On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two rulings addressing whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
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As the COVID-19 omicron variant spread across the nation, K Street and the entire country waited for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether and to what degree the federal government could act to confront the pandemic...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has invited interested parties to file briefs in two important cases, making clear its intention to reexamine and revise two defining rulings by the Trump Board: the expansion of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Everyone on K Street now feels a lot like Joe Biden: COVID-19 and the pandemic’s countless ramifications just won’t go away, the unrelenting virus and proposed responses to it are displacing most everything on your...
Federal contractors implementing strategies to comply with looming federal COVID-19 vaccination mandates are wrestling with new questions about whether states can implement restrictions to prevent them from complying...
Recently released Safer Federal Workforce Task Force guidance requires COVID-19 vaccinations for all covered federal contractor and subcontractor employees by December 8, 2021. The obligation applies to all employees...