As we discussed in a previous alert, in May 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) delayed data collection in light of the COVID-19 public health emergency. Recently, the EEOC announced its plan to open data...more
Government contracts are often a critical source of business for many companies. However, companies that conduct business with federal and state governmental agencies must comply with a litany of complex laws and regulations...more
On July 2, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published the final rule, “Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination Obligations of Federal Contractors and...more
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently unveiled an updated version of the Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form.
Federal contractors and subcontractors use this form to collect data...more
As a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced on May 8, 2020 that it will delay the opening of the 2019 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection and the 2020 EEO-3...more
As federal agencies close facilities due to the COVID-19 outbreak and related quarantine orders, the contractors working on federal projects have idled work forces and placed many of their employees on paid leave to ensure...more
A funeral director who claims he was terminated because of his use of medical marijuana to manage cancer-related pain may pursue discrimination claims against his former employer, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in Wild v....more
Two recent developments may lead to New Jersey employers being required to reimburse the cost of medical marijuana for workers’ compensation recipients. In a case of first impression, New Jersey’s Appellate Division, in...more
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently published a notice in the Federal Register announcing that it would not request, accept or use EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data collected by the Equal Employment...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently issued a Courtesy Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) notifying 500 contractors of potential audits to determine their compliance...more
As we previously reported, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered that the EEOC collect two years of EEO-1 Component 2 pay data by September 30, 2019. Per the court’s order, the EEOC’s data collection...more
The New Jersey Supreme Court announced it will review the Appellate Division’s decision in Wild v. Carriage Funeral Holdings, Inc., which extended protections under the New Jersey Law against Discrimination (NJLAD) to medical...more
A federal judge has agreed to extend the deadline for employers to disclose employee pay data under Component 2 of the Employer Information Report (EEO-1).
The extension shifts the deadline for EEO-1 Component 2 data for...more
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCCP) recently published a list of 3,500 federal contractors that face possible Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) audits, and outlined five categories of review under which a contractor...more
New Jersey joins a growing number of states with medical marijuana statutes that provide a private right of action protecting employees from adverse actions based on their use of medical marijuana. Following a recent judicial...more
Federal contractors beware: the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) intends to increase significantly the number of audits it performs in the current Fiscal Year 2019 to 3,500....more
As a result of the recent partial government shutdown, the EEOC announced that it has extended the EEO-1 survey reporting deadline to May 31, 2019 and that it has postponed the opening of the online portal to submit data to...more
A recently revived suit brought by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs highlights the Trump Administration’s continuing focus on tech contractors. As we discussed in an earlier Labor and Employment Alert, the...more
On September 7, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) sent 750 courtesy scheduling announcement letters (CSAL’s) to federal contractors notifying them that their affirmative...more
On February 1, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) mailed 1,000 Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSAL) to federal contractors and subcontractors. These...more
Recently, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) issued an important decision for Oracle America, Inc. against the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) requiring the agency to respond to Oracle’s requests for the...more
In a recent settlement with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), State Street Corporation, a financial services firm with federal contracts, agreed to pay $5 million to settle claims of gender and...more
Information technology and financial services companies with federal contracts will continue to be a focus of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) under the Trump Administration, according to the...more
A computer technology company’s recent $1.6 million settlement with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is a stark reminder that federal contractors must ensure their hiring policies do not have any unlawful...more