Agency Enforcement

EEOC Adopts New Four-Year “Strategic Enforcement Plan”

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published a new, four-year Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP), which makes a number of

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NT Lakis Brief to Seventh Circuit Argues Agency Cannot Continue To Pursue Charge That Court Found To Be Meritless

NT Lakis lawyers have filed a “friend-of-the-court” brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in an

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New Report by Government Accountability Office Recommends Improvements in OFCCP Enforcement and Outreach Practices

The Government Accountability Office (GAO), the research and investigatory arm of Congress, has released a new report examining the enforcement

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OFCCP Launches Expansion of Its “Mega Construction Project Program”

The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced an expansion of its “Mega Construction Project

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12th Annual Corporate “Litigation Trends” Survey Continues To Show That Labor and Employment Lawsuits Are a Main Concern for Company Lawyers

The latest annual survey on corporate litigation trends conducted by the law firm of Norton Rose Fulbright LLP finds that

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Ninth Circuit Rules That Mandatory Arbitration Class Waivers Violate Federal Labor Law, Widening Split Among Federal Circuits

Widening a growing split among the federal appeals courts regarding the legality of a class action waiver contained in an

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Ruling by Fifth Circuit in Employer Solutions Staffing Group v. ICE Sheds Light on the I-9 Form’s Attestation Requirement

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision recently that serves to remind employers of their

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EEOC’s Final Revised Guidance on Workplace Retaliation Continues To Take Broad View of Protected Conduct

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has finalized revisions to its written enforcement guidance on unlawful workplace retaliation under the

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Federal Court Rules That Attorney Work-Product Protections Waived by Submissions to OFCCP

A federal district court ruled recently that a federal contractor must disclose to the plaintiff documents containing the legal conclusions

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