After decades of criticism from employers, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finally issued a proposed rule changing the core elements of the conciliation process on October 10, 2020. Usually not much...
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Many of us have forgotten that the weeks before a presidential election were usually devoted to hectic campaigning. But the rest of the government was quiet. Every representative was back home running for reelection, as...
Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court will immediately alter the kind and nature of the coalitions that form on the Court in reaching its decisions. Her votes on cases affecting employment...
On October 14, 2020, Keith E. Sonderling and Jocelyn Samuels were sworn in as Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) commissioners. Sonderling also was designated by President Donald Trump to serve as the group’s...
President Donald J. Trump recently issued an Executive Order (EO 13950) prohibiting federal contractors, federal agencies, and certain federal grant recipients as well as the military from using workplace training that...
During the global pandemic, organizational leaders and HR professionals have been challenged with managing a remote workforce. Along with increasing social justice issues and concerns raised by the Black Lives Matter...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was respected by all, even those who didn’t share all her views. She is recognized as one of the handful of U.S. Supreme Court justices who have had an indelible role in shaping the law of the land...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued additional COVID-19 guidance for employers on September 8, 2020. In the updated guidance, the agency said employers that allowed employees to work from home...
On September 14, 2020, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) posted a new corporate scheduling announcement letter (CSAL) list singling out 2,251 establishments for a variety of different audits. In...
The view from K Street, and from Main Streets across America, is somber. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, even among the 200,000-plus dead from the coronavirus, stills our hands. Her life also provides an opportunity...
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will issue a new independent contractor regulation, seeking to bring both clarity and finality to one of the most controversial areas of employment law. What proposed regulation says To...
With Congress away for political conventions and campaigns, the electorate is waiting for more than the November elections. Voters are wondering how and when Congress is going to address the urgent needs facing the...
When the July 31 deadlines for the termination of supplemental unemployment benefits and an eviction moratorium passed with no congressional compromise in sight, the White House, which had been a participant in the...
The view from K Street this month, like that for most people in the nation, is seen through the distorting prism of the national political conventions. Although the quadrennial exhibitions were presented in an often...
The female attorneys suing Jones Day for pay discrimination scored a victory recently when a federal judge ordered the law firm to provide salary information for every associate nationwide from 2012 to 2018. Jones Day...