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OFCCP Week In Review: June 20, 2022

by DE Compliance News | Jun 20, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

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.

OFCCP Week In Review: January 4, 2022

by DE Compliance News | Jan 4, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

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

OFCCP Week In Review: July 26, 2021

by DE Compliance News | Jul 26, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)

Former National Women’s Law Center Counsel Joins OFCCP
Union Displays of “Scabby the Rat” and Anti-Company Bannering OK Near Neutral Sites
Comment Now on $15.00 Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors
Vice President Kamala Harris Cast the Deciding Vote to Confirm Controversial Nominee to be the New NLRB General Counsel
WHD to Host Prevailing Wage Seminars
ODEP Revealed NDEAM 2021 Poster

OFCCP Week In Review: March 22, 2021

by DE Compliance News | Mar 22, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)

Democrats Introduce Workforce Justice Act in Congress Seeking to Federally Mandate “Ban-the-Box” Compliance
What Employers Should Know About the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
Biden Administration Seeks to Withdraw Trump Administration Tip-Pooling Wage-Hour Rules
DE Holds its Second Masterclass Disability Roundtable Educational Forum and Discusses TBI and PTSD!

OFCCP Week In Review: February 22, 2021

by DE Compliance News | Feb 22, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)

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

OFCCP Week In Review: February 8, 2021

by DE Compliance News | Feb 8, 2021 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

The Paycheck Fairness Act Surfaces…Again
OFCCPs New Chief of Staff
NLRB Rescinds Ten Memos Issued by Former Counsel
May Employers Provide COVID Vaccine Incentives?
California DFEH Released New Pay Data Reporting Resources
Senate Agrees on Rules of the Road as to Committee Assignments and Tie Votes: Looks like Democrats Will Need 10 Republicans to Cross-Over to Pass Controversial Legislation for the Next Two Years-Kamala Sidelined + Bonus Blog
Nomination Hearing Held for Secretary of Labor
Tip and Independent Contractor Rules Frozen
OFCCP’s Commitment to Racial Equity
Employment Numbers Improve, Blacks Show Greatest Gains, But Others Fall Back