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...
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A new study found female doctors earn less than their male counterparts beginning on their very first day of work. The study of more than 80,000 physicians published in the medical journal Health Affairs is the largest...
Under the Biden administration, the federal enforcement agencies have big plans for 2022. Here is a rundown by agency. OFCCP Notification of supply and service subcontractors. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance...
Employers covered by federal agencies’ COVID-19 vaccine mandates face a very confusing situation: Should they continue to force employees to get the shots while a ton of litigation challenging the requirements drags on...
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...
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...