Clocking in with PilieroMazza: Latest Developments on DEI Executive Order and Action Items before April 21 Deadline
#WorkforceWednesday®: EEOC/DOJ Joint DEI Guidance, EEOC Letters to Law Firms, OFCCP Retroactive DEI Enforcement - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday®: Federal Agencies Begin Compliance Efforts Under Trump Administration - Employment Law This Week®
Preparing for — and Surviving — an OFCCP Audit
DE Talk | If It’s Not in Writing, It Never Happened: Applicant Tracking & Recordkeeping Strategies to Ensure OFCCP Compliance
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 26: Compensation Compliance with Joan Moore and Mim Munzel of The Arbor Consulting Group
DE Under 3: Court Held That Workday Was an “Agent” to Employers Licensing its AI Applicant Screening Tools
DE Under 3: Retirement of “Chevron Doctrine” Exposed Vulnerability of OFCCP’s Overreaching Interpretations of Some of its Rules
DE Under 3: OFCCP Must Shut Down its Administrative Court Prosecutions as a Result of SCOTUS’ SEC Jury Trial Case Decision
DE Under 3: OFCCP’s New Revisions & Additions to its Construction Contractor Compliance Audit Tools
DE Under 3: OFCCP VEVRAA Guidance Clarifies Protected Veteran “Benchmark for hiring” is Not a Hard Number Quota
DE Under 3: OFCCP Changes Up Important Technical Details of its Audit Selection Process in First FY 2024 CSAL
DE Under 3: EEOC’s Settlement with the SSA is a Cautionary Tale for Private Sector Employers & Federal Government Contractors
DE Under 3: Contractors Have Second Opportunity to Comment on OFCCP’s Supply & Service Contractor Portal Information Collection
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 17: Federal Contractor Fundamentals with Joan Moore and Mim Munzel of The Arbor Consulting Group, Part 2
DE Under 3: New OFCCP AI Guidance Misstates Adverse Impact Law Portending Much Coming Friction with Federal Contractors
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 16: Federal Contractors with Joan Moore and Mim Munzel of The Arbor Consulting Group, Part 1
DE Under 3: An Explanation of the Current Federal Budget Bill Confusion
DE Under 3: Biden "Hits the Brakes" on Non-Defense Discretionary Budgets for Federal Agencies in FY 2025 Budget Proposal
DE Under 3: Big Budget Opponents Again Stop a Final Federal FY 2024 Budget, Congress Keeps Agency Spending to FY 2023 Levels
We have been receiving a lot of questions since the revocation of E.O. 11246, and the majority of them can be boiled down to, “What do we do now?” ...more
In January 2024, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) proposed a rule that would One year later on January 8, 2025, the FAR Council has withdrawn their proposed rule....more
On 29 January 2024, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) that would prohibit federal contractors and subcontractors from seeking and considering information...more
On January 30, 2024, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued a Proposed Rule, “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting.”...more
On January 29, 2024, the Biden administration issued a Proposed Rule that would prohibit federal contractors from seeking and considering compensation history when making employment decisions and require contractors to...more
On January 31, 2024, several U.S. government agencies released proposals and guidance aimed at imposing new pay transparency and salary history requirements upon federal government contractors and subcontractors. These...more
On January 29, 2024, the 15th anniversary of the enactment of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the Biden Administration announced that it would be taking new actions to implement the Executive Order on Advancing Economy,...more
When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more
Construction employers should be mindful of the federal government’s renewed focus on combatting discrimination and harassment in the industry. A recent report from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...more
On August 25, 2023, OFCCP announced that it received approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its new Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing, significantly expanding the information and data federal...more
OFCCP has announced finalization of the Agency’s “updated” Supply and Service Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing. As a reminder, OFCCP initially proposed significant changes to the letter, which initiates a compliance...more
The NILG Annual Conference is an excellent barometer for what is happening in equal opportunity, affirmative action and Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI). At this year’s Conference, held in Phoenix, the hot (pun intended,...more
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
Pay equity and transparency have become a focal point for lawmakers, regulators, shareholders, employees, and the public. Employers are increasingly challenged with trying to navigate the growing patchwork of pay equity and...more
There is no doubt that 2022 was an eventful year in employment law. In this post, we review some key developments from the prior year that employers should be aware of and hot topics to watch out for as we move forward into...more
As our colleagues previously reported, on October 19, 2022, the EEOC updated its “Know Your Rights” poster for employers. On October 28, 2022, the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) notified...more
Like other employers with at least 15 employees, federal contractors need to replace their workplace discrimination poster with a new notice that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently published. The new...more
Last week, the EEOC and OFCCP announced the replacement of the “EEO is the Law” poster in favor of a new poster called the “Know Your Rights” poster. Both EEOC and OFCCP have updated their websites accordingly. Importantly,...more
Replacing the “EEO is the Law” poster is not optional. As my colleague Robin Shea noted on Employment & Labor Insider, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a new “Know Your Rights” poster, which updates and...more
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
On March 15, 2022, to coincide with this year's "Equal Pay Day," the OFCCP issued a new Directive on pay equity audits. Its stated purpose is to "provide guidance on how OFCCP will evaluate federal contractors' compliance...more
In addition to digesting OFCCP’s release of a new directive on compensation, government contractors may soon see new regulations around inquiries into and the use of prior salary information. In conjunction with Equal Pay...more
The push for pay equity has moved beyond prohibiting pay discrimination and into requiring employers encourage pay transparency for applicants and employees. At the federal level, the National Labor Relations Act can...more
Come Jan. 20, former Vice President Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the U.S.' 46th president. In the run-up to the election, the Biden campaign focused on pay equity issues and closing the wage gap as part of its platform to...more
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently issued Directive 2018-05, a compensation-related directive that OFCCP touts as part of its effort to be more transparent to government contractors. ...more