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The second full day of the 32nd Annual ILG National Conference was filled with a multitude of presentations by practitioners and government officials.
The day started with a joint agency presentation by representatives from EEOC, Department of Justice and OFCCP. One of the “hot topics” discussed was the anticipated release of the long-awaited proposed…
As we reported earlier today, OFCCP has announced proposed regulations to satisfy President Obama’s mandate that contractors submit detailed pay data. The NPRM will be officially published in the Federal Register this Friday with a 90 day public comment period after that.
As proposed, the data collection tool, called the Equal Pay Report (EPR) in…
The 32nd Annual ILG National Conference opened this morning with an address from Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez. This was the first time a sitting Secretary addressed the group, and Secretary Perez hoped it would not be the last. In his remarks, the Secretary acknowledged the “good work” employers have done in past…
We have learned OMB has today released the proposed pay data collection tool to be published in the Federal Register on Friday. Once published, the public will have 90 days to submit comments. Details are still emerging on this breaking news. We will update you as soon as we learn more so make sure to…
Hello from the 2014 ILG National Conference in beautiful Washington, D.C. The theme of this year’s conference is “Celebrate 50 Years of Civil Rights” and the conference opens tomorrow morning with an address from Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez. Key officials from OFCCP and EEOC as well as leading practitioners are scheduled to present…
In the latest in a series of recent Executive Orders signed by the President, creating significant additional burdens for federal contractors, the President signed today the “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order”. In addition to releasing the EO, the White House also published a fact sheet on the new obligations contained in the…
It’s been a busy spring and early summer for the President and federal contractors with several new Executive Orders and a Presidential Memorandum on the issues of employee pay as well as sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination. For those of you trying to keep up with it all, below is an up-to-date summary of…
Jackson Lewis has learned the following about the latest round of OFCCP Courtesy Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs).
On July 16, 2014 OFCCP sent out a wave of CSALs giving employers advance notice about impending OFCCP compliance reviews.
The latest CSAL wave included:
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The President today signed a much anticipated Executive Order prohibiting workplace discrimination against employees and applicants for employment based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Here is a link to the executive order.
Of particular note, the executive order does not contain a religious exemption. That topic has been one of intense negotiation between…
We have learned that OFCCP has sent out a new wave of advance audit notification letters giving employers a “heads up” about upcoming compliance reviews. It appears the letters were sent yesterday.
Like the last round of CSALs, OFCCP sent the letters to the local facility to be audited with no additional notification to Corporate.…
