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EEO-1 Pay Data Revived By DC Federal Court
Employers breathed a collective sigh of relief in August 2017, when the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced it was staying the requirement that employers report W-2 wage information in the annual EEO-1 Report. Now, though, the reprieve seems over. On March 4, 2019, the District of Columbia Federal Court ruled that OMB improperly issued the stay without good cause, and put the wage report back into effect. See National Women’s Law Center v …
Supreme Court Vacates Deceased Judge’s Key EPA Decision
DOL Unaffected By Shutdown: OFCCP Remains Active
The Federal government has entered its 12th day of partial shutdown, making it the fourth longest in American history to date. But, not all government departments are affected, and the Department of Labor is one that is not. The DOL is already fully funded for 2019, so the current stalemate between Congress and the President does not affect its resources.…
The OFCCP’s Been Busy — 9 New Directives This Year, Largely Pro-Business
The OFCCP vowed things would change after President Trump’s election. It is making good on that promise. The Agency issued three new Directives in the last two weeks, following four others earlier this year. One of these Directives was long-awaited new guidance on pay analyses, replacing Directive 307. And, the OFCCP has a new Acting Director, Craig Leen (see our earlier post for the exciting news about the immediate-past Director, Ondray Harris, joining our firm).…
Contractors Beware: “Blacklisting” Rule Finalized
Today, on August 25, 2016, the Department of Labor issued final Guidance implementing Executive Order 13673, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces, bleakly referred to by the contractor community as the “blacklisting” order. The same day, a Final Rule and Guidance was added to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement that Executive Order, by the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The “blacklisting”…