Agency Enforcement

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

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OFCCP Issues Promised Guidance on Section 503 Focused Reviews in Advance of Posting New Audit Scheduling List

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has launched a “landing page” dedicated to the agency’s upcoming

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OFCCP’s Forthcoming “CSAL” List Will Include Focused Reviews and Compliance Checks in Addition to Standard Compliance Reviews

The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has ended its longstanding practice of mailing so-called advance

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EEOC Proposing To Amend Its Procedural Regulations To Allow Individuals To File Discrimination Charges Online

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published proposed changes to its procedural regulations that would, among other things, explicitly

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Conciliation Agreements Negotiated With OFCCP Have Teeth, and the Agency Has Shown Its Intent To Enforce Them

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) most typically will settle material allegations of noncompliance that arise

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Labor Department’s FY 2018 FMLA Enforcement Numbers Show Seventh Straight Year of Decline in Complaint Resolutions

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) enforcement statistics released recently by the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour

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NT Lakis Attorneys File Brief with Supreme Court, Arguing It’s Time for Courts To Stop Giving Controlling Deference to Agency Interpretations of Their Own Ambiguous Regulations

NT Lakis attorneys have filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in an important case that raises the

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New OFCCP Directive Signals Agency’s Intent To Implement Voluntary Compliance Program for “High-Performing” Contractors

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has issued a new internal Directive announcing the launch of

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OFCCP Litigation Update: The Latest on the High Profile Google, Convergys, and Oracle Lawsuits

Over the last several weeks, there has been significant, albeit not determinative, movement in three high-profile lawsuits filed by the

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Spending Deal To End Partial Government Shutdown Flat-Funds EEOC, Provides Increases for ICE and USCIS

The spending bill signed by President Trump last week that provides Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 funding (through September 30) for

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