The United States District Court of New Jersey recently granted default judgment to Defendant Slack Technologies (“Defendant”) for its breach of contract counterclaim against Plaintiff Gino D’Ottavio (“Plaintiff”), who...more
The District of Connecticut recently dismissed a TCPA action against the Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust (“Subway”) because plaintiff failed to allege that Subway used an ATDS to send text messages to her cell...more
With its recently relaunched data collection website, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) begins its annual Employer Information Report EEO-1 Component 1 (EEO-1 Component 1 Report) survey for previously...more
On March 31, 2021, President Biden introduced the American Jobs Plan of 2021, a sweeping proposal intended to modernize domestic infrastructure, boost job creation and bolster U.S. competitiveness. The ambitious Plan calls...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that the annual Employer Information Report EEO-1 (EEO-1 Report) survey will open on April 26, 2021 to accept two years of Component 1 data and close on July...more
This edition of the “Government Contracts Regulatory and Legislative Update” offers a summary of and insight into the relevant industry developments that occurred during the month of February....more
3/11/2021
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
FCC ,
Federal Contractors ,
NDAA ,
OMB ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) ,
SBA ,
Small Business ,
TCPA
Today, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced it is updating its Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Supply and Service Scheduling List (Scheduling List) by removing establishments previously selected for a...more
Immediately upon taking office on January 20, 2021, President Biden took swift action to overturn the controversial “Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping” (EO 13950). Executive Order 13950 was issued on...more
Under the leadership of Director Craig Leen, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) advanced four thematic foundations of Certainty, Efficiency, Recognition and Transparency (the CERT principles) to...more
On December 9, 2020, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published its controversial final rule “Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause’s Religious Exemption” in the...more
On September 22, 2020, President Trump issued “Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping” (Executive Order 13950 or Executive Order) which purports “to combat offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping...more
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published its final rule establishing consistent evidentiary parameters for the way it determines preliminary findings of discrimination against contractors during...more
On September 22, 2020, President Trump issued a controversial “Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping” (Executive Order 13950 or Order) in a purported effort “to combat offensive and anti-American race and sex...more
President Trump recently issued “Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping” (Executive Order 13950) — a sweeping federal directive intended “to combat offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping and...more
As we reported, on September 22, 2020, President Trump issued “Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping,” (Executive Order 13950) in an effort to “to combat offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping...more
The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced its new hotline and email address to provide a forum to report noncompliance with Executive Order 11246 as well as President...more
10/6/2020
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Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employee Training ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Hotlines ,
OFCCP ,
Race Discrimination ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Stereotyping ,
Trump Administration
Applicable federal contractors should immediately review the 2020 Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL), released by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), to see if they have been selected for a...more
On August 10, 2020, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) updated its website, including revamping the National Pre-Award Registry and the VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark Database. These new features provide...more
On August 4, 2020, the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced via email that it has begun scheduling Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) focused reviews....more
All federal contactors subject to the jurisdiction of the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) must begin surveying applicants and employees for disabilities using a new and approved Voluntary...more
On July 16, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) will conduct an independent...more
The OFCCP announced on May 8, 2020 that it completed its awaited update to the Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form, which was recently approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and expires on May 31,...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on May 7, 2020 that it will delay the opening of the 2019 EEO-1 Component 1 (Employer Information Report), the 2020 EEO-3 (Local Report) and the 2020 EEO-5...more
The Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released three new directives on April 17, 2020 that formalize its mediation procedures, seek to further increase the efficiency of its compliance...more
In the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many federal contractors are questioning to what extent the Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) will continue to operate and...more