Any employer required to collect EEO-1 workforce demographic data should be thinking about the issue of whether to publicly disclose that data, and consider what might happen to it once it’s disclosed....more
The White House has announced that the requirement for covered employees at covered federal contractor workplaces to be fully vaccinated under the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force Guidance for Federal Contractors and...more
11/5/2021
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Agencies Advised Not to Terminate Contractors Who are “Working in Good Faith and Encounter Challenges”; More States Sue to Enjoin EO 14042...more
11/2/2021
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When Texas governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order on October 11th stating that no entity in Texas could compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccination by “any individual, including an employee or a consumer” who objects for...more
10/29/2021
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On October 28, 2021, the State of Florida filed a challenge to the Biden administration’s requirement that employees of federal government contractors be vaccinated by December 8, 2021....more
10/29/2021
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On September 9, 2021, the White House announced a series of actions intended to reduce the number of Americans who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19. These actions are detailed in the President’s “Path Out of the...more
9/13/2021
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On March 15, 2021, the District of Columbia’s new “Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020” is projected to pass Congressional review and become law. The sweeping statute, which purports to ban non-compete...more
In this program, a panel of Vinson & Elkins’ Labor & Employment attorneys discuss potential changes to workplace laws that employers may expect to see under the Biden administration, including requirements related to labor,...more
12/10/2020
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Continuing Legal Education ,
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Foreign Workers ,
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Wage and Hour ,
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