On March 12, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) into law, aiming to provide relief to individuals and businesses suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. ...more
On March 2, 2021, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) in the U.S. Department of Labor announced that it is amending its FY 2020 Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) for federal supply and...more
As we explained in a recent post, as of January 1, 2021, COVID-19 leave is no longer mandated under the federal Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA), although covered employers who voluntarily provide paid leave...more
On October 1, 2020, a new Maryland law related to compensation will:
- prohibit employers from requesting or relying on job applicants’ prior pay history to make decisions about employment or initial pay in most...more
8/20/2020
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Salary/Wage History ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
The District of Columbia recently adopted a new version of emergency laws requiring employers to provide both paid and unpaid leave to eligible employees for certain COVID-19 related reasons....more
7/17/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Mandates ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Sick Employees ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
Benefits will be available to employees under the District of Columbia’s paid family and medical leave program, known as D.C. Paid Family Leave (DCPFL), starting July 1, 2020. ...more
CDC provides updated guidance and toolkit for employers preparing to re-open -
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to release workplace re-opening guidance, both generally and for employers...more
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has published a new self-identification form federal contractors (including subcontractors) must provide to individuals to request information concerning their...more
Many U.S. employers are eager to reopen their worksites and to resume more normal in-person operations. But resumption of business while the country continues to face the risk of COVID-19 infections presents significant legal...more
The Mayor of the District of Columbia recently signed two emergency laws that expand obligations of employers to provide leave to employees for COVID-19 reasons...more
On April 8, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated interim guidance (Guidance) advising that asymptomatic critical infrastructure workers may be permitted to continue to work onsite...more
4/17/2020
/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Health and Safety ,
Operators of Essential Services ,
OSHA ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Screening Procedures ,
Social Distancing ,
Workplace Decontamination ,
Workplace Safety
On April 1, 2020, the Department of Labor (“DOL” or the “Department”) issued regulations implementing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA” or the “Act”). In addition, DOL continues to update its FFCRA Q&As...more
Following two rounds of guidance on the paid leave provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA” or the “Act”) last week, the Department of Labor (“DOL” or the “Department”) released additional guidance...more
As the April 1 effective date for the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA” or the “Act”) paid leave requirements rapidly nears, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) continues to update its compliance guidance for...more
3/30/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Posting Requirements ,
Relief Measures ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay ,
Tax Credits ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour
On March 24, 2020, the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor (“DOL”) published a news release and three guidance documents on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA” or the “Act”). ...more
3/26/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Posting Requirements ,
Relief Measures ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay ,
Tax Credits ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour
President Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the Act) into law on March 18, 2020, the same day that it passed the Senate. ...more
Pay equity continues to be a complex and evolving issue for employers. Although the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently ended its Component 2 pay data collection, employers still face substantial...more
2/24/2020
/ #MeToo ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Data Collection ,
Deregulation ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Salaried Employees ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
The District of Columbia Department of Employment Services (“DOES”) recently released a Paid Family Leave Employee Notice (“PFL Notice”) that D.C. employers must provide to employees by February 1, 2020. ...more
On August 9, 2019, the D.C. Office of Employment Services (DOES) took another step toward full implementation of D.C.’s Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 (UPLA) by issuing proposed benefits regulations. In a recent...more
8/27/2019
/ Comment Period ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Labor Regulations ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws
Under the District of Columbia’s Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 (UPLA), paid family and medical leave will soon be a reality in DC. The DC paid leave program will be funded entirely by employer payroll tax...more
On June 14, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected the argument that a university should be entitled to special academic deference in employment discrimination claims concerning...more
7/10/2019
/ Agency Deference ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Appeals ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Human Rights Act ,
Tenure ,
Title VII ,
Universities
As we previously reported in April of this year, a federal judge set September 30, 2019 as the deadline for covered employers (i.e., having at least 100 employees) to submit pay data in Component 2 of their EEO-1 reports. ...more
7/9/2019
/ Covered Employer ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Payroll Records ,
Portal ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Wage and Hour
Although it has been more than a month since a federal district court judge ordered the reinstatement of a controversial EEO-1 pay data reporting rule, it is still unclear when employers will need to comply....more
4/11/2019
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
OMB ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Wage and Hour
Last week, a federal judge overturned the suspension put in place in 2017 by the White House Office of Management and Budget of the EEO-1 form’s new pay data reporting provisions. ...more
3/12/2019
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Wage and Hour
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) – the Department of Labor office responsible for overseeing federal contractors’ and subcontractors’ equal employment opportunity and affirmative action obligations –...more