The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) EEO-1 Joint Reporting Committee has extended the deadline for filing the 2017 reports to June 1, 2018.
Employers…
For 2018, April 10th is "Equal Pay Day." That is the day the typical woman must work into 2018 to get paid what the typical man was paid by the end of 2017. The…
OFCCP Director Ondray Harris? first public act as Director is to require a national, uniform practice at an agency not known for its uniformity. In Directive 2018-01,…
Federal contractors should be watching their mailboxes. On February 1, OFCCP mailed 1,000 Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters and will begin mailing the formal…
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The Government Accounting Office (GAO) has issued
a report recommending improved oversight of the tech industry by EEOC and OFCCP
because of the lack of women…
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On
Tuesday, November 7, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will publish a request for
comments on its draft FY2018-2022 Strategic Plan in
the Federal…
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Nationally acclaimed
employment attorney Mickey Silberman has joined Fortney & Scott, LLC as a Shareholder
and Chair of the firm's Affirmative Action &…
On August 29, the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs ("OIRA"), a division of the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB"), suspended
"Component 2" of…
Effective August 1, 2017, the prevailing health and welfare fringe benefits rate under the McNamara-O?Hara Service Contract Act (the ?SCA?) has been increased to…
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On July 26, the Department of Labor (DOL) will publish a Request for Information (RFI) on "Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative,…
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The Trump Administration's FY2018 budget proposes reducing the Labor
Department's appropriation by $2.4 billion for FY2018 from $12.1 billion to
$9.7 billion-a…
On September 7, 2018, OFCCP announced that it mailed 750 new Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (“CSALs”) to federal contractors as a supplement to the…
September 30th is the end of the Federal government’s fiscal year. Federal agencies spend significant portions of their annually appropriated funds entering…
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On August 24, 2018, OFCCP issued three new Directives, the most important of which rescinded the Obama Administration’s Directive 307, “Procedures for Reviewing…
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The #MeToo movement continues to impact workplaces across the nation and around the world. Employers now, more than ever, need to effectively respond to claims…
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On August 10, 2018, OFCCP’s Acting Director Craig Leen issued two new policy directives aimed at protecting Americans’ religious freedom and announcing new focused…
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As July was coming to an end, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that Ondray Harris would leave his role as OFCCP Director, effective July 27. Thereafter,…
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Now, more than ever before, contractors need to employ good contracting and subcontracting practices to secure their supply chains. Government contractors are…
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The #MeToo movement continues to impact workplaces across the nation and around the world. Employers now, more than ever, need to prevent sexual harassment in the…
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The best way to protect your organization from being sued for a hostile work environment is to work swiftly and efficiently to investigate the claims. Numerous issues…
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The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) is hosting a panel discussion and reception on July 17, 2018, from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm in Arlington, VA. Join Susan…
A “patchwork” of new state equal pay laws, aggressive OFCCP enforcement and multimillion dollars settlements, a rising tide of class-action equal pay litigation,…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a baker in Colorado who refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple based on his Christian beliefs in a 7 to 2…
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