Monthly Archives: May 2019

OFCCP Seeking Formal Approval of Revisions to Its Functional Affirmative Action Program (FAAP)

NT Lakis previously wrote that last fall the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced that it

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Justice Department To Appeal Rulings Ordering EEOC To Collect EEO-1 “Component 2” Pay and Hours-Worked Data; September 30 Reporting Deadline Is Still in Effect

Late last week, as NT Lakis had previously indicated might happen, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed Notice of

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EEOC Announces Employers Must Submit “Component 2” Pay and Hours Worked Data for Both 2017 and 2018 on Revised EEO-1 Report by September 30, 2019

Complying with a federal court order issued last week in National Women’s Law Center, et al. v. Office of Management

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Resource Materials and Templates To Assist in Preparing for a Section 503 Focused Review

It has now been over five years since the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued its

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Supreme Court, Agreeing With Arguments Raised in NT Lakis Friend-of-the Court Brief, Rules in Lamps Plus v. Varela That Class Arbitration Cannot Be Inferred From “Contractual Ambiguity”

In another important ruling reaffirming the strong federal policy favoring arbitration, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 5 – 4

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Eleventh Circuit in Lewis v. City of Union City Weighs in on Interpretation of Key Title VII Term “Similarly Situated,” Illustrating Lack of Consensus Among Federal Courts as To How To Define It

Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), plaintiffs typically prove their cases using circumstantial evidence.

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Unanimous NLRB, Again Drawing Line on Limits of “Protected Concerted Activity,” Rules in Quicken Loans That Public Bathroom Conversation Did Not Merit NLRA’s Protection

In a unanimous decision reversing a ruling by an agency Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

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