On the very last day before it would have expired, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) posted an updated copy of its mandatory form for gathering disability data from workers.
Read More…
President Trump announced that no changes will be made to Executive Order 13672, which prohibits federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Read More…
On December 14, 2016, President Obama signed legislation that expands whistleblower protections for employees working on federal contracts. The law now protects the same categories of workers on both civilian and defense contracts: any employee of a contractor, subcontractor, grantee, subgrantee, or personal services contractor on the federal contract. (Previously…
Read More…
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently announced two significant financial settlements that were reached in December 2016 after the agency conducted affirmative action audits of federal contractors:
Read More…
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has updated its affirmative action rules for apprenticeship programs.
Read More…
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced final changes to its EEO-1 Report, which will require covered employers to report pay data and hours worked beginning in 2018. The new form is consistent with the agency’s latest proposal, on which we previously reported. Here are the highlights: No EEO-1 Reports will be…
Read More…
A federal district court has temporarily blocked a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) regulation that would have taken effect on December 1, 2016, and raised the minimum salary for workers who are exempt from overtime. The ruling applies nationwide. The judge’s action buys more time for the parties to argue whether the…
Read More…
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has updated its guidance on retaliation claims under the statutes it enforces, including the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Equal Pay Act (EPA), the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), and Title VII of the Civil…
Read More…
With the November 8, 2016, election in our rear-view mirror, we’re reporting on three significant developments that will affect the workplace: California’s ballot measure on recreational marijuana, Washington’s ballot measure on paid sick leave and minimum wage, and the presidential election’s impact on recent federal employment law developments.
Read More…
Governor Brown has signed two companion bills designed to improve pay equity in the workplace. The first expands California’s groundbreaking pay equity law beyond gender so it also covers race and ethnicity (SB 1063). The second forbids employers from using prior salary as the sole justification for a pay disparity based on…
Read More…