The Government Accountability Office (GAO)
issued its report on OFCCP
entitled "Strengthening Oversight Could Improve Federal Contractor
Nondiscrimination Compliance."…
Since
the initial FS Client Alert on the final Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
rule and the Department of Labor (DOL) guidance implementing the Executive
Order…
Please join us for a free 90-minute webinar ? on Tuesday, October 4th from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (Eastern) ? entitled, ?The DOL's New Overtime Regulations:…
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From his earliest days
in office, President Barack Obama has made combatting compensation discrimination
a top priority. As we are often reminded, The…
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Pursuant to Section 809 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2016, the Department of Defense ("DoD") has provisionally
seated a Panel…
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Starting
with a phase-in pilot program on July 1, 2016, the recently issued General
Services Administration ("GSA") final rule will require contractors to…
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Please join us in congratulating Elizabeth B. Bradley on becoming a Shareholder of Fortney & Scott, LLC which is one of the leading management employment…
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On June 27, 2016, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction enjoining the implementation and enforcement…
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The Supreme Court today decided that the measures taken by the University of Texas to achieve some measure of diversity among its student body meet the highest…
Over the last few months, federal
policy-makers have engaged in what appears to be a highly-orchestrated campaign
aimed directly at clamping down high-tech…
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The OFCCP will be publishing its new "Discrimination on the Basis of Sex" rule in the Federal Register on June 15, 2016. The rule will become effective…
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") issued proposed enforcement guidance on national origin discrimination on June 2, 2016.
Key Takeaways: …
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The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council has
issued a final rule, effective June 15th, requiring government contractors to
implement a basic level…
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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