DE Under 3: OFCCP Launches Three New Portals for Federal Contractors
For most of the last two decades, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office offered its electronic filing system (EFS), through which practitioners could file patent applications and related prosecution documents, and private...more
On September 27, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new rules to make its EDGAR system more secure and user-friendly. The amendments, referred to as “EDGAR Next,” represent a significant change to the...more
The 2023 California Pay Data Reporting Portal is set to open on February 1, 2024. Reports must be submitted on or before May 8, 2024. Employers can expect the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) to issue updated...more
In the summer of 2022, the Office of Open Records (“OOR”) announced that it was moving forward with an E-File Appeal Portal. The goal was to provide a one-stop location for all records involving appeals. ...more
Connecticut requires all annual report filings for limited liability companies (domestic and foreign) to be filed every year with the Connecticut Secretary of the State’s Office (the “Secretary”) by March 31 and all annual...more
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently announced that its 2019 EEO-1 Component 2 portal is now open and accepting submissions. Employers with this requirement have only 50 days from August 11,...more
Last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released instructions for employers required to file 2017 and 2018 pay information that includes a breakdown by demographics, referred to as Component 2 data. The...more
On July 1, 2019, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) published its much anticipated guidance on the collection and submission of Component 2 data of the EEO-1 report. As a reminder, covered employers are...more
On February 21, 2019, the EEOC proposed a rule to expand the use of its electronic portal; clarification of the meaning of a “No Cause” dismissal and the filing deadline for a charge, which is filed in a state with a deferral...more
With the record partial government shutdown continuing and no end in sight, employers’ EEO-1 filing obligations appear to be on hold. Typically, by this time, employers that filed EEO-1 reports in the past should have...more
On November 1, 2017 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) launched its new public portal to allow individuals to quickly and directly submit inquiries and requests for intake interviews to the EEOC. Will online...more
The latest tool that can be used against employers is now fully operational. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC’s) online filing portal, or Public Portal, which was tested in five cities over the past six...more
Amendments to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.'s ("FINRA's") Customer and Industry Codes of Arbitration Procedure require that all parties (except for pro se customers) to FINRA arbitrations must use the...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has just added a fourth option for employees to initiate charges against their employers – an online portal. On March 13, 2017, the agency announced the Online Inquiry and...more
On March 13, 2017, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that five of its offices have launched a new system to make the charge-filing process easier. The new Online Inquiry and Appointment System...more
Effective April 3, 2017, all FINRA arbitration participants (except pro se parties) must use FINRA’s web-based DR-Portal to file and serve documents in both customer and industry arbitrations. ...more
The OCC launched the agency’s new web-based Central Application Tracking System (CATS). The system will assist authorized national banks, federal savings associations and federal branches and agencies with drafting,...more