In a letter addressed to Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, 19 Democrats from the House of Representatives inquired about the extent to which the Department of Labor (DOL) plans to include lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals in...
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April 01, 2014
The March 13, 2014 memorandum from President Obama to the DOL Secretary, Thomas Perez, sets the stage for additional revisions to the Fair Labor Standards Act. While no specific action is addressed, the Secretary is directed to propose revisions to...
On February 12, 2014, President Obama issued Executive Order 13658, increasing the hourly minimum wage paid by federal contractors from $7.25 to $10.10. The minimum wage for tipped workers will also increase from $2.13 to $4.90 per hour. These rates...
We first reported on this case in an Alert on August 12, 2010. The case is interesting because it is a long-running adverse impact case that ultimately morphed into a disparate treatment case. Originally, the DOJ challenged two entry-level exams...
A ruling was issued today by District Judge Emmet Sullivan in the case of Associated Builders Contractors, Inc. v. Patricia A. Shiu in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the ruling may be viewed here). Associated...
March 17, 2014
One interesting and unanswered question, related to the new 503 and VEVRAA regulations, concerns what information would be required for submission to OFCCP as part of the desk audit. Because OFCCP’s scheduling letter defines what is required as part...
AAP, Section 503, Audits, OFCCP, VEVRAA
March 17, 2014
It has been more than a year since OFCCP rescinded its Compensation Standards and issued Directive 307. As a result of this protocol change, OFCCP adopted a new method for grouping individuals for the purposes of reviewing compensation data. These...
March 17, 2014
The Veteran’s Employment and Training Service (VETS) recently published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the reporting requirements under VEVRAA, currently known as the VETS-100 and VETS-100A reports.
The most significant change is the...
Yet Another Social Media Disaster: Facebook Post By Family Member Violates Confidentiality Agreement
March 17, 2014
The case is Gulliver Schools v. Snay decided in the Florida District Court of Appeals on February 26, 2014.
Snay, a former headmaster at Gulliver Schools, sued for age discrimination under Florida State law after his contract was not renewed. The...
As previously featured on this blog, OFCCP published the revised Section 503 and VEVRAA regulations on September 24, 2013. The effective date for all contractors to comply with subparts A, B, D, and E is 180 days from the date they were published,...
March 04, 2014
We have written about the positive changes made to improve the final OFCCP mandated disability self-identification form. The form is now available on OFCCP's website. The next logical question is will the OFCCP provide the form in additional...
