includes Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity
OFCCP Week In Review: August 17, 2020

OFCCP Week In Review: August 17, 2020

by | Aug 16, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • ODEP Reveals its New Website
  • JAN Addresses Challenges for IWDs When Returning to Work During the Pandemic
  • EEOC To Hold Public Meeting on Conciliation
  • OFCCP Updated Two Website Tools
  • NLRB Publishes New Across-the-Board Legal Standard to Deal With Abusive Employees
  • OFCCP to Present TRICARE Compliance Assistance
OFCCP Week In Review: August 17, 2020

OFCCP Week In Review: April 1, 2019

by | Apr 1, 2019 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • OFCCP Corporate Scheduling Announcement List Posted
  • VEVRAA Benchmark for Hiring Lowered
  • ODEP Announced Apprenticeship Inclusion Models
  • Good News! The Veteran Unemployment Rate Continues
  • To Hit New Record Lows!
    NPRM to Update “Regular Rate” Regulations
  • DE & ASE Seek to Intervene in the ‘EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Reporting’ Lawsuit to Advise the Court that Employers Cannot be Ready Until 2020