Federal contractors will be required to use the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Program’s (OFCCP) contractor portal to register and certify that they have developed and maintained affirmative action programs...
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It isn’t often the case that K Street almost wholly shares the rest of the country’s concerns. But in facing the challenges and dilemmas created by the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no distance between K Street and Main...
As the Biden administration opens its second year, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is still missing important members of its leadership team. President Joe Biden renominated David Weil to be the administrator of the...
On January 12, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced they were establishing a joint effort to boost hiring equity known as the...
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced on January 18 that it was presenting a webinar on February 1, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. EST on the registration process for its new Contractor Portal. Covered...
On January 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that is emblematic of the increasing coordination...
President Joe Biden’s visionary plan to remake America’s social safety net, transform its energy profile, and reform its tax structure—all part of the costly Build Back Better (BBB) initiative—is already floundering in a...
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) is the oldest federal law prohibiting pay discrimination based on sex. The EPA is narrow in scope, applying only to employees working in the same workplace and preforming jobs that are the...
On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two rulings addressing whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
As the COVID-19 omicron variant spread across the nation, K Street and the entire country waited for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether and to what degree the federal government could act to confront the pandemic...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has invited interested parties to file briefs in two important cases, making clear its intention to reexamine and revise two defining rulings by the Trump Board: the expansion of...
Short of a Pearl Harbor attack or a stock market crash, it’s hard to imagine a more serious threat to the country’s well-being than the COVID-19 pandemic, which has taken the lives of 800,000 Americans, sickened millions...
On December 2, 2021, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced when its new Contractor Portal would open for federal contractors. On February 1, 2022, contractors can begin registering for...
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte Burrows outlined her accomplishments for the past year and what to expect in 2022 at a recent employer association meeting. Notably, after finishing the 2020...
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted a proposal to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to update the 1931 Davis-Bacon Act, which requires workers on federally funded construction projects...