On September 10, 2019, the California Senate passed AB5, a sweeping bill to control the use of independent contractors in the nation’s largest state. With the California Assembly concurring in the Senate’s amendments to the...more
9/18/2019
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Dynamex ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Regulations ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Misclassification ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Pending Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Risk Assessment ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
On August 15, 2019, the Office of Federal Compliance Contract Programs (OFCCP) proposed a new rule broadening the religious exemption that applies to its equal employment opportunity regulations. ...more
On August 2, 2019, OFCCP published six new compliance guides on its website. The new guides include:
OFCCP At A Glance, which provides an overview of the functions performed by OFCCP...more
“Glaring,” “concerning,” “troubling,” “problematic,” and “systemic” were some of the words used by OFCCP Director Craig Leen to describe the underrepresentation of women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities at large...more
4/12/2019
/ Affirmative Action ,
Discrimination ,
Disparate Impact ,
Diversity ,
Federal Contractors ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Women in the Law
On March 27, 2019, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced that it was lowering the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark again this year. ...more
In Wadler v. Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit adopted a limited, plain meaning construction of the types of reports that are protected by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act’s (SOX) whistleblower...more
3/4/2019
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Appeals ,
Bio-Rad Laboratories ,
Bribery ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Reversal ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
On January 22, 2019, a new rule went into effect providing much-needed guidance on the definition of “recruitment fees” under the FAR human trafficking prohibition. ...more