The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that President Biden acted within his authority in raising the minimum wage paid to workers employed on certain government contracts. In the meantime, two other federal appeals courts have yet to weigh in.
The EEOC’s new anti-harassment guidance supersedes previous guidance issued more than 20 years ago, and as expected, takes an expansive view of what constitutes unlawful harassment.
MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. The government’s new race and ethnicity reporting standards have generated numerous questions from CWC members on how they will be expected to comply. Our new FAQs are designed to address many of your questions.
WEB WORKSHOP SCHEDULED MAY 14. As expected, the Federal Trade Commission has issued a controversial new rule that bans the use of non-compete agreements. Also as expected, the rule has already been challenged in court.
Our written comment letter to OFCCP urges the agency to back off on expansive changes it is proposing to the construction contractor Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing, arguing that all parties would be better served by limiting detailed informat
CWC has filed written comments with OFCCP objecting to the agency’s proposal to reinstate an expanded version of its long-discontinued and highly burdensome monthly utilization reporting requirement for federal construction contractors and subcontrac
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
CWC WEB WORKSHOP on May 7, 2024. The Biden Administration’s Labor Department has issued revised regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act that will make thousands of additional salaried white collar workers eligible for overtime pay.
CWC’s written comments to the EEOC agree that its recently revised procedural regulations are consistent with changes required by enactment of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. At the same time, we express concern that the agency finalized the regul
In an important employment discrimination case, the U.S. Supreme Court has lowered the burden of proof on an employee to prove that an unwanted job transfer violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
The ruling by the High Court further clarifies the scope of the transportation worker exemption contained in the Federal Arbitration Act.
CWC WEB WORKSHOP on April 30, 2024. The EEOC, over the objection of two of its Commissioners, has issued final regulations interpreting the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, giving the law an expansive reading that is almost certain to be challenged in
Our comments to the White House Office of Management and Budget support a request for approval by the Labor Department to continue using the current version of the mandated VETS-4212 Report for another three years, noting that the form is familiar to
MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our latest update covers state and local workplace law developments occurring since CWC’s last update in February.
MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued a Temporary Final Rule that automatically extends the expiration date of certain Employment Authorization Documents from 180 days to 540 days. The EAD is a “List A” I-9 d
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a new regulation that will allow employees to designate a union representative to accompany an OSHA compliance officer during a workplace safety inspection.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
OFCCP has officially opened its annual online Contractor Portal by way of which covered federal contractors must certify their compliance with the agency’s AAP requirements. Certifications must be completed by July 1, 2024.
CWC has filed written comments with federal procurement agencies on a proposed new regulation covering federal contractors that would impose a salary history ban, a compensation disclosure requirement, and an employee notice requirement.
MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. The Federal Communications Commission, in a partisan 3-2 vote, has moved forward with reinstating and making public an annual demographic report similar to the EEO-1 that covered broadcasters must file with the agency. The
CWC WEB WORKSHOP ON THURSDAY, APRIL 11. The White House Office of Management and Budget has revised the standards that federal agencies use to collect race/ethnicity data, and it will take some time before the changes are incorporated into collection
In another recent example of how diversity-related initiatives are under increasing legal challenge, a federal district court in Texas has ruled that the MBDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, discriminates on the basis of race, and
A recent ruling by a federal appeals court underscores the importance of operating DEI programs within the law.
OFCCP has announced that the annual Vets Hiring Benchmark, which most federal contractors use as their protected veterans hiring benchmark for complying with OFCCP’s affirmative action regulations under the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistan
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Following the EEOC’s announcement that the filing season for 2023 EEO-1 Reports will begin on April 30, 2024, updated instructions recently posted to the agency’s EEO-1 Filing website indicate that there are no changes to the process used for filing
Six months after the beginning of the government’s 2024 fiscal year, Congress and the Biden White House finally reached a spending deal. And despite President Biden’s request for big funding increases for agencies such as OFCCP and the NLRB, they end
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency has completed the fiscal year H-1B visa lottery for visa recipients who will be eligible to begin working on October 1, 2024. As a reminder, employers who are eligible to file visa petitions will b