Agency Enforcement

DOL-VETS Raises Threshold for Filing VETS-4212 Report From $100,000 to $150,000 Effective October 1, 2015

The Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) has increased the contract dollar threshold under which federal contractors

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Legislation That Would Require Greater Public Disclosure of Agency Settlement Agreements on Track for Congressional Approval

Congress is poised to pass new legislation that would increase requirements for federal agencies to publicly disclose more information regarding

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EEOC Launches New Online Charge Status Tool as Agency Continues To Digitize Its Discrimination Charge System

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is working on a multi-phase initiative to “digitize” its discrimination charge processing system.  Phase

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Ruling by Ninth Circuit Gives Liberal Interpretation to EEOC’s Duty To Conciliate Under Supreme Court’s Mach Mining Test

In an important decision issued last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Mach Mining v. EEOC that a court

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