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Labor and Employment Practice
Expansive new proposals by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs would increase the affirmative action requirements for individuals with disabilities.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
The Obama administration has chosen leaders for two key agencies at the Department of Labor (DOL). First, President Obama has chosen Professor David Michaels to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Hea... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
All employers should take note of a forthcoming significant reorganization at the Department of Labor (DOL) involving the Wage and Hour Division (WHD), the Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS), the Office of Federal Contr... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment
On August 8, OFCCP issued final regulations that revise the categories of protected veterans for affirmative action program (AAP) purposes. The new regulations become effective on September 7, 2007, and will require many contra... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment
On Friday, October 27, 2006, OFCCP published an additional series of FAQs that answer several questions contractors frequently ask about Internet Applicant requirements. The new FAQs can be obtained by more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment
OFCCP published a final rule in the Federal Register today which formally removes from the agency’s regulations the Equal Opportunity (EO) Survey. The EO Survey requirement was added to OFCCP’s regulations in November, 2000. Im... more
Presentation | Webinar
William Doyle, Jr., Mark Dichter
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment
In June 16, 2006's Federal Register, OFCCP published final standards on systemic compensation discrimination, as well as final guidelines for voluntary self audits of compensation practices. The final systemic discrimination... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | OFCCP Alert
Morgan Lewis Resources
On April 4, 2006, OFCCP published on its website 32 new FAQs regarding “Internet Applicant” requirements. The new FAQs provide helpful guidance about how OFCCP intends to enforce the new Internet Applicant regulations just prio... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | OFCCP Alert
Morgan Lewis Resources
OFCCP recently announced an enforcement policy that will provide contractors up to 90 additional days to implement applicant tracking systems in compliance with the new Internet Applicant regulations, which become effective on F... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | OFCCP Alert
Morgan Lewis Resources
In an effort to schedule a large number of compliance reviews in fiscal year 2006, the OFCCP is poised to send out another wave of scheduling letters in the next two months. Contractors should alert their CEO offices and their ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | OFCCP Alert
Morgan Lewis Resources
On July 5, 2005, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a draft final rule providing new standards for applicant recordkeeping. The proposed rule, which ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Morgan Lewis Resources
The Department of Labors’ Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently made two announcements regarding its enforcement initiatives: the first involves the “Beck notice” that unionized federal contractors are... more
Outside Publication | Article
William Doyle, Jr.
LawFlash/Client Alert | OFCCP Alert
Morgan Lewis Resources
On November 16, 2004, the OFCCP published for public comment two proposed guidelines dealing with potential systemic compensation discrimination. One document contains proposed guidelines for contractor self-evaluations of comp... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | OFCCP Alert
Morgan Lewis Resources
NOVEMBER 4, 2004: Charles James, Director of the OFCCP, spoke today at the National Employment Law Institute’s annual Affirmative Action Briefing in Washington, D.C. Mr. James reported that slightly more than 1,700 Federal C... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | OFCCP Alert
Morgan Lewis Resources
This LawFlash contains the link to the new “advance alert” letter that the OFCCP will soon use to notify companies of upcoming compliance reviews. Currently, the OFCCP does not give companies any advance warning that ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | OFCCP Alert
Morgan Lewis Resources
On June 4, 2004 the Administrative Law Judge approved the settlement of the OFCCP's enforcement action against Wyeth and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. The OFCCP had filed this well-publicized enforcement based on allegations of compen... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | OFCCP Alert
Morgan Lewis Resources
On March 29, 2004, the OFCCP published for comment proposed regulations on the definition of an Internet Applicant for recordkeeping purposes. Its proposed regulations followed an earlier definition published in the form of Quest... more