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Update on EEO-1 Part 2 Pay and Work Hours Data Collection

April 25, 2019

On April 25, the Federal District Court in Washington DC ruled that the EEOC shall collect employer compensation and work hours data for all U.S. employers with…

Update on EEO-1 Part 2 Pay and Work Hours Data Collection

April 30, 2019

On April 25, the Federal District Court in Washington DC ruled that the EEOC shall collect employer compensation and work hours data for all U.S. employers with…

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In Another Explicit Win for Employers, Supreme Court Says that Class Arbitration Must Be Explicitly Authorized

April 24, 2019

On April 24, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that absent explicit authorization, class arbitration cannot be compelled. In Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, the Court issued…

OFCCP Proposes Revisions to its Scheduling Letter and Expanded Data Collection

April 17, 2019

On April 12, 2019, OFCCP proposed significant changes to the agency’s Scheduling Letter process, notably by modifying the existing Compliance Review letter and…

EEOC Proposes Expensive and Uncertain Processes if the Court Orders a Deadline of September 30 for Employer Pay Data

April 4, 2019

On Wednesday, April 3, 2019, the Department of Justice informed the Federal District Court that the EEOC could implement pay data collection procedures if the court…

Wage and Hour Proposes New “Joint Employer” Rule

April 2, 2019

At a critical moment in the simmering battle over the definition of “joint employer,” the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has entered the fray…

DOL Proposes Change on Regular Rate

March 29, 2019

On March 28, 2019 the U.S. Department of Labor announced a proposed rule to clarify and update the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations governing regular…

Federal Judge Orders EEOC to Provide Update on Pay Data Collection by April 3

March 19, 2019

The EEO-1 Report Survey officially opened on Monday, March 18, 2019 allowing employers to only submit the race, gender, ethnicity of their employees by EEO category…

OFCCP issues FAQs on Section 503 focused reviews

March 11, 2019

On Friday, March 8, OFCCP announced its Section 503 Focused Review Landing Page. The landing page includes information on the Section 503 regulations, the focused…

U.S. Department of Labor Issues New Overtime Proposal

March 8, 2019

On Thursday, March 7, 2019 the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) posted on its website a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for its new overtime rule. The proposal…

Federal District Court Reinstates EEO-1 Pay Data Report

March 5, 2019

On Monday, February 4, 2019, the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia ordered that the EEOC’s EEO-1 pay data collection report be immediately reinstated. The…

Federal Judge Reinstates EEOC's Pay Data Collection

March 5, 2019

On March 4, 2019 U. S. District Court of the District of Columbia ruled that the EEO-1 pay data collection known as Component 2 should go into effect immediately,…

DOL & EEOC Nominees Nearing Confirmation

February 27, 2019

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP Committee) moved to send the nominations of Scott Mugno (OSHA), Cheryl Stanton (Wage &…

Rulings Establish Precedent, but Judges Aren’t Forever

February 25, 2019

In a surprisingly narrow (albeit witty) per curiam decision, the Supreme Court vacated a ruling of the 9th Circuit that held it was impermissible under the Equal…

OFCCP to Issue 2019 CSALs; Focused Reviews Are Announced

February 22, 2019

The OFCCP has just announced that they are, “on schedule to post its next Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) in OFCCP’s FOIA Library in mid-to-late…

World at Work Virtual Classroom: Demystifying the Pay Equity Legal Landscape

April 11, 2019

Join Consuela Pinto, Shareholder, Fortney & Scott and Mickey Silberman, Shareholder, Fortney & Scott where they will host a Virtual Classroom on Demystifying…

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Mickey Silberman to Present at OSWILG: OFCCP Audits – The New Rules

April 3, 2019

Audits are Coming. A Lot of Them. And the Rules for Audit Success Have Changed. What Do We Do? How Do we Prepare? OFCCP plans to go from about 870 audits in 2018…

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BLR Webinar on DOL’s New Overtime Exemption Rule: How to Prepare Now for $35,308 Minimum Salary Basis

March 26, 2019

Join Burton Fishman & H. Juanita Beecher on March 26 in a webinar that will explain the ins and outs of the DOL’s newly proposed overtime exemption rule…

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Consuela Pinto to Present at the ABA's National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law

April 4, 2019

Join Consuela Pinto, Shareholder, Fortney & Scott, where she and other panelists will discuss, OFCCP At the Crossroads (Again) at the American Bar Association's…

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Consuela Pinto & Mickey Silberman to Present at World at Work's 2019 Pay Equity Symposium

March 28, 2019

Consuela Pinto, Shareholder, Fortney & Scott and Mickey Silberman, Shareholder, Fortney & Scott will present at World at Work's 2019 Pay Equity Symposium…

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Mickey Silberman to Present at the 2019 NACUA CLE Workshop

April 3, 2019

Join Mickey Silberman at the 2019 National Association of College and University Attorneys CLE workshop in Seattle, WA. Mickey will be joined by OFCCP Director…

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FortneyScott's 2019 Lunch & Learn Series: Preparing for OFCCP Focused Reviews

February 27, 2019

This year, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is unveiling a new type of compliance evaluation—the focused review. The first round of 500 focused…

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Elizabeth Bradley will Present at the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity 45th Annual Conference

June 13, 2019

Elizabeth Bradley has been selected to speak at the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity’s 45th Annual Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. On…

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FortneyScott Lunch & Learn: OFCCP: What Employers Should Expect in 2019

December 12, 2018

2018 was an eventful year for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), the Labor Department’s federal contractor watchdog. Under the leadership…

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FortneyScott Lunch & Learn: 2018 Midterm Elections Update

November 13, 2018

The votes are in! After a fiercely contested midterm election, Democrats have gained control of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Republicans have retained…

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FortneyScott Presenting at the 45th Labor and Employment Law Institute

November 15, 2018

David Fortney will be presenting at the 2018 Labor & Employment Law Institute in Minnesota on November 15, 2018. He will present on significant new developments…

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FS Presenting at WorldatWork's Pay Equity Symposium

November 15, 2018

Mickey Silberman, Esq. and Consuela Pinto, Esq. will be presenting at WorldatWork's 2018 Pay Equity Symposium where they will be discussing legal and regulatory…

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Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF) DC: #Metoo and #TimesUp - Where We Are and Where We are Going?

November 15, 2018

The topic of the moment is #MeToo and #TimesUp. But what are these "movements" actually accomplishing? WILEF is fortunate to have assembled an outstanding panel…

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ABA 12th Annual Section of Labor and Employment Law Conference - Wage and Hour Update: What Has Really Changed Two Years into the Trump Presidency?

November 9, 2018

David S. Fortney, Esq. is presenting on Friday, November 9th at the ABA 12th Annual Labor and Employment Conference in San Francisco, CA from 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM. You…

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ABA 12th Annual Section of Labor and Employment Law Conference - Perspectives from the EEOC

November 8, 2018

Join Leslie E. Silverman, Esq. for this informative and interactive session as she moderates a panel of EEOC Commissioners and the General Counsel who will discuss…

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New Nominations to EEOC and NLRB

February 20, 2020

President Trump is expected to nominate DC lawyer, Andrea Lucas, and re-nominate Labor Department official, Keith Sonderling, for Republican seats on the Equal Employment…

The EEOC's Component 2 Has Been Closed

February 10, 2020

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s initial attempt at a uniform collection of race and gender pay data from U.S. businesses has been closed by Judge…

House Passes Sweeping Pro-Labor Bill

February 7, 2020

The Democratic majority in the House of Representatives passed the most far-reaching reform of U.S. labor laws since the 1930’s: The Protecting the Right to Organize…

OFCCP Director Leen to be Nominated for OPM Inspector General

February 3, 2020

In an unanticipated move, President Donald J. Trump announced on Monday, February 3, 2020 his intent to nominate Craig E. Leen as Inspector General for the Office…

DOL Joint-Employer Rule: What Employers Need to Know

February 5, 2020

Wednesday, February 5, 2020 Noon – 1:00 p.m. EST The Department of Labor has issued its Rule on Joint Employer status, setting out the government’s position…

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Department of Labor Issues Final Joint Employment Rule

January 13, 2020

On Monday, January 13, 2020 the Department of Labor issued its joint employment rule which will be effective on March 16, 2020. The rule adopts a four-part test…

How to Conduct an Effective Pay Equity Analysis

December 11, 2019

Webinar: How to Conduct an Effective Pay Equity Analysis Date: December 11, 2019 at 2:00 pm ET Hosted by: Jobfindah Presented by: Mickey Silberman The focus…

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FortneyScott 2019 Lunch & Learn Series – 2019 Employment Year in Review

December 18, 2019

Join David Fortney and Mickey Silberman of FortneyScott for a complimentary, hour-long webinar as they review the many significant developments for employers in 2019, and look ahead to 2020.

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Report from the ABA/ Labor and Employment Meeting: Dir. Leen’s Plans for OFCCP Focused Reviews

November 13, 2019

OFCCP Director Craig Leen presented at the American Bar Association’s Annual Meeting of the Labor and Employment Section in New Orleans on November 8. Leen’s…

Trump Rescinds Obama Executive Order Requiring Successor Employers to Offer Employment to Service Workers

November 4, 2019

On October 31, 2019, President Trump issued a new Executive Order that rescinded President Obama’s Executive Order 13495 (EO)—Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers…

FortneyScott 2019 Lunch & Learn Series - Overtime Regulations

November 6, 2019

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Time: Noon – 1:00 p.m. EST Cost: Complimentary The Department of Labor has issued new Overtime rules that affect your payroll,…

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OFCCP Issues Technical Assistance Guide for Educational Institutions

October 11, 2019

Today, OFCCP issued its long-anticipated Educational Institutions Technical Assistance Guide (“TAG”), designed to assist educational institutions with federal…