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Executive Agencies Confirm Demise of OFCCP and Identify Private Sector Enforcement Targets

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Labor released their 2026 Congressional Budget Justifications (CBJ) on May 30, 2025, providing valuable information related to the EEOC’s enforcement...more

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President Trump Issues Sweeping Executive Orders Aimed at DEI

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In his inaugural address on Monday, January 20, 2025, President Trump declared, “We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based.” In the days that followed, President Trump has proceeded to issue a series of...more

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Hiring: Throw a Wider Net for Bottom Line and Commonwealth

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We are just beginning to move into what we hope will be a “post-COVID” world.  At the same time, responding to race-related tragedies, companies are struggling with how to address the structural inequities infecting our...more

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Federal Contractors Should Be on the Lookout for Change in 2021, But Plan for Now

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Commentators are speculating on how quickly the Biden Administration may reverse course on three (3) of 2020’s significant developments at the Office for Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”)...more

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Executive Order Requires Federal Contractors to End Implicit Bias Training or Face Sanctions

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On September 22, 2020, President Trump signed Executive Order 13950 on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping. The new EO's provisions will apply to all federal contractors and subcontractors, as well as to federal agencies, the...more

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Federal Contractors: Key Points In New Executive Order On Combating Race And Sex Stereotyping

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When President Trump issued an executive order on September 22 on “Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping,” the federal contractor community was concerned about what new requirements might be added to their already full plates....more

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Financial Daily Dose 6.8.2020 | Top Story: Bureau of Labor Statistics Admits Massive Undercount of May Jobless Figures

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So about those May jobs numbers . . . . The return of 2.5 million jobs in May was a welcome and largely unexpected surprise. But the Bureau of Labor Statistics admitted later on Friday that the unemployment rate—reported as...more

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OFCCP Announces Three Multimillion Dollar Bias Settlements

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The OFCCP opened the month of October by announcing three multimillion dollar settlements with major government contractors.  The agency entered into early resolution conciliation agreements with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and...more

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Cintas Agrees to Pay $650K to Settle OFCCP Compensation and Hiring Bias Claims

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On August 27, 2019, the Department of Labor announced that government contractor Cintas Corp. has agreed to pay nearly $650,000 to settle claims of sex and race discrimination in its Philadelphia, PA facility and end...more

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