Monthly Archives: November 2019

OFCCP Posts Supplemental Corporate Scheduling Announcement List Flagging 500 Contractor Establishments for VEVRAA Focused Reviews

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has published a supplement to its Fiscal Year (FY) 2019

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NT Lakis Lawyers File Brief With NLRB, Arguing That National Labor Relations Act Does Not Protect Racist and Sexist Speech at Work

NT Lakis lawyers have filed a “friend-of-the-court” brief with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) in a case

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Federal Court Strikes Down Trump Administration’s Controversial “Conscience Protection” Regulations

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) promulgated regulations intended to prohibit recipients of HHS

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OFCCP, Reversing Course, Proposes Rule To Give Up Any Claim of Jurisdiction Over TRICARE Providers

In a noteworthy development, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has issued a  Notice

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Labor Department Publishes Proposal To Clarify Application of FLSA’s “Fluctuating Workweek” Method of Pay

As long anticipated, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has published proposed regulations to make it clear that employers are

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President Trump Revokes Union-Endorsed Obama-Era Executive Order Requiring “Successor” Service Contractors To Retain Predecessor’s Employees

One of the first executive actions that former President Barack Obama took after assuming office in his first term was

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Sixth Circuit Rules That Broadly Worded Release of Claims Is Enforceable Where Evidence Shows That Plaintiff’s Signature Was “Knowing and Voluntary”

In a recently-decided case that sheds some helpful light on how an employer can use a release of claims to

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DOL’s Latest Wage and Hour Enforcement Numbers Show Agency Continues To Aggressively Pursue Claims of Minimum Wage and Overtime Violations

Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 enforcement statistics released recently by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for violations occurring under the

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EEO-1 “Component 2” Update: Court Denies EEOC’s Claim That Data Collection Is Complete, Orders Agency To Keep Filing Portal Open

The federal trial court that earlier this year ordered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to collect so-called Component 2

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