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Internal Federal Agency Working Group Recommends Addition of New “Middle Eastern or North African” (MENA) Classification to Government’s 1997 Race/Ethnicity Standards

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced recently that an interagency working group tasked with reviewing the

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Ninth Circuit Rules That Allegations of OFCCP Noncompliance Do Not Support Whistleblower Retaliation Claim

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that an individual’s complaints that her employer failed to

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NT Lakis Lawyers File Brief With Fourth Circuit, Urging Reversal of Problematic FLSA Joint Employment Ruling

NT Lakis lawyers recently submitted a “friend-of-the-court” brief to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in an important case regarding

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Regulatory Reform Update: New Trump Executive Orders Call on Agencies To Prepare Reorganization Plans; House Approves Three More Regulatory Reform Bills

On March 13, 2017, President Trump signed new Executive Order (E.O.) 13781, titled Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch. 

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Senate Sends Repeal of “Blacklisting” Regulations to President Trump for His Expected Signature

The Senate has joined the House of Representatives in passing a resolution under the rarely invoked Congressional Review Act (CRA)

By |2017-03-10T16:28:58-05:003/10/2017|Categories: Affirmative Action and Diversity, Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves, Discrimination and Harassment, Government Contracts, Labor Relations, Wage and Hour|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Senate Sends Repeal of “Blacklisting” Regulations to President Trump for His Expected Signature