OFCCP issues first set of FAQs on Executive Order on combating Race and Sex Stereotyping and questions Affirmative Action initiatives for African Americans. On October 7, 2020 OFCCP issued the first FAQs under the recent Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping (EO 13950).
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a new Independent Contractor Interpretive Rule, seeking to bring both “clarity and consistency” to one of the most controversial areas of employment law, publishing the rule in the Federal Register on Friday, September 25, 2020.
President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order (EO) on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping (EO 13950) on September 22, 2020. The EO prohibits federal contractors, federal agencies and certain federal grant recipients as well as the military from using workplace training that “inculcates in its employees any form of race or sex stereotyping or any form of race or sex scapegoating.”
Join Novus Law Firm and FortneyScott on Thursday, October 8th at 11:00am PST/2:00pm EST for the fourth in a series of webinars discussing the myriad of legal and compliance challenges that institutes of higher education are facing in 2020. This session will focus of the recently announced compliance evaluations by the DOL’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
In this briefing we will address (1) the latest developments affecting employers as businesses re-open during the COVID pandemic; (2) current challenges employers are facing as part of the heightened focus on inequality in America; and, (3) the key legal and federal agency developments.
OFCCP posted its FY 2020 Corporate Scheduling Announcement Lists for Supply & Service contractors and Construction contractors earlier today. Both lists are available on OFCCP’s FOIA Library HERE. Notably, as promised by the Agency last year, institutes of higher education are heavily represented on the Supply & Service list. All federal contractors should review these […]
REGISTER HERE to join FortneyScott’s complimentary Employer Briefing on Monday, September 21st from noon to 1:00 pm ET. In this briefing we will address (1) the latest developments affecting employers as businesses re-open during the COVID pandemic; (2) current challenges employers are facing as part of the heightened focus on inequality in America; and, (3) […]
In a widely anticipated ruling, the Supreme Court held that religious institutions have expansive authority in employing teachers who had a role in providing any form of religious instruction or observance. In Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrisey-Berru, the Court made clear that that federal employment discrimination laws do not apply to teachers at […]
The NILG 2020 National Conference Planning Committee and the NILG Board has announced a series of FREE webinars to the contractor community in July and August. Programming is underway and OFCCP Director Craig Leen will open the Virtual Conference. How can Employers Move the Diversity Needle Without Running into Legal Trouble/Tuesday, July 14th 2:00 PM […]
When the COVID pandemic hit with full force in March, FortneyScott commenced complimentary weekly briefings to aid employers in understanding and responding to the rapidly changing developments created by the pandemic. The briefings we’ve provided for the last three months (12 weeks) were extremely popular and well attended. Now, as we enter into a phase […]
