DOL

Secretary of Labor Appoints Three New Members to DOL’s Administrative Review Board, Paving Way for Pending Cases To Proceed

U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta has appointed three new members to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Administrative Review Board

By |2019-01-27T23:10:28-05:001/27/2019|Categories: Agency Enforcement|Tags: , |Comments Off on Secretary of Labor Appoints Three New Members to DOL’s Administrative Review Board, Paving Way for Pending Cases To Proceed

OFCCP Announces $4 Million Settlement With JBS To Resolve Two Administrative Lawsuits Alleging Hiring Discrimination; Settlement Includes Unique “Enhanced Compliance Agreement”

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has reached settlement terms with JBS USA Lux S.A. (JBS)

By |2020-09-21T13:54:32-05:0012/9/2018|Categories: Affirmative Action and Diversity, Agency Enforcement|Tags: , , |Comments Off on OFCCP Announces $4 Million Settlement With JBS To Resolve Two Administrative Lawsuits Alleging Hiring Discrimination; Settlement Includes Unique “Enhanced Compliance Agreement”

OFCCP Publishes Three New Directives, Formally Rescinding “Active Case Enforcement” Procedures, Establishing New “Early Resolution Procedures,” and Inaugurating Informal Opinion Letters

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has released three new internal directives aimed at further improving

By |2020-09-21T13:54:32-05:0012/9/2018|Categories: Affirmative Action and Diversity, Agency Enforcement|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on OFCCP Publishes Three New Directives, Formally Rescinding “Active Case Enforcement” Procedures, Establishing New “Early Resolution Procedures,” and Inaugurating Informal Opinion Letters

U.S. Senate Confirms Eric Dreiband as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, But Fails To Take Action on Long Pending EEOC, DOL Nominations

As part of a pre-election deal between U.S. Senate Republicans and Democrats to approve an agreed-upon package of pending Presidential

By |2018-10-21T23:15:52-05:0010/21/2018|Categories: Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on U.S. Senate Confirms Eric Dreiband as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, But Fails To Take Action on Long Pending EEOC, DOL Nominations

President Trump Signs Bill Funding Labor Department Through Next September, Sparing OFCCP and NLRB Major Budget Cuts; EEOC Currently Funded Only Until This December

President Trump has signed into law legislation (H.R. 6157) providing funding for the Department of Labor (DOL) and related agencies,

By |2018-10-05T14:32:07-05:0010/5/2018|Categories: Affirmative Action and Diversity, Agency Enforcement, Discrimination and Harassment, Labor Relations|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on President Trump Signs Bill Funding Labor Department Through Next September, Sparing OFCCP and NLRB Major Budget Cuts; EEOC Currently Funded Only Until This December

Most Recent USERRA Enforcement Statistics Indicate Slight Uptick in Complaints, Reversing Five-Year Trend

Enforcement statistics released recently by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) indicate that the number

By |2020-09-21T13:54:38-05:008/26/2018|Categories: Discrimination and Harassment, Veterans|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Most Recent USERRA Enforcement Statistics Indicate Slight Uptick in Complaints, Reversing Five-Year Trend

New Memorandum of Understanding Between U.S. Departments of Justice and Labor Signals Closer Cooperation on Immigration Law Enforcement

In the Trump Administration’s latest effort to crack down on illegal immigration and to support its “Buy American, Hire American”

By |2020-09-21T13:54:39-05:008/12/2018|Categories: Immigration|Tags: , |Comments Off on New Memorandum of Understanding Between U.S. Departments of Justice and Labor Signals Closer Cooperation on Immigration Law Enforcement