House Appropriation Committee Approves a Slew of 2021 Spending Bills. Last week, we updated on the House Appropriations Committee’s work on the Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill, the Legislative Branch...more
7/20/2020
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EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Government Lockdown ,
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Paid Family Leave Law ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
SCOTUS Drops Decisions of Import to Employers. As you may have heard, last week, the Supreme Court of the United States announced decisions in Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of Univ. of Cal., and Bostock v....more
6/24/2020
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
DACA ,
Department of Homeland Security v Regents of the University of California ,
EEOC v RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes ,
ENDA ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
OSHA ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
SCOTUS ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
Legacy of the George Floyd Protests Start to Ripple Into the Workplace.
As the George Floyd protests sweep the nation, a sizable amount of reformative legislation is being introduced into state legislatures. While the...more
6/17/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Courthouses ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Legislative Agendas ,
OSHA ,
Police Brutality ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Protests ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Social Media Policy ,
Unemployment ,
Workplace Safety
An Exercise in Listening: Bipartisan Effort to Revamp the PPP. As we have noted here, here, and here, the PPP is simultaneously the most used and the most contentious provision in the CARES Act. ...more
5/22/2020
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Bonuses ,
CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Essential Workers ,
FEMA ,
Good Faith ,
Legislative Agendas ,
NLRB ,
OSHA ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Trump Administration
Administration Issues Meat-Packing Executive Order Falling Short of Original Plan. On April 28, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled “Executive Order on Delegating Authority under the DPA with Respect to Food...more
5/4/2020
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COBRA ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Farm Animals ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Supply ,
Health Insurance ,
Layoffs ,
OSHA ,
Poultry ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Return-to-Work Agreements ,
Trump Administration ,
WARN Act ,
Workplace Safety
Congress Approves $8.3 Billion Coronavirus Emergency Funding. The Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 6074) is headed for the President’s desk. Among other things, the bill...more
3/16/2020
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China ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crisis Management ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Emergency Response ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Legislative Agendas ,
NLRB ,
Pending Legislation ,
Public Health ,
Sick Leave ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour
Coronavirus and Sick Day Legislation. Hard on the heels of the President’s address yesterday, and the WHO declaration that the Coronavirus is now an international pandemic, there is obviously too much to report that could be...more
All the President’s Budget. As you know, the Trump Administration’s FY2021 budget was submitted to the Congress last week. While effectively only a blueprint for future negotiations with Congress--particularly since it is the...more
2/21/2020
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Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
CW-1 ,
Data Collection ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Budget ,
H-1B ,
H-2A ,
H-2B ,
Immigration Reform ,
Judicial Appointments ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
PERM ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Training ,
Trump Administration
Once. Twice. Three Times for JE. This week, the Administration released its Fall 2019 Regulatory Agenda, which identifies the work expected to be done by the regulatory agencies during the next year. Key among the labor...more
11/27/2019
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) ,
NLRB ,
OSHA ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
USCIS ,
Wage & Hour Division (WHD) ,
Workplace Violence Prevention Programs
Electronic H-2B Notifications Coming Soon. The Departments of Labor and Homeland Security issued a final rule modernizing the recruitment requirements under the H-2B program. Specifically, the Departments have eliminated the...more
11/18/2019
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Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
H-2B ,
Job Ads ,
Minimum Salary ,
Minimum Wage ,
Paid Leave ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Trump Administration
Right of First Refusal EO Revoked. Last week, President Trump issued an Executive Order revoking Executive Order 13495 issued by President Obama in January 2009. EO 13495 required that successor Federal service contractors...more
11/11/2019
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Amicus Briefs ,
Bonuses ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employment Contract ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fluctuating Workweek ,
General Motors ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Labor Regulations ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Military Service Members ,
National Interest Waiver ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
Offensive Language ,
Pending Legislation ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Retirement ,
Right of First Refusal ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Salaried Employees ,
Section 7 ,
TRICARE ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia vacates the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) prior order staying the implementation of the revised EEO-1 Report which required employers to report...more
3/8/2019
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EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
OMB ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Wage and Hour