OFCCP Issues Advance Notice to Federal Contractors of Potential Audit

By Dean R. Singewald II on February 16, 2018

The United States Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) recently sent 1,000 Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (“CSALs”) to 515 federal government contractors. The CSALs provide advance notice that contractor establishments may be audited by the OFCCP during the scheduling cycle, which ends September 30, 2018, to ensure compliance with the contractors’ non-discrimination/affirmative action obligations. The CSALs were sent on February 1, 2018, to the attention of the Director of Human Resources…

Wage and Hour Defense Blog

U.S. Department of Labor Not Defending Obama Administration Overtime Threshold, But Wants Rulemaking Authority to Establish Its Own Threshold

By Dean R. Singewald II on July 6, 2017

In a much anticipated filing with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal in State of Nevada, et a. v. United States Department of Labor, et al, the United States Department of Labor has made clear that it is not defending the Obama Administration’s overtime rule that would more than double the threshold for employees to qualify for most overtime exemptions. However, the Department has taken up the appeal filed by the previous Administration to…

Technology Employment Law

OFCCP Sues Tech Giant Oracle Alleging Discrimination in Compensation and Hiring Practices and Failure to Produce Requested Records and Data

By Dean R. Singewald II on January 25, 2017

The United States Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) on January 17, 2017, just days before the inauguration of President Donald Trump, filed a lawsuit against Oracle America, Inc. (“Oracle”), alleging discrimination in its compensation and hiring practices, and its refusal to produce requested records and data. See Complaint. The lawsuit, filed with the Office of Administrative Law Judges, stems from a compliance review initiated by the OFCCP on September…

Financial Services Employment Law

Compensation Practices of Financial Services Companies Are Likely to Be Targeted by the OFCCP

By Dean R. Singewald II on March 23, 2016

With the release of President Obama’s budget for the DOL on February 9, 2016, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) announced two top enforcement priorities for 2016. First, the OFCCP will continue to identify and address systemic pay discrimination in its efforts to reduce the gender and race-based pay gap. Second, the OFCCP will establish regional centers staffed with “highly skilled and specialized compliance officers” to conduct “large, complex compliance evaluations” in specific…

Wage and Hour Defense Blog

The Third Circuit Adopts Predominant Benefit Test For Meal Periods, Leaving The Ninth Circuit As The Sole Holdout

By Dean R. Singewald II on December 8, 2015

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently joined the chorus of Circuits adopting the pro-employer “predominant benefit test” when weighing the compensability of meal periods under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). As a result, the Ninth Circuit is the lone Circuit to apply a different standard, opting to follow the U.S. Department of Labor regulations providing that an “employee must be completely relieved from duty” in order for a meal period to be deemed…

Dean R. Singewald II

OFCCP Issues Advance Notice to Federal Contractors of Potential Audit

U.S. Department of Labor Not Defending Obama Administration Overtime Threshold, But Wants Rulemaking Authority to Establish Its Own Threshold

OFCCP Sues Tech Giant Oracle Alleging Discrimination in Compensation and Hiring Practices and Failure to Produce Requested Records and Data

Compensation Practices of Financial Services Companies Are Likely to Be Targeted by the OFCCP

The Third Circuit Adopts Predominant Benefit Test For Meal Periods, Leaving The Ninth Circuit As The Sole Holdout

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