The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 45 - The Grit, Grace and Gift of Second Chances
The Justice Insiders Podcast - The Ever-Expanding Net: Corporate Compliance in an Era of Increasing Trade Sanctions and Restrictions
False Claims Act Insights - Are All Healthcare “Kickbacks” Subject to FCA Liability?
Episode 333 -- The Boeing Proposed Plea Agreement
DOJ’s New Self-Disclosure Policy and Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program
False Claims Act Insights - Assessing the Fallout from a Thermonuclear FCA Verdict
FCPA Survival Guide - Step 8 - Investing in Compliance
Exploring the AI and Crypto Intersection
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Jarkesy’s Implications for the Administrative State
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 41 - The Dynamics of Decision-Making: Psychology and the Criminal Justice System
INTERPOL and Child Kidnapping Cases. What are INTERPOL’s Abilities and Limitations?
False Claims Act Insights - Eureka! Government Investigators Seek Out Research Misconduct
The Justice Insiders Podcast - AI-Washing: Everything Old Is New Again
The CFPB and State AGs Act Jointly Against Online Educational Company
Will the U.S. Have a GDPR? With Rachael Ormiston of Osano
Episode 328 -- Sanctions Enforcement Risks and Redlines
FCPA Survival Guide: Step 3 - Extensive Remediation
Episode 324 -- Third-Party Risks and Sanctions Compliance
Compliance Tip of the Day – Compliance Lessons from the Albemarle FCPA Enforcement Action
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 38 - A Blueprint for Compliance: The Fraud Pentagon Theory
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently extracted a multi-million dollar settlement from the Social Security Administration (SSA) for claims of pay disparities based on race....more
Sunday, October 1, 2023: OFCCP Discrimination Enforcement Statistics Hit New Lows - As federal Fiscal Year 2024 began on October 1, Fiscal Year 2023 ended on a down note for OFCCP as its enforcement statistics went even...more
The 34-page OFCCP full fiscal year (“FY”) 2024 Congressional Budget Justification (“CBJ”) revealed key aspects of the agency’s future plans and past performance metrics. We reported last week that OFCCP’s FY 2024 budget...more
Pay equity and transparency have become a focal point for lawmakers, regulators, shareholders, employees, and the public. Employers are increasingly challenged with trying to navigate the growing patchwork of pay equity and...more
In 2023, contractors can expect continued – and heightened – enforcement actions from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). Among other things, the OFCCP is taking on a greater interest in pay equity,...more
New Congressional Research Service Reports Explain “Holman Rule” By a 220 – 213 essentially party-line vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed its procedural rules package (H.Res.5) that includes the “Holman Rule.”...more
Wednesday, November 30, 2022: U.S. IRS & Treasury Department Published Notice on Prevailing Wage & Apprenticeship Requirements for Enhanced Tax Benefits Under Inflation Reduction Act - U.S. DOL Wage & Hour Division Seeking...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s edition,...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more
Health Care partners Sarah Carlins and Jackie Hoffman interview Labor, Employment, and Workplace Safety partner Craig Leen in this episode of Triage, recorded in collaboration with our Working Wise podcast. As the former...more
Employers that provided EEO-1 Component Two pay data to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), or are currently preparing to provide data to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) as part...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) to further the objectives of...more
Federal contractors and subcontractors have numerous affirmative action obligations and only so much time each day to devote to compliance. As a result, some requirements may tend to fall by the wayside as contractors focus...more
The administration has begun taking actions with regard to workplace diversity trainings and representation goals on the basis of race, but clarifies that unconscious bias training is still permissible....more
In 2019, OFCCP has been very busy increasing its enforcement activities and issuing policy changes. The agency also garnered a lot of attention for significant pay equity settlements and ongoing litigation. OFCCP continues...more
In recent weeks, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) has entered into four major settlements that are notable both for their size, and for highlighting current trends. Each case involved allegations...more
The Office of Federal Contractor Compliance has been busy this year. In 2019, it has obtained over $40M in settlements from federal contractors to resolve claims of hiring and compensation discrimination. This figure tops...more
The OFCCP opened the month of October by announcing three multimillion dollar settlements with major government contractors. The agency entered into early resolution conciliation agreements with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and...more
The year 2018 brought increased activity and significant changes to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), including the appointment of new Director Craig E. Leen and the arrival of 12 new directives. ...more
Directly in line with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program’s (OFCCP) new policy emphasis on agency transparency, accountability, efficiency and collaborative resolution, the OFCCP...more
Quick Hit: The Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) issued Directive 2019-03 (the “Directive”), which announces two steps the agency will take to enhance compliance assistance for contractors. OFCCP will...more