On September 1, 2021, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), the Department of Labor sub-agency charged with enforcing affirmative action and non-discrimination requirements imposed on federal contractors...more
9/1/2021
/ Affirmative Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Non-Discrimination Rules ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Wage and Hour
On October 21, 2020, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance released a Request for Information (RFI) relating to federal contractor and subcontractor training, and the recently issued Executive Order 13950. That order,...more
10/22/2020
/ Bias ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Deregulation ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employee Training ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Race Relations ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Request For Information ,
Sexual Stereotyping ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
Labor Day became an official federal holiday in 1894. Although the world of employment has obviously changed significantly over the last 125 years, the pace of workplace transformation seems to have accelerated in the past...more
9/3/2019
/ #MeToo ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Ban the Box ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Health Insurance ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Shortage ,
LGBTQ ,
Marijuana ,
Misclassification ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Rate of Pay ,
Right to Work ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Silica ,
Transgender ,
Unemployment ,
USCIS ,
Visas ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
The federal government’s Spring 2019 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (regulatory agenda), which provides insight into federal agencies’ priorities for the near and long term, was released on May 22,...more
5/28/2019
/ Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
GINA ,
H-1B ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Regulations ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
OSHA ,
Rate of Pay ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Request For Information ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Tips ,
TRICARE ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Unless Congress can finalize a budget by midnight tonight (January 19), the federal government will be forced to shut down due to a lack of appropriations.
On Thursday evening, the House of Representatives passed a...more
1/19/2018
/ Administrative Agencies ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Budget ,
Government Shutdown ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
OLMS ,
TSA ,
USCIS
From the workplace policy perspective, much of the focus of the first 100 days of the Trump administration was on confirming a new Secretary of Labor and reversing the Obama administration’s labor and employment agenda....more
6/8/2017
/ Administrative Authority ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EBSA ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Minimum Wage ,
OFCCP ,
On-Demand Services ,
OSHA ,
Paid Leave ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules
On Tuesday, May 23, 2017, the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing to discuss the direction of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The witnesses and lawmakers raised several topics...more
5/24/2017
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Wage and Hour
President Trump has released his proposed federal budget, setting out his priorities for the 2018 fiscal year, which begins October 1. As anticipated, the budget represents a marked shift in potential government spending; it...more
The 2016 Presidential election was arguably the most contentious, unpredictable, and politically polarizing race in this nation's history. The contours of the electoral map changed by the hour in the days leading up to...more
11/10/2016
/ Administrative Appointments ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Arbitration ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
D.R. Horton v NLRB ,
DACA ,
DAPA ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Dodd-Frank ,
EEO-1 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Ernst & Young ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Gender Identity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Joint Employers ,
Judicial Appointments ,
LGBTQ ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
MAP-21 ,
Minimum Salary ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Leave ,
Persuader Rules ,
Political Appointments ,
Popular ,
Project Labor Agreements ,
Recess Appointments ,
Retirement Plan ,
Right to Work ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Standard of Review ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wages ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Workplace Injury
On August 25, 2016, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council published in the Federal Register its highly anticipated Final Rule regarding the so-called "blacklisting" procedures for federal contractors President...more
9/1/2016
/ ADEA ,
Agricultural Workers ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitration Awards ,
Blacklist ,
Competitive Bidding ,
Construction Industry ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Final Rules ,
General Contractors ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) ,
Migrant Workers ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRA ,
OFCCP ,
OSHA ,
Pay Transparency ,
Popular ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Seasonal Workers ,
Service Contract Act ,
Subcontractors ,
Title VII ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) ,
Wage and Hour
Littler's Workplace Policy Institute Insider Report details key labor, employment, and benefits news and events at the federal, state, local, and global levels. The July edition of the Insider Report includes a discussion of...more
7/6/2016
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Genetic Discrimination ,
LMRDA ,
Minimum Salary ,
Navarro v Encino Motorcars ,
OFCCP ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pensions ,
Persuader Rules ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sick Leave ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Work Schedules
The world of Big Data has arrived, and it is beginning to affect employers and their decision-making in ways undreamed of even a few years ago. Employers can access more information about their applicant pool than ever...more
8/5/2015
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Big Data ,
Class Action ,
Compliance ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
OFCCP ,
Popular ,
Privacy Policy ,
Workplace Safety
In keeping with past practice, federal agencies released their spring regulatory agendas on the eve of a holiday weekend. These semiannual reports list all of the federal agency regulations currently under development or...more
5/22/2015
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Compliance ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Railroad Safety Act ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
GINA ,
Independent Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
OLMS ,
OSHA ,
SBREFA ,
Small Business ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblowers
Federal agencies have released their spring 2013 regulatory agendas outlining the rules they will likely propose or issue in final form during the next six-month period. While agencies often stray from their stated goals and...more
7/9/2013
/ Companionship Exemptions ,
Compliance ,
Consultants ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EBSA ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
IRS ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
OLMS ,
OSHA ,
Persuader Rules ,
Right To Know ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
On December 21, 2012, federal agencies released their long-awaited unified agendas and regulatory plans for 2012. Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, federal agencies are required to publish semi-annual lists of...more