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Census Bureau Plans to Implement New Race/Ethnicity Standards Over Time

November 22, 2024

By: Lily Kerr

The U.S. Census Bureau recently announced its plans to implement the revised race-ethnicity standards set forth by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 

Earlier this year, OMB finalized its highly anticipated revisions to...

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DOL’s Wage & Hour Division Publishes New Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors

October 03, 2024

By: Lily Kerr

The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Laborrecently published an advanced notice of an upcoming increase to the minimum wage rate for federal contractors.The new rate of $17.75 per hour will replace the current...

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Anupa Geevarghese Appointed OFCCP Deputy Director

September 09, 2024

By: Lily Kerr

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently welcomed a new Deputy Director, Anupa Iyer Geevarghese, on September 3rd. Although an official announcement from OFCCP has not been made as...

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Illinois Pay Reporting Update – Important Consideration for Returning Filers

July 26, 2024

By: Lily Kerr

In recent years, there have been several state-specific pay reporting requirements taking effect after the recission of the nationwide EEO-1 Component 2 pay data collection. One such reporting requirement has been the bi-annual...

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EEO-1 Filing Portal Now Open – Key Updates Contractors Should Know Before Filing

November 07, 2023

By: Lily Kerr

On Tuesday, October 31, the EEOC’s portal for filing the annual EEO-1 report opened. All private employers with at least 100 employees will be required to submitdata from the fourth quarter of 2022 by Tuesday, December 5th. Federal...

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Update: OFCCP’s Training Portal and Compliance Assistance Initiatives

May 11, 2021

This spring, OFCCP implemented changes to the suite of compliance assistance initiatives offered on the agency’s website. These updates began with the closing of the Contractor Assistance Portal on March 1, 2021, which was done to improve efficiency...

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Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation

January 21, 2021
Among the slate of new Executive Orders signed by President Biden is one providing comprehensive protections for individuals who have historically been subjected to discrimination based on their gender identity and/or sexual orientation.
The first...
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Breaking News: Biden Picks Marty Walsh to Head the Department of Labor

January 07, 2021

Following Congress’ confirmation of the Electoral College vote yesterday, Biden announced his pick for Secretary of Labor earlier this afternoon. If confirmed, Boston mayor Marty Walsh would take the helm at the agency in the new administration.

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OFCCP Publishes Landing Pages for Promotions and Accommodations Focused Reviews

September 23, 2020

This afternoon, Wednesday, September 23, OFCCP published new landing pages for the upcoming promotions and accommodations focused reviews. Both types of focused reviews are new to the 2020 CSAL; for more information, please refer to our previous...

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Regulatory Agencies Announce Spring 2020 Agendas

July 08, 2020

Last week, the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released their respective regulatory agendas for Spring 2020. The items on the agendas include rules in various stages of enactment, i.e. pre-rules,...

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Annual Hiring Benchmark for Veterans Now 5.7 Percent

April 14, 2020

Consistent with timing in previous years, OFCCP has recently updated the hiring benchmark for protected veterans.In annual affirmative action plans (AAPs), comparing the number of hires to a predetermined veteran benchmark is a required element of...

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California Rules in Favor of Center for Investigative Reporting

January 08, 2020

In December 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California made a decisive ruling in the ongoing case of The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), et al. vs. U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Specifically, the court denied...

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