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...
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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...
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced on March 20, 2023, that it will open its contractor portal for the second year on March 31 and that all federal supply and service contractors and...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finally issued its fiscal year (FY) 2022 performance report on March 14, 2023. The highlights of the report include the following. Monies collected totaled $513.7M (up...
Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh, the first of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet secretaries to leave, resigned to become head of the NHL labor union. His resignation was effective starting March 11. Julie Su...
In a series of recent rulings, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is imposing its vision of the law on workplaces, union and nonunion alike. By basing its decisions on the broad workers’ rights language in the...
Employers should be on notice that broad diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies—such as many large companies have designed and/or put in place—can expose them to legal challenges. In August 2022, conservative...
In a case that may bring about a revamping of decades-old wage and hour law, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that for an employee to be considered “exempt” from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime requirements...
Burdened by a foreign war, hampered by active opposition in the House and a fragile majority in the Senate, and facing a tough reelection campaign laden with issues of age, President Joe Biden enters the second half of...
Do you beat on the walls of the status quo, urgent for change? Do you cry out to tear down the barriers to your vision of the future? Can you not wait until the hidebound and the conventional are replaced? Your time may...
On January 20, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued its most recent corporate scheduling announcement list (CSAL), which included 500 federal contractors and subcontractors. The agency...
On January 31, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held hearing on “Navigating Employment Discrimination in AI and Automated Systems: A New Civil Rights Frontier.” A more detailed article on the...
With his resignation as Secretary of Labor, Marty Walsh has set off a tense battle within the Democratic Party, pitting powerful forces against each other. Meanwhile, the agency faces resistance to its regulatory agenda...