President Joe Biden’s ambitious legislative initiative to rebuild the social safety net, address climate change, and reform the tax structure appears to be facing more delays and reductions in its struggles to secure a...
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Everyone on K Street now feels a lot like Joe Biden: COVID-19 and the pandemic’s countless ramifications just won’t go away, the unrelenting virus and proposed responses to it are displacing most everything on your...
Federal contractors implementing strategies to comply with looming federal COVID-19 vaccination mandates are wrestling with new questions about whether states can implement restrictions to prevent them from complying...
Recently released Safer Federal Workforce Task Force guidance requires COVID-19 vaccinations for all covered federal contractor and subcontractor employees by December 8, 2021. The obligation applies to all employees...
Twenty-two months after COVID-19 leapt into the world, K Street is still in the throes of the virus. Office buildings are never full, as consultants, lawyers, and lobbyists still work remotely, deterred by random delta...
In assessing the team of all-star political veterans President Joe Biden assembled in the White House and the various departments, I never thought I’d echo the lament of Coach Casey Stengel, sizing up the woeful Mets...
The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) recently appealed a California federal district court judge’s decision to throw out their equal pay lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF). How we got here. The...
On July 14, Julie Su and Seema Nanda were confirmed by the Senate to serve as Deputy Secretary of Labor and Solicitor of Labor, respectively. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh finally has his principal...
The debate about voting rights has properly attracted the nation’s attention. There is no right more fundamental to this democratic republic than universal franchise—the right to vote. Just how and why the fairest...
The National Football League (NFL) recently levied a $10 million fine against the Washington Football Team (WFT) for fostering a workplace culture loaded with sexual harassment, bullying, and intimidation. The fine...
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently released its first new fiscal year (FY) 2021 Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL). The list identifies 750 supply and service establishments...
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) budget proposed by President Joe Biden requests an average 14% increase over previous years with its key enforcement agencies receiving the largest appropriations. Independent...
Lost in the discussion of President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan and American Jobs Plan is the fact the U.S. House of Representatives is passing major employment legislation of which employers should be aware. PRO...
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals recently revived a psychology professor's claims that the University of Oregon paid her less than her male colleagues in violation of federal and state equal pay laws. Facts In 2017...
In addition to stimulus checks, extended unemployment benefits, and tax credits for children, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provides substantial federal money and resources, giving hope to employers...