On April 15, 2025, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sought approval of its 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection. The EEOC’s new proposed 2024 EEO Component 1 Instruction Booklet (the “Booklet”) changes...more
5/6/2025
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On March 14, 2025, the president issued a new executive order (EO) entitled, “Additional Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions.” This new executive order revokes EO 14026, issued by President Biden, which raised...more
3/25/2025
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Corporate Counsel ,
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Wage and Hour
As previously reported, one of the first executive orders (EO 14173) issued by President Trump was to rescind Executive Order 11246, issued by President Lyndon B. Johnson, which required federal contractors and subcontractors...more
Amidst a flurry of employment-related executive orders issued during the first few days of the new administration, on January 21, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled Ending Illegal Discrimination and...more
As we initially reported on November 4, 2021, OSHA has released its long-awaited Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) covering private employers with 100 or more employees. While we have seen court challenges and indeed the...more
11/9/2021
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Vaccinations ,
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Workplace Safety
President Biden is ramping up measures aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19. He announced a series of new actions on September 9, 2021, including a plan to require all employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their...more
9/29/2021
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Federal Contractors ,
Healthcare Workers ,
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Service Contract Act ,
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Virus Testing
If your company does business with the federal government or subcontractors of the federal government, you may have to require that your employees become fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 8, 2021.
On...more
9/28/2021
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Davis-Bacon Act ,
Employer Mandates ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Health Care Providers ,
Joe Biden ,
Medicaid Reimbursements ,
Medicare ,
OSHA ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Service Contract Act ,
Vaccinations
Recently, the Michigan Supreme Court held that Governor Gretchen Whitmer lacked the authority to issue or renew executive orders relating to COVID-19 beyond April 30, 2020. After the Michigan Supreme Court issued its ruling,...more
On Friday, August 7, 2020, Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Order 2020-166, Protecting workers who stay home, stay safe when they or their close contacts are sick – Rescission of Executive order 2020-36. This is an...more
On July 29, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced two new Executive Orders revising workplace and gathering safeguards intended to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
Executive Order 2020-160 provides remote-work...more
On Friday July 17, 2020, Governor Gretchen Whitmer rescinded Executive 2020-147, issuing revised face covering requirements in Executive Order 2020-153.
The general requirements set forth by the Order remain unchanged -...more
On Friday, July 10, 2020, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-147, requiring the wearing of protective face coverings in indoor places of public accommodation.
2020-147 additionally requires that...more
A new lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) demonstrates how dogged the government can be in trying to obtain and review employers’ compensation data. The lawsuit, filed against Google with the DOL’s Office of...more
1/19/2017
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EEO-1 ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Google ,
Injunctive Relief ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Transparency ,
Payroll Records ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)