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On February 9, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California approved the parties’ stipulation in Center for Investigative Reporting v. U.S. Dep’t of Labor and lifted the temporary stay that had paused disclosure of federal contractors’ EEO-1 reports.  With the stay lifted, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) can begin releasing…

As the February 2, 2026, pay data reporting deadline draws near, Massachusetts employers with 100 or more employees should take proactive steps to comply with their obligations. Employers should ensure that wage data reports are accurate, complete, and filed on time. Read more about these reporting requirements, timelines, and key compliance considerations.

On August 25, 2025, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued a new request for public comments on proposed revisions to its data collection and recordkeeping requirements under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 503), which would include the withdrawal of the Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability form (OMB Control…

A new Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR 52.204-27) enacted in June 2023 requires companies with covered contracts to ban the use of TikTok and other apps developed by ByteDance Limited on employee devices, including personal cell phones, which are used in the performance of government contracts.  The ban does not apply to devices “incidental to a…

As we reported last Friday, OFCCP has kicked-off 2019 with a bang – issuing three directives in a single day.

Yesterday we reported on the first of three new Directives OFCCP issued to kick off fiscal year 2019. Today we cover the second Directive – Directive 2019-02: Early Resolution Procedures.

Under Directive 2019-02…