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Labor Department’s Draft Strategic Plan for 2018-2022 Is Light on Details; Plan Makes No Reference to Proposed OFCCP/EEOC Merger

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently published for public comment its draft “strategic plan” (the Plan) for Fiscal Years

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Labor Department Issues Final Regulations To Implement “HIRE Vets Act” Medallion Program

The Department of Labor (DOL) has published final regulations to implement the Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military

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NT Lakis Attorneys File Brief with En Banc Seventh Circuit, Urging Court To Overturn Troubling Panel Ruling Allowing EEOC To Resume Charge Investigation After Trial Court Finds No Violation

NT Lakis attorneys have filed a “friend-of-the-court” brief with the full Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals urging reversal of a

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OFCCP “Town Hall” Highlights: Agency Officials Concede OFCCP Can Do Better Job in Helping Contractors Meet Their Compliance Obligations

Over the last couple of weeks, officials from the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) have

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NT Lakis Attorneys File Comments With DOL-VETS on Proposed HIRE Vets Medallion Regulations, Urging Narrower Exclusionary Criteria

NT Lakis attorneys have filed written comments with the Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) in response

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Most Recent USERRA Enforcement Statistics Show Complaints Filed With DOL Continued To Drop in FY 2016

The most recent enforcement statistics released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) indicate that

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President Trump Signs Short-Term Funding Bill Sparing OFCCP and Other Enforcement Agencies From Major Budget Cuts for Now

President Trump has signed a bill that will keep the federal government funded into December. The spending bill, which also

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President Trump Nominates Former Bush White House Counsel Cheryl Stanton to Serve as Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Administrator

President Trump has nominated Cheryl Stanton, who served in the White House Counsel’s office during the George W. Bush Administration,

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