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
May 11, 2017, President Trump issued an Executive Order on "Strengthening the
Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure" ("EO"). The EO…
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Pres. Trump acted today to begin fulfilling his campaign promises to his evangelical and other religious group supporters. An Executive Order (?EO?) entitled ?Promoting…
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National Defense
Industrial Association, a leader in defense and national security, has
published an article
co-authored by FortneyScott's Susan Ebner, offering…
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On March 27, 2017, the implementing regulations issued pursuant to
President Obama's Executive Order (EO) 13673, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces-commonly
referred…
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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…
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Under a new regulation proposed by the Department of Labor, workers who make up to $35,308 per year would be eligible for time-and-a-half pay for all hours worked…
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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…
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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,…
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP Committee) moved to send the nominations of Scott Mugno (OSHA), Cheryl Stanton (Wage &…
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…
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…
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The OFCCP issued its latest directive, Directive 2019-04, on February 13, 2019, outlining its new Voluntary Enterprise-wide Review Program (VERP). The new program…
Another important plank in the Democrats’ legislative agenda was given an early hearing on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. A joint hearing on the proposed Paycheck…
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…
OFCCP Director Craig Leen announced that the agency will be posting 500 Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSALs) on its website “in the spring” that will…
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EEOC has just announced that the deadline for submitting EEO-1 Surveys will be extended to May 31, 2019. EEO-1 is an annual survey in which all private employers…
