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DOL Halts OFCCP Layoffs, Focuses on Reassignments

August 18, 2025

By Rosemary Cox, M.S.

Blog OverviewOver 150 former employees of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) have had their reductions-in-force cancelled and are being reassigned to OFCCP or other Department of Labor agencies. 

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Department of Education Directs Universities to Submit Race, Sex Data

August 14, 2025

By Rosemary Cox, M.S.

On August 7, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon directed the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to collect data on admissions for institutions of higher education to ensure that race-based preferences...

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Immigration in Employment: How Employers Can Prepare for Investigations

August 12, 2025

By Cassie Alfheim

BLOG OVERVIEW: Employers are facing difficult challenges in order to ensure compliance with Form I-9 requirements. Complex record keeping requirements, the prevalence of remote work, increased enforcements, and the potential for...

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OFCCP Continues to Close Open Audits

August 11, 2025

By Amanda Bowman

As noted in a prior blog, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) began issuing administrative closure letters for open audits following Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s release of Order 08-2025 on July 2, 2025....

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Trump Administration Makes Progress in Key EEOC Appointments

August 07, 2025

By Lily Kerr, M.S.

In a press release published July 24, 2025, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas announced the recent appointments of three top officials at the agency: Sharon Rose, serving as Chief Operating...

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DOJ Releases Memo on Discrimination by Funding Recipients

August 05, 2025

By Cassie Alfheim & David Cohen

Blog Overview: Late last month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a memorandum emphasizing that discrimination by recipients of federal funds will no longer be tolerated. Notably, this memo introduces the...

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Court Upholds Release of EEO-1 Reports Under FOIA

August 04, 2025

By Joanna Colosimo

On July 30, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upheld a decision requiring the Department of Labor (DOL) to release EEO-1 reports for federal contractors. The EEO-1 reports detail the racial, gender, and ethnic...

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