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OMB Puts Federal Agencies on Notice That Sub-Regulatory Guidance Documents Are Now Subject to Greater Scrutiny Before They Are Issued

The Trump Administration is continuing to advance its regulatory reform agenda, even as public attention is primarily focused elsewhere. In

By |2019-04-28T22:22:20-05:004/28/2019|Categories: Policies and Practices|Tags: , |Comments Off on OMB Puts Federal Agencies on Notice That Sub-Regulatory Guidance Documents Are Now Subject to Greater Scrutiny Before They Are Issued

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

By |2019-04-21T23:45:28-05:004/21/2019|Categories: Wage and Hour|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Department of Labor Proposes First Significant Revision of Its FLSA “Regular Rate” Regulations in More Than Fifty Years

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

By |2019-04-21T23:41:56-05:004/21/2019|Categories: Background Checks, Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Congress Quietly Moving Federal Contractor “Ban-the-Box” Legislation, as New Mexico Joins Growing Number of States With Ban-the-Box Laws

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

By |2019-04-14T21:43:55-05:004/14/2019|Categories: Agency Enforcement, Compensation|Tags: , , |Comments Off on 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 Expected, House Passes “Paycheck Fairness Act” on Party-Line Vote; Republicans Introduce Alternative Bill

As expected, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives has passed an amended version of the so-called Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 7),

By |2019-04-14T21:41:02-05:004/14/2019|Categories: Compensation, Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on As Expected, House Passes “Paycheck Fairness Act” on Party-Line Vote; Republicans Introduce Alternative Bill

President Trump’s Proposed FY 2020 Budget Calls for Paid Parental Leave Program, Mandatory E-Verify; EEOC and NLRB Would Get Deep Cuts

President Trump recently delivered his third proposed annual budget to Congress, containing the Administration’s recommendations for funding the federal government

By |2019-03-31T22:19:05-05:003/31/2019|Categories: Affirmative Action and Diversity, Agency Enforcement, Discrimination and Harassment, Immigration, Wage and Hour|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on President Trump’s Proposed FY 2020 Budget Calls for Paid Parental Leave Program, Mandatory E-Verify; EEOC and NLRB Would Get Deep Cuts

EEOC Plans To Open 2018 EEO-1 Filing Season Next Week, Even as Federal Court Orders Reinstatement of Expanded Obama-Era Revisions

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), as a result of the partial government shutdown which put the agency out of

By |2019-03-17T22:43:40-05:003/17/2019|Categories: Agency Enforcement, Compensation|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on EEOC Plans To Open 2018 EEO-1 Filing Season Next Week, Even as Federal Court Orders Reinstatement of Expanded Obama-Era Revisions

Labor Department Releases Much-Anticipated Proposal To Revise White Collar Overtime Rules; Salary Threshold Would Increase to $35,308/Year

In a much-anticipated action, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released the text of a proposed rule to revise

By |2019-03-17T22:38:56-05:003/17/2019|Categories: Wage and Hour|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Labor Department Releases Much-Anticipated Proposal To Revise White Collar Overtime Rules; Salary Threshold Would Increase to $35,308/Year

House Labor Committee Approves “Paycheck Fairness Act” on Party-Line Vote; House Passage Likely, But Senate Outlook Is Murky

As expected, the new Democratic-controlled House of Representatives has taken the first steps to advance workplace legislation that had been

By |2020-09-21T13:54:30-05:003/10/2019|Categories: Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on House Labor Committee Approves “Paycheck Fairness Act” on Party-Line Vote; House Passage Likely, But Senate Outlook Is Murky