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EEOC’s Final FY 2018 Enforcement Numbers Confirm Significant Drop in Charges Filed

Final fiscal year (FY) 2018 (October 1, 2017 – September 30, 2018) enforcement and litigation statistics released recently by the

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Written Comments to EEOC Support Agency’s Proposal To Allow for Digital Charge Filing While Recommending Improvements To Ensure System’s Integrity

NT Lakis lawyers submitted written comments this week to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in support of the

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Federal Court Orders EEOC To Collect EEO-1 “Component 2” Pay and Hours- Worked Data by September 30, 2019; Many Practical Compliance Issues Still To Be Determined

Judge Tanya Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on April 25 ordered the Equal Employment

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OFCCP Seeking Approval To Make Major Changes to Its Compliance Evaluation Scheduling Letters

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is proposing to make extensive changes to the various letters

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Department of Labor Proposes First Significant Revision of Its FLSA “Regular Rate” Regulations in More Than Fifty Years

The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would make

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NT Lakis Attorneys File Brief With Ninth Circuit, Arguing Trial Court Ruled Correctly in Denying Certification to Purported Class of More Than 8,600

NT Lakis lawyers have filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a

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Congress Quietly Moving Federal Contractor “Ban-the-Box” Legislation, as New Mexico Joins Growing Number of States With Ban-the-Box Laws

Legislation that would prohibit federal contractors from asking about or considering applicant criminal history information before the last stages of

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Two Recent Medical Marijuana Court Rulings Highlight Growing Challenges to Drug-Free Workplace Policies, Even as Use by Workers Hits Highest Level in 14 Years

There are now 33 states and the District of Columbia that have enacted laws permitting the use of medical marijuana,

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Timing on EEO-1 Pay Data Reporting Still Uncertain; Business Groups Tell Court That Real-World Practical Implications Must Be Considered in Setting Filing Deadline

As of this writing, there is still no word on when covered employers will be required by the Equal Employment

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Ruling by Administrative Law Judge Hands Victory to Federal Contractor, Finds Agency Failed To Prove Systemic Compensation Discrimination

In a rare but significant decision involving pay discrimination claims brought by the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance

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