At a recent virtual conference, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Jocelyn Samuels spoke to an employer organization on the commission’s latest litigation and initiatives. Samuels noted that the...
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The U.S. Supreme Court has a number of major cases on its agenda this term, including three that could have a major impact on employment law as we know it. The three cases are on the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the...
Most commentors on the midterm elections are properly focusing on issues of international significance and on the very nature of our democracy. The narrower focus here will be on how election outcomes may affect the...
On October 4, the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights. The blueprint is a nonbinding guidance document that advises on the design and use of...
The Biden National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was born in controversy, with the unprecedented termination of General Counsel (GC) Peter Robb and has shown no interest in changing its ways. Acting GC Peter Ohr began his...
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed its long-awaited independent contractor regulation on October 11, 2022. This is the culmination of a 19-month effort by the Biden administration to replace the regulation...
The recent collapse of governance in Britain, the war-mongering autocracy in Russia, the solidification of one-man rule in China, the baffling election in Italy, along with various upheavals across the globe, all make us...
According to a summary prepared by David Cohen of DCI Consulting, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) in fiscal year (FY) 2023 recovered only $11,617,060 for 19 systemic conciliation agreements and...
On September 12, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced its proposed revision to the Office of Labor-Management Standards’ Form LM-10, which would require employers required to file the form to report their status...
On September 22, the EEOC is holding its third and final commission listening session to obtain public input on future enforcement priorities. The commission is asking public input on its Strategic Enforcement Plan for...
In December of 2021, Judge R. Stan Baker of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued a nationwide preliminary injunction of the federal contractor vaccine mandate in the case of Georgia v...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published its long-awaited proposed regulation defining the joint-employer relationship. The new rule, which reinstates an “indirect control” standard, hopes to bring an end to a...
The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) for all Type 2 Consolidated EEO-1 Reports filed by federal...
As the midterm elections approach and the end of a Democratic Senate looms, President Joe Biden’s key labor/employment nominees remain unconfirmed. With the number of legislative days decreasing and with many Senators...
American labor laws seem to be a way of transforming the innate antagonisms between labor and management into a more manageable form of duel: A union elected by the workers engages in collective bargaining with the...