If your company is a federal contractor or subcontractor or has 15 or more employees, it is time to update your Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) posters. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued an...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a notice on August 19 in the Federal Register informing all federal contractors that it had received a Freedom of Information Act...more
Commentators are speculating on how quickly the Biden Administration may reverse course on three (3) of 2020’s significant developments at the Office for Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”)...more
12/14/2020
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Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Non-Discrimination Rules ,
OFCCP ,
Race Discrimination ,
Race Relations ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Sexual Stereotyping ,
Trump Administration
Activist NLRB Created More Problems For All Employers in 2016 - What Happens Under President Trump?
During 2016, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) maintained its generally pro-union, anti-employer...more
1/12/2017
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Ban the Box ,
Blacklist ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
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DACA ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Dream Act ,
E-Verify ,
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Educational Institutions ,
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Email Policies ,
Employee Definition ,
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Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
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Trump Administration ,
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President Obama has signed multiple executive orders impacting federal contractors throughout his administration, and 2016 has been a particularly active year for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). In...more
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced a proposed rule on pay transparency, to be published in the September 17, 2014 Federal Register. ...more
In This Issue:
Message from the Chair; Social Media and the Workplace: 2013 and Beyond; Unpaid Internships: Training Ground or Legal Landmine?; Supreme Court’s Nassar Decision Sets Higher Causation Standard for a...more
1/7/2014
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Background Checks ,
Big Data ,
Causation ,
D.R. Horton ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disability ,
Discrimination ,
ENDA ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Minimum Wage ,
OFCCP ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
SCOTUS ,
Social Media ,
Unpaid Interns ,
US v Windsor ,
UT Southwestern Medical v Nassar ,
Veterans ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
Over the years, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), which enforces affirmative action and equal opportunity regulations for federal contractors and subcontractors, has tried to assert jurisdiction over...more
Effective February 28, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) rescinded its much criticized 2006 Compensation Standards and Voluntary Guidelines (Compensation Standards)...more