OFCCP Week In Review: February 13, 2023
- U.S. DOL Submitted Proposed Rule to Clarify That WIOA’s Sex-Based Discrimination Prohibition Includes Sexual Orientation
- Know Your New Congressional Labor Committee Leaders
- U.S. Labor Secretary Walsh Expected to Resign to Take National Hockey League Players Association Director Position
- OFCCP Extends the Deadline for Federal Contractors to Further Correct OFCCP’s “Non-Objectors List” of Companies Whose EEO-1 Component 1 Data OFCCP Intends to Disclose to an FOIA Requestor
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: January 9, 2023
- Once again, USDOL Secretary Used Prior Secretary Scalia’s Order 01-2020 to Intervene in an OFCCP Administrative Action
- President Biden Formally Re-Nominated Gilbride (EEOC Counsel) & Kotagal (EEOC Commissioner)
- House Republicans Proposed Procedural Rules That Would Allow Legislative Amendments to Axe Specific Programs/Agencies or Agency Officials
- Increased Employment for People with Disabilities Likely Due to Pandemic Operational Changes, New USDOL Blog Asserted
- U.S. BLS Reported Slight Decrease in Job Openings for November, Little Change in Hires & Total Separations
- White House Office of Management & Budget Released Fall 2022 Regulatory Agenda
- U.S. Federal Trade Commission Announced Proposal to Ban Employers from Using Worker Non-Compete Agreements
- Economy Added 223k Jobs in December; Unemployment Rate Remained at 3.5%
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
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
OFCCP Week In Review: January 24, 2022
- This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
- California Pay Data Reporting Portal Opens February 1st
- Should NLRB Change Its Legal Standard on Mandatory Arbitration Clauses?
- HIRE Launched With Discussion Of “Reimagined” Recruitment Ideas
- E-Verify Updated Webpage to Close Company Accounts
- Union Membership Falls Back to 2019 Rate, 10.3% of Employed Workers: Only 6.1% in the Private Sector
- EEOC’s First Year Performance Under Biden Nosedived In a Big Surprise and Amid Reduced Transparency
- USDOL Released Training Video on the Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Increase
- USDOL Launched “Good Jobs” Initiative
- Biden Administration’s Vaccination Efforts Restricted to Just Mandate as to Healthcare Workers as Court Enjoins Executive Order Requiring Vaccination of Federal Employees
OFCCP Week In Review: February 8, 2021
- 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
OFCCP Week In Review: December 14, 2020
- USDOL Announced A Coming Controversial OFCCP Final Rule Recognizing Expanded Religious Defenses, Even While Only Mirroring the Recent Case Law Which Established Them, Published the Rule Two Days Later, And Then Two Days Later Drew Angry Criticism From House Speaker Pelosi + Bonus Deep Dive Blog Post
- Disability and Employment Boot Camp Underway
- EEOC To Begin Formal Opinion Letters
- Rounding Out the Year with a Look Ahead to OFCCP Compliance in 2021
- Nine Democrat Senators Ask The EEOC To Investigate Hiring Processes Using Artificial Intelligence Tools
- Checklists Every Employer Needs To Stay Off the Naughty List!
- DOJ Continues ADA Celebration Recognizing a Win in Education With Service Animals
OFCCP Week In Review: December 7, 2020
- Controversial Contract Language for EO 13950 Released
- WHD Issued Two New FLSA-related Opinion Letters
- Transgender Now Protected Under Title VII
- EEOC Released a Savvy New Employment Data Tool
- New TAG for Small Contractors
- OFCCP Concedes to Oracle
- November Employment Situation Shows Steady Improvement As Unemployment Drops To 6.7%
- Remembering Pearl Harbor
OFCCP Week In Review: July 8, 2019
- New Opinion Letters from WHD
- EEO-1 Component 2 FAQs Released
- EEOC Emails Component 2 Reminder
- Autism Support Resources
- New Disability Inclusion Award
- Trump Taps a Republican and a Democrat to be EEOC Commissioners in a Packaged Deal
OFCCP Week In Review: March 25, 2019
- Pay Data Update by April 3rd
- Major Appeals Court Ruling Defines Who is “Similarly Situated” and Holds that Plaintiff Must Prove It Early in an Investigation and Before Trial
- Overtime Proposal Open For Public Comment
