Monthly Archives: May 2020

EEOC Announces That It Will Not Require Filing of 2019 EEO-1 Reports This Year, Will Collect 2019 Data Together With 2020 Data Beginning Next March

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that in response to the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, it

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OMB Approves OFCCP’s Prescriptive Disability Self-ID Form CC-305 With Only Minor Changes; Contractors Must Start Using by August 4, 2020

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved a request by the Department of Labor’s Office of

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OFCCP Settlement Update: Latest Resolutions Show Over $7 Million in Financial Awards, More Early Resolution Procedures (ERP) Settlements

According to a batch of seven financial settlements made public by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance

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Ninth Circuit Rules in Anthony v. Trax Int’l Corp That Employer Can Use “After-Acquired Evidence” To Show That Plaintiff Is Not a Qualified Individual Under the ADA

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held recently that a plaintiff could not continue her discrimination lawsuit

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NT Lakis Files Brief On Behalf of CWC With Supreme Court Once Again Urging Reversal of Controversial Ninth Circuit Equal Pay Act Ruling in Rizo v. Yovino

For the second time in three years, NT Lakis has filed on behalf of CWC a “friend-of-the-court” brief with the

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New OFCCP “Pre-Referral Mediation Program” Directive Adds Another Component to Agency’s Focused Effort on Improving the Efficiency of Compliance Evaluation Process

In the final of three recent internal directives issued by Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) Director Craig Leen

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Three New FLSA Opinion Letters Serve as Reminder That Employers Must Continue To Comply With Wage and Hour Requirements

As we reported recently, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), which among its responsibilities enforces the Fair

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Fourth Circuit Rules in Ashford v. PricewaterhouseCoopers That “Franken” Amendment Does Not Prohibit Enforcement of Former Defense Contractor’s Arbitration Agreement

Ten years ago, Congress approved an amendment advocated by and named after former U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-MN) to prohibit

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