Revolving Door Rules: What You Need to Know Before Hiring from (or Heading to) Government
Everything Compliance: Episode 151, The What is Illegal DEI Edition
Recruitment in a Changing Federal Landscape
Clocking in with PilieroMazza: Second Chance Initiatives: Hiring Workers with Criminal Histories
Employment Law Now VI-116-Top 10 Employment Issues To Consider For The Summer Kick-Off
DE Under 3: Vaccination Mandates Continuing & Federal Contractor Minimum Wage
DE Under 3: OFCCP Contractor Portal & Request for Comments for Functional Affirmative Action Programs (FAAPs)
DE Under 3: Declining Union Membership & EEOCs First Year Results Under the Biden Administration
#WorkforceWednesday: Employee Privacy and COVID-19, CMS Vaccine Mandate on Hold, Independent Contractor Classification - Employment Law This Week®
The Patchwork of Federal Vaccine Mandates
What Contractors Need to Know About Vaccination Mandates and New “Safer Federal Workforce” Guidance
Construction Contractor Compliance Update: Government Audits, Vax Mandates, and More
#WorkforceWednesday: Preparing for Biden's Vaccine Mandate, Mandate Pushback Begins, NLRA's Reach Expected to Expand - Employment Law This Week®
Challenges and Guidance on Biden's Vaccine Mandate, NY HERO Act Form Updated, Job Application Compliance - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: Biden’s Employer Vaccine Mandate, NY HERO Act Safety Plans, Cannabis Cases - Employment Law This Week®
Alan Chvotkin on Sequestration
On July 28, 2025, the United States Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) issued a memorandum endorsing federal employees expressing their religious beliefs in the workplace. Specifically, OPM Director Scott Kupor instructed...more
This episode of The Employment Law Counselor podcast, in collaboration with the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), dives into recent executive orders which end Federal DEI programs and, among other things,...more
Resistance is building. In his third week in office, President Trump is beginning to meet with resistance to some of his initiatives. Here is the latest. Court blocks voluntary separation program -- at least, until Monday....more
The Beltway Buzz™ is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more
I've been asking this a lot lately. President Trump’s first week of his second term in office was action-packed, as I posted last week. If you thought things would slow down for Week 2, you were mistaken. You may remember...more
The change in presidential administration has had an immediate impact on the diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) space, with President Donald Trump issuing several new executive orders regarding DEI and federal...more
The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a report titled, “The Impact of Age on the Gender Pay Gap in the Federal Sector.” The EEOC examined data on over two million federal...more
On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court held that admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by using...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The EEOC has released technical assistance on preventing workplace harassment in the federal sector. While the guidance does not specifically apply to private employers, it provides important lessons for...more
Hispanic Women and People With Disabilities Show Gains; Retaliation Tops Complaint Bases - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released its Annual Report on the Federal Workforce for...more
Executive Summary: EEOC and OFCCP have issued a new workplace poster, and the end of the year is quickly approaching. Now is the time for federal contractors to start planning for 2023 compliance with OFCCP obligations...more
As we approach the unofficial start to Summer 2022, today's new episode addresses the 10 issues that should be on the radar of all employers....more
Over the past two years, we have heard much about the burden on “caregivers” during the pandemic. Whether it was caring for school age children while school was remote and daycare closed, or caring for elderly family members,...more
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a report on workers age 40 and over in the federal workforce with details regarding pay disparities, the proportion of older workers on staff,...more
Resources - Safer Federal Workforce Task Force Updates Guidance for Federal Contractors - On November 10, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force updated its Guidance for Federal Contractors (“Guidance”). As...more
Substantively moderate, but logistically? Ugh. As I'm sure you all have seen, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration released yesterday its long-awaited Emergency Temporary Standard on COVID-19 vaccinations. ...more
by Rebecca Hudson It’s all over the news this morning that President Biden will begin enforcing his sweeping health mandate January 4, requiring private-sector workers be vaccinated against Covid-19 or be tested weekly. The...more
The implementation of President Biden’s Executive Order 14042: Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors (“EO”) continues to evolve and will likely be refined and updated over the coming weeks and...more
As we reported on Friday, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force complied with Executive Order 14042 (“Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors”) by issuing guidance for federal contractors on...more
Last week, there was a flurry of activity from the Biden Administration regarding vaccine mandates among federal employees, federal contractors, and large employers (100+ employees). Not to be outdone, Virginia implemented...more
On September 9, 2021, the Biden Administration announced its new COVID-19 Action Plan (the “Action Plan”), which outlines a six-pronged approach to combat the pandemic. The wide-ranging Action Plan lays out plans to vaccinate...more
On September 9, 2021, President Biden issued a six-pronged Path Out of the Pandemic (the “Plan”) and Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors (“EO”) that will require certain federal...more
On February 1, the EEOC announced that, due to the partial lapse in appropriations, the EEO-1 survey will open in early March with the deadline for submission of the report extended until May 31, 2019. The EEO-1 is an annual...more
We all know how much HR professionals LOVE to fill out government-mandated forms. One of the forms at the top of the list is the EEO-1 compliance form that must be filled out by companies that have 100 or more employees or...more