On August 24, 2018, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) rescinded Directive 307 and its Obama-era procedures for reviewing contractor compensation systems and practices, and replaced it with a new...more
On August 10, 2018, Craig Leen, Acting Director of the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), issued a new directive, 2018-03...more
On May 18, 2018, the U.S. Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued a directive ending uncertainty as to whether efforts to audit TRICARE participants will resume in 2019 and signaling an encouraging...more
On April 18, 2018, in another step signaling increased transparency for federal contractors, OFCCP issued a release describing its methodology for selecting and scheduling federal contractors for audit in 2018. ...more
A Promise of Greater Transparency and Consistency -
In recently meeting with the OFCCP’s new leadership, we were pleased to hear that they are committing to increasing transparency and achieving consistency across regional...more
This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2016 (hereafter “Report”), our sixth annual Report, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report does not...more
2/27/2017
/ Age Discrimination ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Class Action ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Conciliation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disability ,
Discovery ,
Discrimination ,
EEO-1 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
GINA ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Trafficking ,
Injunctive Relief ,
LGBTQ ,
Medical Records ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Race Discrimination ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Retaliation ,
Retirement ,
Settlement ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Small Business ,
Technology ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
Transparency ,
Voir Dire ,
Wages ,
Wellness Programs
On June 15, 2016, the U.S. Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) published a final rule detailing the obligations of federal contractors to ensure nondiscrimination on the basis of sex, and to take...more
6/21/2016
/ Best Practices ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fringe Benefits ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Identity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
LGBTQ ,
OFCCP ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender
Public discourse on "healthcare" has focused primarily on health insurance and the significant changes made by the Affordable Care Act. But what about the providers of healthcare—the doctors, nurses, hospitals, pharmaceutical...more
4/12/2016
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Ban the Box ,
Corporate Restructuring ,
Discrimination ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Harassment ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hiring & Firing ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
OSHA ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
WARN Act ,
Whistleblowers ,
Workplace Safety
This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2015 (hereafter “Report”), our fifth annual Report, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report does not...more
1/13/2016
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Annual Reports ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
GINA ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wellness Programs ,
Young Lawyers
On August 3, 2015, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced the release of a new outreach and education poster, "Opening Doors of Opportunity for All Workers." The poster was developed based on...more
In This Issue:
- INTRODUCTION
..I. LOOKING BACK AT FY 2014: A REVIEW OF EEOC SUCCESSES AND FAILURES, AND SIGNIFICANT CASES AND DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH FOR IN FY 2015
..A. Key Statistics
...more
1/5/2015
/ Access To Justice ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Conciliation ,
Discrimination ,
Enforcement Statistics ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
PDA ,
Popular ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Wage and Hour
In this Report:
- Introduction
- Reflections On Fifty Years Of Title Vii Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 And Unsettled Issues Involving Systemic Claims And Class-Based Litigation By The EEOC
- Overview...more