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OFCCP Week In Review: March 21, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: March 21, 2022

  • A Federal Court in Texas Shot Down the Biden FLSA Independent Contractor Rule & Reinstated the Trump Rule
  • Federal Government Exploring Non-Binary Data Collection
  • Manager Alert: EEOC Slips in an Unsanctioned New “Law” on So-Called “Intersectional Discrimination” Under Guise of New Caretaker Discrimination Guidance
  • New OFCCP Directive on “Pay Equity Audits” Raises More Questions Than it Answers
  • Free Prevailing Wage Seminars for Federal Contractors
  • OMB Finally Has a Director in A First for African Americans
  • OFCCP to Host Instructional Webinar on Contractor Portal Certification Opening – March 31st
  • Expired Documents No Longer Acceptable for I-9 Form
  • The Comment Deadline on USDOL’s Davis-Bacon Act Proposed Rules Change Proposals is Now Set for May 17, 2022
  • EARN Updated Its Federal Contractor Resource Page
  • Registered Apprenticeships for Incarcerated Individuals Topped National Dialogue Ideas
  • New Guidance on Website Accessibility Under the ADA
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OFCCP Week In Review: March 21, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: March 14, 2022

  • OFCCP Week In Review Team Named #1 in Government Contracting in JD Supra 2022 Readers Choice Awards
  • Answers to Title VII Religious Objections to COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements
  • $55M Available To Support Workforce Readiness To Individuals Leaving Prison
  • From Public Service to Corporate America: Lived Experiences of an LGBTQ Employee in the Workplace
  • Inclusive Extended Reality Technology & Hybrid Work Toolkit
  • E-Verify To Drop Internet Explorer Support
  • Safety Coalition Joined the 90-Day Trucking Apprenticeship Challenge
  • WHD Launched Retaliation Webpage
  • USDOL Signed MOU to Report to USDOJ Employers Pursuing “No-Poach” Recruitment Agreements And/Or Conspiring to Fix Wages
  • Biden Proposal to Update Davis-Bacon Is Designed To Increase Prevailing Wages for Workers on Public Construction Projects
  • President Biden Signed Federal Bi-Partisan FY2022 Omnibus Budget Bill Dissing Federal Civil Rights Agencies
  • He’s Back! Popular OFCCP Regional Director Sam Maiden Returns, Now As The RD for the Mid-Atlantic Region (Philadelphia)
  • Old, But Important, News We Missed. Biden Extended the COVID-19 Pandemic National State of Emergency Impacting Labor Laws
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OFCCP Week In Review: March 21, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: March 7, 2022

  • This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
  • Fifth Circuit Refused to Lift the Lower Court Injunction Which Stopped the Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate as to 35 Naval Combatants
  • The 90-Day Trucking Apprenticeship Challenge Nears Completion as the Nation’s Largest Trucking Industry Association Joins the Cause
  • USDOL Announced $45M in Grant Funding to Expand Equitable Reskilling & Job Training
  • Compensation, Personal Safety, and Racial/Gender Inequalities Addressed in the Driving Good Jobs Initiative
  • USDA Seeks To Criminalize Federal Contractor Non-Compliance With Federal Labor Laws
  • It was A Big Jobs Gains Month As Workers Begin To End Their Two-Year Sabbatical and Return To Their Jobs. Minority Jobs Gains Noticeable
  • New NASWA and DE NLx Research Hub Will Help Employers Recruit, Hire and Train U.S. Workers
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OFCCP Week In Review: March 21, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: February 28, 2022

  • This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
  • A Missing EEO is the Law Notice Will Now Cost An Employer $610 Per Violation
  • $113 Million Now Available Through The Apprenticeship Building America Grant Program
  • Cornell & USDOL’s Women’s Bureau Kicked off the “Equity in Focus” Series with a Powerful Panel Tackling “Job Creation for a Just Society”
  • Unemployment Rate for Individuals with a Disability Decreased in 2021, However, Remains Higher than 2019 Rate
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OFCCP Week In Review: March 21, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: February 21, 2022

  • This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
  • It is a “One Ticket, One Ride” Win for Only the Outdoorsy People as the Biden Minimum Wage Order Faces First Litigation Defeat
  • A Third “Stop Gap” Continuing Resolution Keeps the Federal Government Alive through March 11th
  • Upcoming Event | DE Masterclass Employment Law Roundtable Tackles Retaliation: The Rising Centerpiece of Civil Rights Enforcement
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OFCCP Week In Review: March 21, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: February 14, 2022

  • This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
  • White House to Be A “Model Employer” for Empowering Employees to Unionize
  • BLS Seeks to Increase Data Set for Occupational Requirements Survey – Comment Portal Open
  • OFCCP Published How-To Videos and Registration Tips for New Contractor Portal
  • Fifth Circuit Refuses to Lift Nationwide Injunction of Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate Before Oral Argument on Substantive Merits of the Mandate
  • Comment Now on Functional Affirmative Action Program Directive Updates
  • NLRB Looks to Strengthen Ties with Other Federal Enforcement Agencies
  • Eight States Bring Two Suits Seeking to Enjoin $15/Hour Minimum Wage for Employees of Federal Contractors & Subcontractors
  • The #MeToo Movement Continues to Alter the Federal Employment Law Landscape, as Private Employers Now Face Changes to the Scope of Employment Arbitration Agreements
  • In Memoriam
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