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OFCCP Week In Review: July 2024 #4

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee J. Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: May 2023 #3

Wednesday, May 10, 2023: U.S. Office of Personnel Management Announced Proposed Rule on Pay Equity for Federal Workers - Proposal Would Ban Consideration of Job Applicant’s Prior Salary in Hiring & Setting Pay - The...more

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OFCCP Rescinds Trump-Era Expansion of Religious Exemption to Executive Order 11246

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On March 1, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a Final Rule rescinding a prior rule the agency published late in the Trump administration that broadened the scope of Executive Order...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

The OFCCP in 2022 - What’s in Store?

Where did 2021 end? In a muddle. In the spring, the country was reaching COVID ‘herd immunity’ through vaccination. Then came summer and the Delta strain of the virus, followed by Christmas Eve, when 3,000 airline flights...more

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OFCCP Publishes Proposal to Rescind Religious Exemption Rule

As a follow up to this week's announcement, OFCCP published its proposal to rescind the “Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Employment Opportunity Clause’s Religious Exemption” rule (the “Religious Exemption...more

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Beltway Buzz - March 2021 #4

Secretary of Labor Confirmed. On March 23, 2021, former Boston mayor Martin Walsh was sworn in as the 29th U.S. Senate-confirmed secretary of labor. Walsh’s nomination had been approved by the Senate just one day earlier on a...more

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New Administration’s Revamping of Labor Department’s OFCCP Signals New Considerations and Implications for Federal Contractors

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In his first week in office, President Joe Biden revamped the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and immediately signaled more aggressive enforcement of anti-discriminatory hiring...more

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President Biden's Executive Actions: Focus on Diversity and Equity

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Hours after his inauguration on January 20, 2021, President Biden signed 17 executive actions covering a wide range of issues, including several focused on discrimination and racial justice, immigration, and environmental...more

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Biden Launches Several Employment Focused Executive Orders

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Within 24-hours of taking office, President Biden issued several Executive Orders (E.O.) impacting employers and rolling back his predecessor’s policies, including a sweeping order implementing the U.S. Supreme Court’s...more

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