Agency Enforcement

Justice Department Files Brief With Supreme Court in Title VII Case, Highlighting Conflict With Positions Taken by the EEOC and OFCCP

A little over a year ago, the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its view that the prohibition against

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Department of Labor Announces Six-Month Extension of “PAID” Pilot Program Designed To Encourage Wage and Hour Compliance

The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), which enforces the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), has announced that

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President Trump Signs Bill Funding Labor Department Through Next September, Sparing OFCCP and NLRB Major Budget Cuts; EEOC Currently Funded Only Until This December

President Trump has signed into law legislation (H.R. 6157) providing funding for the Department of Labor (DOL) and related agencies,

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OFCCP To Create “Ombud Service” To Facilitate Resolution of Concerns Expressed by External Stakeholders

The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced its intent to create a new Ombud

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Despite Contractor Privacy Concerns, OFCCP Has Posted 2017 and 2018 Advance Notice Letter Lists Online

Without any formal announcement, and despite contractor privacy concerns, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)

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OFCCP Issues New “Transparency” Directive, Providing More Substance to Recently Announced Contractor “Bill of Rights”

In another demonstrable action that follows through on the vow by Acting Director Craig Leen to add transparency to the

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Ninth Circuit Rules That Employer Violated ADA by Requiring an Applicant To Pay for Post-Offer Follow-Up Medical Test

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that an employer’s insistence that an applicant with a

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