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Annual Report on EEOC Developments: Fiscal Year 2024 - An Annual Report on EEOC Charges, Litigation, Regulatory Developments and...

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INTRODUCTION - This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2024 (hereafter “Report”), our fourteenth annual publication, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...more

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Client Alert: The Quiet Storm

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The new Administration’s recent Executive Order making DEI programs in Federal agencies illegal as to race, gender and sexual orientation very notably did not mention eliminating affirmative action requirements for...more

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President Trump’s Executive Order Removes Federal Contractor Affirmative Action Requirements

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On Jan. 21, President Donald Trump took aim at a long-standing executive order regarding diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the American workplace....more

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Key Requirements of OFCCP’s New Audit Scheduling Letter for Construction Contractors

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The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released a revised Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing for construction contractors on Oct. 2, 2024, that will require contractors to provide significantly more...more

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OFCCP Releases Guidance on Federal Contractors’ Use of AI and Automated Systems

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently released new guidance warning federal contractors they must routinely monitor their use of artificial intelligence (AI) and...more

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Department of Labor, Including OFCCP, Continues Work on Guidance and “Promising Practices” Regarding Artificial Intelligence

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The Acting Director of OFCCP and the Solicitor of Labor indicated that they are moving full speed ahead on developing guidance regarding employers’ use of artificial intelligence, and that the Department of Labor is working...more

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SCOTUS Predictions: Blockbuster Decision Will Dismantle Workplace Regulations

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The Supreme Court is set to shake up the workplace world by taking away a great deal of power from federal agencies – including the regulators who oversee many of the nation’s labor and employment laws. That’s according to...more

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President Biden Issues Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence: Impact on Employers

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As our colleagues recently discussed, on October 30, 2023, President Biden signed a sweeping Executive Order regarding the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (the “EO”). The EO...more

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Happy Anniversary! New Guide for the Rehabilitation Act

Last week, on the 50th anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act — which prohibits disability discrimination by federal contractors and other programs receiving federal funds — the EEOC and Department of Labor issued a resource...more

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Federal Contractors and Subcontractors — You MUST Implement a New Voluntary Self-Identification Form for Disability On or Before...

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In late April 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) advised that a “new” Voluntary Self-ID form for disability has been issued by the Agency. Because the form was approved by the Office of...more

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Top Workplace Law Stories You May Have Missed from March 2023

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years — and this past...more

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Smucker’s Out of a Jam: Sixth Circuit Says Being a Federal Contractor Does Not Make You a State Actor

If you take on a federal contract, does that make you a state actor? No, according to a unanimous Sixth Circuit panel in Ciraci v. J.M. Smucker Company. During World War II, the Army included Smucker’s apple butter in its...more

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EEOC and OFCCP Issue Updated Poster

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently issued a revised “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster on their respective...more

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Happy Veterans' Day 2022!

Here's a handy summary of the federal employment laws that apply to vets. In honor of Veterans Day, I'm republishing, with a few edits, a post I wrote in 2020 that summarizes the federal employment laws that apply to...more

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[Event] 2022 Government Contractor Employment Law Symposium - November 17th, Tysons, VA

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Join a multi-disciplinary team of Jackson Lewis attorneys, along with guest speakers from the government contracting firm Smith Pachter, for a full-day of presentations, interactive discussions and practical solutions...more

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Beltway Buzz - July 2022 #3

EEOC Updates COVID-19 Guidance. On July 12, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its COVID-19 guidance as it relates to the testing of employees in the workplace. Since the start of the pandemic, the...more

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South Carolina Drastically Limits Private Employer Vaccine Mandates

On April 25, 2022, South Carolina enacted a statute aimed at curtailing employers’ ability to require workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. To start, the Act absolutely bans state and local governments from requiring...more

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Beltway Buzz - May 2022

EEOC, DOJ Issue Guidance on AI in the Workplace. - On May 12, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) each issued guidance documents addressing potential...more

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2022: The Year Ahead for Employers

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In 2021, the workforce continued adapting to an evolving global pandemic, increasingly consequential social movements and a dramatic shift in employment policy ushered in by a change of leadership at the federal level. ...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Halts Enforcement of OSHA Vaccine Mandate for Private Employers

What You Need to Know- •The U.S. Supreme Court granted a temporary stay of OSHA’s requirement mandating that certain private employers require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or be subject to weekly...more

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The Top 16 Workplace Law Stories from December 2021

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Vax mandate FAQs!

This week's vaccine wisdom (subject to change at any time). Is my company required to mandate vaccinations for employees? Possibly. Apart from the mandate for federal employees, there are three types of COVID vaccination...more

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Happy Thanksgiving and the Many Things for Which We Are Thankful – 2021 Edition

Many of us are understandably anxious to put another tumultuous year of the pandemic behind us. But before we sit down at the table to fill our plates and bellies to overflowing to celebrate the holiday, we can all find some...more

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Philadelphia Mandates COVID Vaccine for All City Workers

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On November 19, 2021, the City of Philadelphia announced all City workers must “complete a full schedule of COVID-19 vaccination(s)” by January 14, 2022, or risk losing their jobs. This mandate comes following the City’s...more

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Tennessee and Florida State Law Restrictions on Employer Vaccine Mandates

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Tennessee and Florida enacted state laws earlier this month that impose restrictions on an employer’s ability to impose vaccine mandates or to ensure employees are vaccinated. While Tennessee’s law provides employers who are...more

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