On April 18, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a revised scheduling letter and itemized listing, with comments due on May 17, 2023. In the original scheduling letter, the Office of Federal Contract...
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With the arrival of ChatGPT last year and the release of similar products throughout this winter and spring, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and other federal agencies are intensely focused on...
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging the so-called Chevron doctrine, which had given federal executive agencies latitude to interpret broadly written, often ambiguous laws. The implications for...
Through its administrative and regulatory arms, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is moving to recast the joint employment law, which will have a profound effect on the entire economy. As the economy has...
In a surprising and sweeping decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rejected the carefully crafted accord with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and its strongest supporters in Congress and...
I have had to deal with a shooting at a client’s place of business (there are legal and HR responsibilities I never imagined). I have had to have a security guard monitor a client’s foyer in the face of threats. More...
At the recent American Bar Association (ABA) meeting, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte Burrows indicated the agency would be issuing new guidance in the near future. In a session on March 29...
The Biden administration is defending the Trump-era overtime rule in the Western District of Texas in an attempt to quash a lawsuit claiming Congress never delegated the broad authority to the Department of Labor (DOL)...
In a case currently before the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Nevada chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America and two other trade associations are challenging prevailing wages established by the...
As millions of workers are returning to the workplace in the wake of COVID displacement, employers are searching for ways to find the right people for the right job and the right context—at work, hybrid, remote. This...
Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) programs have become the focus of intense controversy, with corporations caught between activist shareholders pushing to increase diversity in the workforce and others arguing against...
Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su is facing mounting opposition to her nomination to the top job at the Department of Labor (DOL). Although only the Senate can vote on the nomination, House Republicans sponsored a...
On March 3, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (EFAA), amending the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). The Act allows employees to file sexual...
When National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo took office, she issued official memoranda identifying the existing precedents she wanted to modify or reverse and ordered the Regional...
“It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.” So writes U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall in Marbury v. Madison, forming the procrustean base of American...