On Wednesday, August 2, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) Acting Director Michele Hodge spoke at the National Industry Liaison Group (NILG) annual conference. She opened her keynote by addressing the...
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On August 3, 2023, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte Burrows spoke to the National Industry Liaison Group (NILG) conference. According to Chair Burrows now that Kalpana Kotagal has been...
In the latest of a series of recent decisions, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has decided that a Starbucks rule requiring employees to act in a “professional and respectful manner” and not use “vulgar or...
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued the highly anticipated update of its Davis-Bacon rule. The 800+ page rule expands coverage to include new-technology projects and—by altering the prevailing wage “formula”—is...
On August 11, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published its proposed regulationsfor the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) in the Federal Register. The PWFA—which became effective on June 27—requires...
On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in two related cases—Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. University of North Carolina(UNC)—that...
Can a web-designer refuse to serve gay couples because doing so would violate her religious beliefs? In 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, the U.S. Supreme Court gave the surprising answer “Yes” when the service is linked to...
At bottom, the American problem has always been race and racism. It warped the moral vision of the Founders. It distorted the core elements of the Constitution. It infected acts of Congress. It perverted too many Supreme...
On June 2, 2023, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council published an interim rule in the Federal Register implementing the No TikTok on Government Devices Act addressed in the Office of Management and Budget...
On Thursday July 13, the U.S. Senate confirmed Kalpana Kotagal as the fifth commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) 49 to 47, finally giving the Biden administration the three Democratic...
A number of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) precedent-breaking decisions—all favoring union/worker rights—will soon face judicial review, often before skeptical benches. The outcome of these cases will have a...
A week after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the use of race for college admission, 13 Republican state attorneys general (AGs) sent a letterto the CEOs of the Fortune 100, warning them not to use race-based initiatives...
In two related cases—Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. University of North Carolina—the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that using race as...
On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled employers that deny a religious accommodation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 must show the burden of granting an accommodation would result in...
No lesser Founding Father than Alexander Hamilton wrote passionately about the perils of faction. Indeed, Federalist Paper 9 was entitled exactly that: “The Utility of the Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction...