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...

Feb 28, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

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...

Feb 28, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

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...

Jan 31, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

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...

Jan 31, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

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...

Jan 31, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

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...

Jan 31, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

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...

Jan 31, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

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...

Jan 31, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

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...

Jan 31, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

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...

Jan 31, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

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...

Dec 31, 2021 · Federal Employment Law Insider

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...

Dec 31, 2021 · Federal Employment Law Insider

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...

Dec 31, 2021 · Federal Employment Law Insider

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...

Dec 31, 2021 · Federal Employment Law Insider