News & Analysis as of August 7, 2025

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Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings. less -

DOJ Doubles Down on DEI and Antidiscrimination Obligations for Recipients of Federal Funds

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/4/2025

The U.S. Department of Justice recently issued a memorandum providing additional clarity and guidance on DEI-related programs and policies. The memo emphasizes that federally funded entities may not make decisions—such as...more

OFCCP Proposes New Scheduling Letter Increasing the Documentation Federal Contractors Must Provide in Audits

Polsinelli on 11/23/2022

On November 21, 2022, OFCCP proposed a new Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing that will greatly increase the amount and specificity of documents and information that federal government contractors must provide in...more

OFCCP Issues Summer Guidance on Affirmative Action Certification Requirement for Federal Contractors

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 9/13/2022

As most federal contractors are likely aware, this year marked the first year when covered entities were required to certify compliance with their annual affirmative action plan requirement using the new Contractor Portal of...more

OFCCP Releases 2022 VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark

Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance... on 4/7/2022

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) has released its 2022 Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (“VEVRAA”) benchmark. Effective March 31, 2022, the new benchmark is 5.5%, a slight decrease...more

July 2020: The Top 17 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 8/4/2020

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

OFCCP Issues Technical Assistance Guide for Educational Institutions and Trains its Sights on the Tenure Selection Process

Polsinelli on 10/21/2019

Maintaining its recent focus on compliance issues particular to educational institutions, OFCCP published a technical assistance guide for educational institutions on October 11, 2019. The guide follows a flurry of OFCCP...more

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