Agency Enforcement

EEOC Issues Fiscal Year 2016 Performance and Accountability Report Summarizing Enforcement and Litigation Efforts

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published its annual Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) for fiscal year (FY) 2016

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Most Recent OFCCP Enforcement Settlements Continue to Close Out Aging Audits

OFCCP has recently announced a number of settlements in the form of conciliation agreements, all dealing with audits going back

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Settlement Between EEOC and BNV Home Care Serves as Reminder of GINA’s Restrictions on Obtaining Employees’ Genetic Information

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a settlement recently in a class-based discrimination lawsuit brought by the agency against

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OFCCP Rescinds Outdated 1990 Directive on Jurisdiction Contract Dollar Thresholds

A recently disclosed directive issued by former Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) Director Patricia Shiu shortly before she

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Fifth Circuit Rules That Claim for Temporary Total Disability Benefits Did Not Preclude ADA Failure To Accommodate Lawsuit

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has revived a lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu Stepping Aside Effective November 6, Career Official Tom Dowd Named Interim Director

Patricia Shiu, the director of the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) since 2009 and one

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NT Lakis Lawyers File Comments With OFCCP Requesting Additional Flexibility Regarding Section 503/4212 Compliance Requirements

NT Lakis lawyers have submitted written comments to the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) in

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NT Lakis Lawyers Urge Ninth Circuit To Overturn Problematic ADA Ruling

NT Lakis lawyers, joined by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have filed a “friend-of-the-court” brief with the U.S. Court of

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