On May 19, 2025, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum launching the “Civil Rights Fraud Initiative” (the “CRFI”). The CRFI outlines how individuals can pursue claims against federally funded...more
On the first day of President Trump’s second administration, he signed the Ending Racial and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing Executive Order. This order provides direction to eliminate any and all Diversity,...more
2/13/2025
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Since 1965, federal contractors have been required to take affirmative action to ensure that they are not discriminating against employees. The affirmative action requirement stemmed from an executive order (11246) issued...more
1/23/2025
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Employers with more than 100 employees and federal contractors are probably more than familiar with the EEO-1 reporting requirements, but those requirements are about to change. On July 13, 2016, the Equal Employment...more
On June 14, 2016, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) released its updated final rule regarding sex/gender discrimination. The stated purpose of the update was to revise OFCCP’s decades old guidance...more
The United States Department Labor recently issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to enforce President Obama’s September 2015 Executive Order establishing paid sick leave for federal contractors. Now that we have been able...more