On November 22, 2016, a federal judge in Texas issued a temporary nationwide injunction preventing the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) overtime rule from taking effect on December 1. We discussed both the lawsuit and the...more
For the first time since 1970, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is updating its sex discrimination guidelines for federal contractors. These updates, announced last week, will...more
6/21/2016
/ Disparate Impact ,
Federal Contractors ,
Final Rules ,
Gender Identity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
OFCCP ,
Pregnancy ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Transgender
For months, employers have been anxiously awaiting the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) final rule on exemptions from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and wondering whether the DOL would pass the rule as...more