EEOC has announced the opening of the 2021 EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection platform. The deadline to complete filing this year is May 17, 2022 – giving employers only 5 weeks to complete the reporting. ...more
Hot off the press on Equal Pay Day (the day that symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year) OFCCP has released a new compensation directive. Directive 2022-01: Pay Equity...more
In 2021, the workforce continued adapting to an evolving global pandemic, increasingly consequential social movements and a dramatic shift in employment policy ushered in by a change of leadership at the federal level.
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2/23/2022
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Class Action ,
Construction Workers ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Privacy ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Foreign Workers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Manufacturers ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
OSHA ,
Pay Transparency ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Remote Working ,
Technology Sector ,
Vaccinations ,
Wage and Hour ,
WARN Act ,
Workplace Safety
As the calendar turns over and employers start preparing for 2022, the annual EEO-1 reporting obligation may or may not be on the top of the “To-Do” list, and understandably so.
However, it should be. The EEOC has...more
The EEOC has announced that the EEO-1 reporting portal will not accept 2019 or 2020 EEO-1 reports after November 15, 2021. The deadline to file was October 25, 2021. Despite a year filled with challenges and delays brought...more
In the flurry of activity surrounding President Biden’s Executive Order 14042 – Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, federal contractors are also awaiting approval of regulations to implement...more
The EEOC has announced on its EEO-1 Data Collection website that it has, again, extended the deadline for filing EEO-1 Reports this year—this time to October 25. Employers still rushing to finalize and upload their 2019 and...more
On June 11, 2021 the U.S. Senate failed to approve advancement of the latest iteration of the Paycheck Fairness Act. In a procedural cloture vote that fell along party lines the Act fell short of receiving the required 60...more
Today, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado issued a long-awaited ruling on a motion to enjoin the recently enacted Colorado Pay Equity Transparency Rules.
These rules were first proposed in...more
President Joseph Biden has fulfilled a promise to significantly increase the minimum wage for federal contractor workers working “on or in connection with” a covered federal contract. He has issued an executive order raising...more
As previewed, on April 27, 2021 President Biden issued an Executive Order directing the minimum wage for certain federal contractors be increased to $15 per hour. The Executive Order on Increasing the Minimum Wage for...more
The White House has released a Fact Sheet detailing an expected Executive Order from President Biden raising the minimum wage for certain federal contractors to $15 an hour by March 2022. The new executive order will expand...more
As anticipated EEOC has announced the opening of the 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 data collection portal today. The deadline for submission will be Monday, July 19, 2021. As a reminder, employers are to submit only Component 1 (race...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) made the long-awaited announcement that this year’s EEO-1 collection would open April 26, 2021, and close on July 19, 2021.
Employers with at least 100 employees, and...more
OFCCP has updated the annual veteran benchmark for 2021. The new benchmark is now set at 5.6%. This is down 0.1% from last year’s mark of 5.7%. The OFCCP relies on the annual national percentage of veterans in the civilian...more
EEOC has finally announced the opening date for the collection of 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 data. The portal is slated to open April 26 and employers will have until July 19, 2021 to file both years reports. The agency has...more
In an announcement (EEOCdata.org) that flew under the radar and has, yet, to appear on the EEO-1 reporting webpage, or EEOC’s home page, EEOC now says the filing deadline will be in sometime in July. When in July? EEOC had...more
State legislatures continue to pass laws designed to enhance pay equity and transparency, with the laws of California and Colorado effective in 2021. The California law requires employee pay data reporting by race and gender,...more
3/4/2021
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DFEH ,
EEO-1 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Fines ,
Job Applicants ,
Job Promotions ,
Out-of-State Employees ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Transparency ,
Remote Working ,
Wage and Hour ,
Written Notice
As we are preparing for a change in leadership at OFCCP, the Agency has published its first Section 503 Focused Reviews Annual Report and issued Section 503 Certificates of Merit. As many are aware, OFCCP Director Craig...more
Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act goes into effect on January 1, 2021, and applies to all entities with at least one employee in Colorado, including public bodies, schools, and private individuals. Beginning January,...more
As anticipated, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) issued an Interpretive & Formal Opinion (INFO) – “Transparency in Pay and Opportunities for Promotion and Advancement”. While the INFO is helpful in some...more
We have learned that the Colorado Department of Labor & Employment anticipates publishing next week additional guidance on the Equal Pay Transparency rules’ promotional posting requirements. In response to a request for...more
As anticipated, on December 7, 2020, OFCCP published on its Website a lengthy final rule clarifying the religious exemption found at Section 204(3) of Executive Order (EO) 11246 and codified at 41 C.F.R. 60-1.5(a)(5) (the...more
12/8/2020
/ Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Burwell v Hobby Lobby ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Espinoza v Montana Department of Revenue ,
Federal Contractors ,
Final Rules ,
Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v Pennsylvania ,
Masterpiece Cakeshop ,
OFCCP ,
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v Morrissey-Berru ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Religious Exemption ,
Subcontractors ,
Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia Inc. v Comer ,
Wage and Hour
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) issued its final Equal Pay Transparency Rules (EPT Rules) on November 10, 2020, with additional information on job and promotional postings. The EPT Rules go into effect...more
11/13/2020
/ Colorado ,
Compensation ,
Employee Benefits ,
Equal Pay ,
Final Rules ,
Job Promotions ,
Pay Transparency ,
Posting Requirements ,
Remote Working ,
State Labor Laws ,
Temporary Employees ,
Wage and Hour
Public support for like Black Lives Matter and the #MeToo movement has risen to prominence in recent months. But many advocates say more can and needs to be done. They are calling for action — in the form of pay equity for...more