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Apr 27 2017
Q&ASafety and HealthWashington

Q&A: Can we discipline for failure to promptly report an injury?

Answer: Ask the employee why she didn’t report the injury when it happened. Your ability to discipline will depend on when she became aware of the injury, and whether any barriers prevented her from reporting. For example, if she admits that she felt a sharp pain when picking up a heavy load, then she knew…

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Apr 13 2017
Affirmative Action

OFCCP is still conducting regular, intensive audits of federal contractors

We’ll wait to hear how this all shakes out. In the meantime it’s a good reminder that if you have affirmative action obligations, like Google, it’s critical you maintain a compliant affirmative action plan. Being out of compliance can be costly. Do You Have Affirmative Action Obligations? If you, your suppliers, or your customers do…

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Apr 13 2017
Affirmative Action

OFCCP settles allegations of race, gender, and disability discrimination

The reasons varied (race, gender, and disability), but each resulted in a financial settlement. Here are the highlights: Race discrimination: During an affirmative action audit of Compass Group USA’s Morrison Sector in Mobile, Alabama, the OFCCP determined that the company’s hiring process for service worker positions discriminated against black applicants. The company, which offers food…

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Apr 12 2017
Affirmative ActionHarassment & DiscriminationLabor Relations

Blacklisting rule is gone for good

As expected, President Trump signed a resolution from Congress (H.J. Res. 37) that overturns the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)’s rules implementing Executive Order 13673, “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces,” also known as the federal contractor “blacklisting” order. As a result, the rule cannot be enforced. Also, federal agencies are prohibited from ever issuing a…

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Apr 10 2017
Wage and Hour

DOL gets more time to consider defense of overtime rule

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has granted a request by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to wait until May 1, 2017, to file a written brief stating its position on a lower federal court’s blocking of the DOL’s overtime rule. As we previously reported, a federal district judge in Texas placed a…

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Mar 23 2017
Affirmative Action

Watch for heads-up letter from OFCCP

The CSALs are courtesy notices and not legally required, so the OFCCP has been inconsistent about mailing them; the last occurrence was two years ago. If you receive one of these letters, treat it as a golden opportunity to get your affirmative action house in order before the actual audit scheduling letter arrives. If Vigilant…

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Mar 23 2017
Affirmative Action

OFCCP posts more settlements on class member locator web page

The settlements resolved allegations uncovered by OFCCP during affirmative action audits of federal contractors. The purpose of the web page is to publicize these settlements and encourage affected individuals to come forward to claim their share of the money. Here are the highlights: AmeriQual Group LLC, a food processing company, will pay $325,532 to resolve…

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Feb 20 2017
Safety and HealthWashington

Washington L&I expands reporting of motor vehicle accidents

Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has issued new rules stating that all work-related motor vehicle accidents that result in amputation, loss of an eye, in-patient hospitalization, or fatality must be promptly reported to the agency. Previously, L&I allowed an exception for accidents that occurred on a public street or highway, as long as…

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Feb 17 2017
Uncategorized

Immigration protests raise questions for employers

The events are expected to take place 2/16 and today, February 17, 2017. As an employer, if your workers participate in the protest, you will need to decide how to respond. Here are a few issues to consider: Find out the reason for the absence. If the employee says it’s for the Day Without Immigrants,…

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Feb 03 2017
Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action – Disability self-ID form renewed

Federal contractors and subcontractors are required to use the current form to ask applicants and employees whether they have a disability. These employers must use the data they collect to assess their progress in recruiting and employing individuals with disabilities. The only change to the form is that the expiration date in the upper right…

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Feb 03 2017
Affirmative Action

LGBTQ protections to continue for federal contractor employees

As we previously reported, the Executive Order applies to federal contracts and subcontracts worth more than $10,000 that are signed or modified on or after April 8, 2015. For more information, see the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP’s) web page which explains these protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) employees…

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Jan 13 2017
Harassment & Discrimination

Whistleblower protections expanded for federal contractor employees

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 there were no protections for…

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