Discrimination and Harassment

OFCCP Director Craig Leen Provides Update on Latest Agency Developments, Solicits Feedback from Attendees, During Two Separate Sessions at CWC’s 2019 Policy Conference

In a featured keynote presentation at the opening session of the Center for Workplace Compliance’s (CWC) 2019 Policy Conference last

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House Labor Committee Approves “Paycheck Fairness Act” on Party-Line Vote; House Passage Likely, But Senate Outlook Is Murky

As expected, the new Democratic-controlled House of Representatives has taken the first steps to advance workplace legislation that had been

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Supreme Court Reverses Ninth Circuit’s “Salary History” Ruling on Procedural Grounds, Concludes Counting Vote of Deceased Judge Was Improper

The U.S. Supreme Court has summarily reversed, on procedural grounds, a controversial 2018 ruling by the full Ninth Circuit Court

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Fourth Circuit Rules That Circulating a Scurrilous Rumor About a Co-Worker Can Constitute Unlawful Sexual Harassment

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled recently that evidence showing that a male co-worker started and

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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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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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