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OFCCP Compliance Week In Review (WIR)
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OFCCP Week in Review: April 15, 2024
- EEOC Seeks to Jump into Job Seeker’s AI Bias Lawsuit: New Technology Scares It
- Congressional Resolution to Nullify NLRB’s Joint Employer Final Rule Headed for Certain Presidential Veto
- U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Ruled Transportation Workers Not Required to Arbitrate Wage Claims Regardless of Industry
- EEOC Announced Finalized Regulations to Implement Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- In Brief
- New Publications
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week in Review Special Edition | DEAMcon24 Day One Recap
- DEAMcon24 Attendees Welcomed to the Big Easy for Three Days of Practical Insights, Networking & Merriment
- Member Spotlight: Aligning Compliance and Recruitment Efforts
- Ellis & Lewis Discussed Continuing the Focus on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging While Facing Setbacks
- French Shared How Recruit Rooster’s Talent Attract App Helps Employers Navigate Veteran Recruitment & Retention
- Fox and Chambers Discussed OFCCP in Transition & What It Means for Federal Contractors
- Lewis & O’Hara-Harvey Explored the Equity Essentials
- Cappfinity Outlined Adoption and Conversion to a Skills-Based Employee Hiring and Development System
- Campbell Discussed Going Beyond Race & Gender to Create a More Equitable, Inclusive Culture
- The Walsh Group Explained the Nuts and Bolts of Starting a Veterans ERG Leveraged by DE’s Partner Relationship Tool
- Full Circle Compliance: Using DE Partnerships to Supercharge Recruitment & DEI Efforts
- Generational Expert Gwoke’s Keynote Focused on Recruiting & Retaining Millennial Employees
OFCCP Week In Review: April 8, 2024
- February JOLTS Report – Job Openings Continue to Stagnate Month Over Month, Rate Unchanged for the Third Month in a Row
- EEOC Consent Decree Illustrated Enforcement Stance Regarding Natural Hair Texture & Race Discrimination
- U.S. Economy Added 303k Jobs in March, Unemployment Rate Decreases Slightly to 3.8%
- In Brief
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: April 1, 2024
- DE Talk Podcast Explored Camaraderie & Meaningful Impact of Veteran ERGs
- EEOC Released Its FY 2023 Litigation Report & Updated 5-Year “Data Dashboard”
- OMB Announced Finalized Overhaul to Federal Race & Ethnicity Data Collection Standards
- VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark Dropped Slightly to 5.2%
- Construction Trade Association Sued to Stop FAR Council’s Rule Requiring Unionized Workforces on Large Federal Construction Projects
- OSHA Announced Finalized, Union-Friendly Regulations to Allow Employee Representatives to Attend Safety Inspections
- In Brief
- New Publications
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: March 25, 2024
- 2023 EEO-1 Component 1 Instruction Booklet Posted
- DE Masterclass Highlighted Value of Military Spouses for Employers & Ways Employers Can Attract & Retain Them
- US DOL Office of Disability Employment Policy Posted a New Resource Designed to Increase Competitive Integrated Employment
- OFCCP’s FY 2025 Congressional Budget Justification Identifies a Shift Toward a Greater Focus on Systemic Discrimination Investigations
- President Signed Budget Bill Funding US DOL/OFCCP, NLRB & Other Agencies Through End of FY 2024
- In Brief
- New Publications
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: March 18, 2024
- Biden “Hits the Brakes” on Non-Defense Discretionary Budgets for Federal Agencies Joining Congress’ Historic Pivot Away from Both Bigger Federal Agencies and Bigger Social Programs
- U.S. EEOC’s FY 2023 Annual Performance Report Touted 29.5% Increase in Monetary Remedies Over Previous Year
- Biden Administration Marked Annual “Equal Pay Day”
- U.S. EEOC’s Data Dashboard for Limited 2017 & 2018 EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data Collection Shows Both Sex & Race Disparities
- In Brief
- New Publications
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: March 11, 2024
- JOLTS Report – Job Openings Decreased by 26k in January, Rate Unchanged at 5.3%
- U.S. Economy Added 275k Jobs in February, Unemployment Rate Rose to 3.9%
- Recruiters Should Take Four Things Away from the Below “Year-over-Year” Comparison Charts We Have Compiled
- U.S. Trial Court Judge Struck Down NLRB Joint Employer Rule
- President Biden Signed Budget Bill to Partially Fund Government Through End of FY 2024
- In Brief
- New Publications
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
Big Budget Opponents Again Stop a Final Federal FY 2024 Budget While Congress Keeps to Agreement to Limit Agency Spending to FY 2023 Levels
US DOL Budget Will Remain at its Present Level Through March 22, 2024 It has now become clear that neither Republicans nor Democrats have the stomach to shut the federal government agencies down, but neither does either side have the political power to either increase...
OFCCP Week In Review: March 4, 2024
- U.S. OPM & OMB Jointly Published First Ever Strategic Plan on Hiring Military Spouses
- Senate HELP Committee Advanced Renomination of Julie Su To Be Next U.S. Secretary of Labor
- DE Talk Podcast Discussed “Platinum Rule of DEI”
- DirectEmployers Named #1 in Government Contracting in JD Supra 2024 Readers’ Choice Awards
- Big Budget Opponents Again Stop a Final Federal FY 2024 Budget While Congress Keeps to Agreement to Limit Agency Spending to FY 2023 Levels
- In Brief
- New Publications
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
GAMECHANGER: OFCCP Proposed Changes to Construction Compliance Review Scheduling Letter, Itemized Listing, and Construction Contract Award Notification Requirement Form
OFCCP published a Notice in the Federal Register seeking public comments on several changes to its Information Collection Requirements (“ICRs”) for federal construction contractors in conjunction with its request for Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) approval to...
Government Contracting:
#1 - John Fox
#2 - Candee Chambers
#1 - John Fox
#2 - Candee Chambers
Government Contracting:
#1 - John Fox
#2 - Candee Chambers
#1 - John Fox
#2 - Candee Chambers
Government Contracting:
#1 - John Fox
#1 - John Fox