New OFCCP Directive Provides More Details on OFCCP’s Ombuds Service
OFCCP’s Ombuds Service was first announced in an agency directive issued in September of 2018.1 New Directive 2020-04, “Ombuds Service
USCIS Issues Updated I-9 (“M-274”) Handbook on the Heels of a Surge in ICE Worksite Inspections Last Year
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that administers the Form
OFCCP Updates Its Website To Feature Compliance Assistance Resources, Announces More Key Personnel Changes
The Labor Department’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has redesigned its official website to highlight the agency’s
New Labor Department Rule Implementing “Industry-Recognized” Apprenticeship Programs Scheduled To Go Into Effect on May 11
A long-awaited final rule promulgated earlier this year by the Department of Labor (DOL) is scheduled to go into effect
OFCCP’s New Directive on “Efficiency in Compliance Evaluations” To Reduce Duration of Agency Audits
Last week, the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released three important new directives aimed at further
Update of Recent State and Local Workplace Compliance Developments
We are pleased to present the latest edition of our “Interstate” memo series, a service that we launched in 2019
OFCCP Resets Annual Vets Hiring Benchmark to 5.7%, Down From Last Year’s Benchmark of 5.9%
As it does each year, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has updated the national
OFCCP Gets Approval To Begin Using Two New “Compliance Check” Scheduling Letters for Construction Contractors
The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) currently uses several different types of investigative tools to
NLRB Finalizes Changes to “Representation” Rules Enhancing the Right of Employees To Decide Whether To Be Represented by a Union, But Pushes Back Effective Date
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently issued a final rule amending three specific parts of the agency’s so-called “representation”
Ruling by Eleventh Circuit in Monaghan v. Worldpay Serves as Reminder That Burden on Plaintiff To Show Retaliatory Harassment Is Relatively Low
A recent ruling by a federal appeals court in a case brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act