Monthly Archives: December 2016

OFCCP Seeks Three-Year Extension of Its Section 503/4212 Recordkeeping Requirements

The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has submitted a formal request to the White House

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“Big Data” Analytics and Its EEO Implications for Employment Practices

“Big data” is the new employment buzzword, as employers are increasingly being approached by third-party recruiting agencies and search firms

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New EEOC “Fact Sheets” Address Rights of Employees Regarding Mental Health Issues

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published a new “fact sheet” addressing the rights under the Americans with Disabilities

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Tenth Circuit Rules That “Faragher/Ellerth” Affirmative Defense Applies to Age-Based Hostile Environment Claims

Addressing the issue for the first time, and more definitively than any other federal appeals court to date, the U.S.

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DOL Finalizes Revised WIOA “Section 188” Nondiscrimination Rules for Job Training Programs

The Department of Labor (DOL) has finalized revisions to its regulations governing the nondiscrimination provisions of the federal Workforce Innovation

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Eleventh Circuit, Widening Circuit Court Split, Rules That ADA Does Not Require Preference in Reassignment

Agreeing with arguments put forth by NT Lakis lawyers in our “friend-of-the-court” brief, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the

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New Report by Office of Inspector General Concludes Labor Department Practices Create “Unnecessary Risk” to Confidentiality of Information DOL Collects

A report released last month by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) located within the Department of Labor (DOL) details

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Guide to the FLSA’s “White-Collar” Exemptions: Part II – The Administrative Exemption

NT Lakis attorneys are pleased to present the second guide in our three-part series focused on the so-called “white-collar” exemptions

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