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During a ceremony in the Rose Garden, President Trump signed a much-anticipated “Religious Liberty” executive order. The Executive Order states it is the
policy of the executive branch to vigorously enforce Federal law’s robust protections for religious freedom.
The relatively short Executive Order also recognizes that
the United States Constitution enshrines and protects the
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In addition to issues involving the environment, immigration, and national security, the Trump Administration has been in the headlines recently for its stance on matters impacting the LGBT community.
As we reported in a late-January, after close deliberation with daughter Ivanka, and son-in-law Jared Kushner, President Trump expressed support for LGBT rights and vowed to…
With the transition to a new presidential administration well under way, everyone is looking for signs to help predict the future. Given President Trump’s sweeping executive action, including entering an Executive Order requiring the identification of two regulations to be eliminated for every new regulation proposed, the question of whether the make-up of the…
The New York Times reported this week President Trump will preserve intact President Obama’s LGBT order (Executive Order 13672) protecting applicants and employees from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. As published by the Times, a White House statement provides:
President Trump continues to be respectful and supportive of L.G.B.T.Q. rights,
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As first reported in the New York Times today, the White House, in connection with the U.S. Department of Labor, is working on an executive order requiring federal contractors to provide paid sick leave to their workers. While a copy of the order was not made available, the article detailed some of the elements of…
With the release of the new veterans and individuals with disabilities regulations, as well as roll-out of the new scheduling letter and LGBT regulations, OFCCP accomplished a lot over the last year and it’s not done yet. The latter-half of 2015 and into 2016 looks to bring more regulatory changes. The following items remain…
As a follow up to last week’s training on implementation of the new sexual orientation and gender identity non discrimination regulations, OFCCP will be holding an upcoming webinar to discuss how the Agency will be processing complaints under Executive Order 13672.
The public webinar will be held on April 8, 2015 ,and again April 9…
This week OFCCP hosted Webinars on federal contractor obligations with respect to sexual orientation and gender identity under Executive Order 13672.
During the training OFCCP reiterated the following requirements:
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OFCCP announced today a date change for its upcoming sexual orientation and gender identity compliance training.
The webinar previously scheduled for Wednesday, March 18, 2015 will now be held Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 2:00 Eastern. The same Webinar will be presented again on Wednesday, March 25, 2015.
If you have already…
Last spring and summer saw a flurry of Executive Orders and OFCCP actions. With everything that’s going on its hard to keep tabs on the status of all the new regulations and regulatory actions. In an effort to help keep tabs on it all, here’s an up-to-date recap of the Agency’s agenda:
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