In a webinar held on April 25, 2012, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced that it has rescinded its December 2010 health care enforcement directive (No. 293) that provided guidance on when health care providers or insurers may be considered federal contractors. It also advised that scheduled compliance evaluations where the sole basis for jurisdiction over an entity is its participation in TRICARE will be "put on hold."

By: Burton J. Fishman

The FMLA forms that the Department of Labor (DOL) published some years ago have expired.  As a result, DOL recently posted new but virtually unchanged versions of its model FMLA notification and certification forms, which will be effective until February 28, 2015.

By: Judith E. Kramer

The National Labor Relations Board's regulation requiring the posting of notices of employees' rights under the National Labor Relations Act, previously scheduled to take effect on April 30, 2012, will not go into effect that day, as a result of a series of events.