OFCCP Publishes New Veterans Hiring Benchmark
The OFCCP has published the 2016 Annual Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) Benchmark. Effective March 4, 2016, the benchmark is now 6.9%--down from the prior 7% threshold....
View ArticleWhistleblower Protection Rules Enforcement Necessitates Review of...
The Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Labor, and other government agencies are aggressively enforcing their whistleblower protection rules. As part of this effort they are looking...
View ArticleEEOC Announces Collection of Summary Pay Data with Annual EEO-1 Reports
On September 29, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") announced that beginning March 2018, it will require certain employers to submit summary pay data on an annual basis through...
View ArticleDOL Issues Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Final Regulations
On August 24, 2016, the DOL issued its final regulation implementing the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order ("EO") signed by President Obama in July 2014. That Executive Order requires...
View ArticleDOL Issues Final Rule Implementing Paid Sick Leave Executive Order
As you may recall, on September 7, 2015 (Labor Day), President Obama signed Executive Order 13706, which requires federal contractors to provide their employees with paid sick leave ("PSL"). On...
View ArticleEEOC Issues Final Enforcement Guidance for Retaliation Claims
On August 25, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued final enforcement guidance regarding retaliation claims made under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The guidance...
View ArticleNew Form I-9 to be Released by November 22, 2016
Recently, the Office of Management and Budget approved a new, revised Form I-9 to replace the version that expired in March. The US Citizenship and Immigration Service must publish the revised form by...
View ArticleFair Pay and Safe Workplaces Rule Partially Blocked
On October 24, 2016, a U.S. District Court issued a preliminary injunction blocking the majority of the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulations and the Department of Labor guidance document...
View ArticleThe Revised Form I-9 is Now Available!
On November 14, 2016, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service at long last published the revised version of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Employers may continue using the...
View ArticleBreaking News: Federal Court Blocks New Overtime Rule
On November 22, 2016, a federal judge blocked the new federal overtime rule that would have made more workers eligible for overtime pay beginning December 1, 2016. U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant,...
View ArticleThe Revised Form I-9 is Effective – Begin Using New Form January 22, 2017
In November 2016, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service at long last published the revised version of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. While employers were allowed to continue...
View Article2017 H-1B Cap Opens April 3, 2017 - Employers Should Start the Filing Process...
For H-1B nonimmigrant visas subject to the cap, April 1, 2016, is the first day on which the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) will accept H-1B cap-subject petitions for foreign...
View ArticleFederal Contractor Update
There are lots of Federal Contractor odds and ends to discuss since President Trump's inauguration. Let's get caught up! Trump Signs Executive Order to Roll Back Regulations In late January 2017,...
View ArticleFederal Contractor Privacy Training Now Required
On December 20, 2017, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), issued a Final Rule that requires federal...
View ArticleDepartment of Labor Update
A lot has happened (and in some cases, not happened) this summer related to the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, so let's get caught up! DOL Overtime Regulations Update: What We Know and...
View ArticleThe Eighth Circuit Refuses to Enforce "Unreasonable" Noncompete Agreement...
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that an Iowa agricultural products company could not enforce a noncompete agreement against one of its independent contractors as it was unreasonable....
View ArticleAnother New Form I-9?
Yes, you heard correctly! Just when employers were getting used to the January 2017 version, the USCIS released another revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. For now,...
View ArticleOMB Stays EEO-1 Form Pay Data Collection Requirement
On August 29, 2017, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) halted the new EEO-1 pay disclosure requirements required by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), pending OMB review. The...
View ArticleWhat Employers Need to Know about the Rescission of DACA
On Tuesday, September 5, 2017, the Trump Administration announced the rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program established by Executive Order during the Obama...
View ArticleNew E-Verify Poster Released for Immediate Use
E-Verify just released a re-designed participation poster that consolidates prior English and Spanish posters into one poster. As stated in the E-Verify User Manual, employers must replace their...
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