The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently published a new proposed functional affirmative action program (FAAP) directive. The public comment period ended in late June. The OFCCP is considering...
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K Street has a justified reputation for being the home of lobbyists and others who seek to influence the government on behalf of a multitude of clients. With Congress at all but indefinite gridlock, many influencers now...
It’s almost like those scenes in sci-fi movies where some alien cloud stops everyone midstep. A kind of stasis seems to have overtaken the government. With so many crises of various significance at hand—Ukraine...
On Friday, May 20, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a new Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) for supply and service contractors, which is comprised of 400 federal...
On May 10, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a confirmation hearing for President Joe Biden’s nominee for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) commissioner, Kalpana Kotagal...
By June 30, 2022, federal supply and service contractors with 100 or more employees are required to have registered and certified their establishment and maintenance of their affirmative action programs (AAPs). Although...
In recent years, states such as Illinois and Maryland have passed laws regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in employment, and more states are likely to do so in the coming years. On the other hand, the...
On March 18, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register (https://bit.ly/38L6FLN), proposing for perhaps the most sweeping revisions to the rules governing...
On April 27, 2022, the House Committee on Education and Labor held an oversight hearing, Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has repeatedly made it clear it will try to turn back the clock on Board law by a generation or two. In recent statements, filings, and administrative decisions, the NLRB has...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on April 12, 2022, that the 2021 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection portal is open. The deadline for submitting and certifying 2021 EEO-1 Component 1 Reports is...
While everyone in the United States is ready to move on from COVID-19, the litigation against vaccine and mask mandates continues. Federal transportation mask mandate vacated In the latest setback to the Biden...
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Department has brought several criminal cases against employers for colluding to suppress wages. The push began under the Trump administration, which filed a lawsuit...
COVID-19 has caused a myriad of legal issues for employers. Employers that had to shut down during the pandemic often laid their employees off with less than the 60 days’ notice required by the Worker Adjustment and...
The nomination of controversial former Wage and Hour Division (WHD) Administrator David Weil to return to his old job has ended in defeat. Weil failed to receive an affirmative vote from the Senate and subsequently...