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Latest DEI Executive Order raises compliance issues for federal contractors

by Tammy Binford

President Donald Trump’s latest order targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices by employers brings up issues about how employers with federal contracts can ensure compliance.

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Civil penalties may be coming to NLRA

If enacted into law, President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) reconciliation package will drastically expand the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) remedial powers effective January 1, 2022. The BBB measure...

Dec 31, 2021 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Vaccine mandates: congressional nondelegation and the future

Short of a Pearl Harbor attack or a stock market crash, it’s hard to imagine a more serious threat to the country’s well-being than the COVID-19 pandemic, which has taken the lives of 800,000 Americans, sickened millions...

Dec 31, 2021 · Federal Employment Law Insider

‘Right to control test’ determines classification as independent contractor

Q We need someone to work as an assistant between five and eight hours each week. Can we hire someone as an independent contractor, or does the person have to be classified as an employee? A In Idaho, a worker’s status...

Dec 31, 2021 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

Extending health coverage to employees’ grandchildren

Q Is there any law requiring an employers' group health plan to extend coverage to an employee's covered child's child (the employee’s grandchild)? A Under current law, businesses that employ 50 or more employees are...

How to handle employee’s divisive and mean-spirited e-mails

Q How should we deal with an employee (already on a performance improvement plan (PIP)) whose divisive and mean-spirited e-mails are negatively affecting both coworkers and our external partners? Can we require manager...

OFCCP announces opening of contractor portal

On December 2, 2021, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced when its new Contractor Portal would open for federal contractors. On February 1, 2022, contractors can begin registering for...

Dec 31, 2021 · Federal Employment Law Insider

EEOC leader outlines goals for 2022

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte Burrows outlined her accomplishments for the past year and what to expect in 2022 at a recent employer association meeting. Notably, after finishing the 2020...

Dec 31, 2021 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Update to Davis-Bacon law pending

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted a proposal to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to update the 1931 Davis-Bacon Act, which requires workers on federally funded construction projects...

Dec 31, 2021 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Bracing for ‘seismic’ impact if nondelegation viewpoint torpedoes vax mandates

Dec 31, 2021 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Female doctors earn $2M less than men during career

A new study found female doctors earn less than their male counterparts beginning on their very first day of work. The study of more than 80,000 physicians published in the medical journal Health Affairs is the largest...

Dec 31, 2021 · Federal Employment Law Insider

What employers can expect from Biden’s enforcement agencies in 2022

Under the Biden administration, the federal enforcement agencies have big plans for 2022. Here is a rundown by agency. OFCCP Notification of supply and service subcontractors. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance...

Dec 31, 2021 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Litigation against COVID-19 vaccine mandates leaves employers in limbo

Employers covered by federal agencies’ COVID-19 vaccine mandates face a very confusing situation: Should they continue to force employees to get the shots while a ton of litigation challenging the requirements drags on...

Dec 31, 2021 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Build Back Better facing hurdles and delays

President Joe Biden’s ambitious legislative initiative to rebuild the social safety net, address climate change, and reform the tax structure appears to be facing more delays and reductions in its struggles to secure a...

Dec 31, 2021 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Follow these 4 tips to avoid union strikes

Some 450 members of United Steelworkers Local 40 went on strike on October 1, 2021, when the union failed to reach a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with management at Special Metals, a plant based in Huntington...

Where Arkansas stands on COVID-19 vaccination mandates

Arkansas employers are understandably confused about where they stand on requiring employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19. The situation is very fluid and confused at the moment with (1) federal contractors being told...