UPDATE: On 8 January 2025, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) officially withdrew its proposed rule that would have (1) barred federal contractors from seeking and using job applicants’ compensation...more
1/24/2025
/ Compensation & Benefits ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Federal Contractors ,
Hiring & Firing ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Discrimination ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour
On 29 January 2024, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) that would prohibit federal contractors and subcontractors from seeking and considering information...more
3/28/2024
/ Disclosure Requirements ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Job Ads ,
Job Applicants ,
Notice Requirements ,
NPRM ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Transparency ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Subcontractors ,
Wage and Hour
Introduction - Employers across the country need to pay close attention to developments in California relating to its pay transparency law, also known as Senate Bill 1162 (SB 1162). For many years, pay transparency was a more...more
Health care employment law was once again a critical focus for many legislative bodies in 2022. While much of our 2021 Year in Review focused on how states addressed the COVID-19 pandemic itself, most notably with respect to...more
2/21/2023
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employees ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Nurse Practitioners ,
Pay Data ,
Physicians ,
Popular ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Telehealth ,
Vaccinations ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
This Alert addresses the following: The Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCCP) has issued its first Directive of the Biden Administration, the Pay Equity Audit Directive (DIR 2022-01) (Directive)....more
Illinois may be on the road to becoming the “California” of the Midwest based on the latest developments in its employment laws. The following is a look at the key regulatory changes for 2022 and possible changes for 2022 and...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
7/8/2021
/ Affirmative Action ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disparate Impact ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Contractors ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Clinics ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Physicians ,
Subcontractors ,
Wage and Hour