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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Crawford v. Metro Government of Nashville that federal law protects a worker from being fired after telling investigators in an internal company investigation about sexual harassment on the job. The Court...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) posted a notice regarding the application of the new Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. The EEOC’s notice advises potential charging parties that if they are aware of unexplained differences...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics published a comprehensive article on state labor legislation enacted in 2008 in the January 2009 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. The article is here.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) has re-introduced a bill (“Family-Friendly Workplace Act,” H.R. 933) that would give private sector employees the option of taking paid time off as compensation for overtime hours worked, or “comp time.” The bill...

Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney has introduced the proposed Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act (H.R. 824) that would allow employees to take, as additional leave, parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children’s and...

by Fred Satterwhite, Senior Consultant, DCI Consulting Group, Inc.The Senate confirmed Congresswoman Hilda L. Solis (D-CA) as President Obama's Secretary of Labor with an 80-17 vote this afternoon.Questions from Republican lawmakers regarding Solis'...

On January 30, 2009, President Obama signed three executive orders that will reverse former President George W. Bush’s labor policies. Under the new executive order “Notification of Employee Rights Under Federal Labor Laws” (E.O. 13496, to be...

President Obama signed the long anticipated Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 into law on January 29, 2009 at a White House signing ceremony. Later that day Acting EEOC Chairman Stuart Ishimaru released a statement congratulating Congress and...

DHS has posted a notice on their website stating that federal contractors and subcontractors will be required to begin using the E-Verify system starting May 21, 2009 to verify their employees’ eligibility to legally work in the U.S. A notice of the...

On December 30, 2008 OFCCP reported that in fiscal year 2008, the agency won a record $67,510,982 in back pay, salary and benefits for 24,508 U.S. workers who had been subjected to unlawful employment discrimination. Charles James, then deputy...

In addition to its release of FY 08 enforcement statistics, OFCCP also posted a new FAQ section on the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) on its website. OFCCP stated in one of the FAQs that conforming amendments will be made to OFCCP’s Section 503...

The Department of Labor Wage and Division has announced that it recouped back wages totaling $185,287,827 for 228,645 workers in FY 2008.