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[Webinar] Summer 2025 Update: Affirmative Action for Federal Contractors - July 23rd, 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT

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The first half of 2025 brought unprecedented changes for federal contractors seeking to comply with federal affirmative action requirements. The rescission of Executive Order 11246 via Executive Order 14173 upended decades of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

AI, Government Contractors, and Employment Discrimination

Increasingly, companies use AI to evaluate job applications and make interviewing or hiring decisions. However, government contractors who use artificial intelligence to evaluate job applications should ensure that the AI not...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Department of Labor, Including OFCCP, Continues Work on Guidance and “Promising Practices” Regarding Artificial Intelligence

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The Acting Director of OFCCP and the Solicitor of Labor indicated that they are moving full speed ahead on developing guidance regarding employers’ use of artificial intelligence, and that the Department of Labor is working...more

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[Webinar] 2024 Expert Summit for Employment Attorneys - February 28th, 2:30 pm EST

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DCI Consulting is excited to present its second annual Expert Summit for Employment Attorneys. DCI is providing this Expert Summit as a service to the legal community. The webinars that comprise the Expert Summit will focus...more

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DOL Increases Focus on Employment Discrimination and Levies Financial Penalties for Federal Government Contractors

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In recent months, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has increased its focus on and enforcement of anti-discrimination laws among federal government contractors, announcing large penalties against federal government...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

[Webinar] How to Spot Hidden Discrimination in Recruiting - May 4th, 9:00 am PT

Most employers strive for a recruitment process that is free of discrimination, both for legal purposes and because it’s the right thing to do. But confirming your process provides equal employment opportunity isn’t always...more

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Countdown to OFCCP Compliance Verification: The Who, What, Where, When & Why of the Registration Process

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March 30, 2022 is the deadline for federal contractors, including subcontractors, to register in OFCCP’s recently launched Contractor Portal. Beginning March 31, contractors will have until June 30 to verify compliance with...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Federal Government’s “Ban the Box” Policy in Effect

The federal government is the latest employer to adopt fair chance hiring requirements for certain parts of its workforce and contractors. The goal being to assist qualified workers with a criminal history to compete for...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

[Webinar] Section 503 and Beyond - November 30th, 11:00 am CDT

Section 503 Compliance and Beyond will focus on how inclusion leads to compliance and generates employee and customer loyalty. Learning Objectives: - Learn how inclusion leads to compliance. - Learn from other...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

The Fair Chance Act: Federal Contractors and Federal Agencies Will Have to Ban the Box

Federal government contractors will need to be aware of the Fair Chance Act, a recently enacted statute that is scheduled to go into effect on December 20, 2021.  The Act is a “ban-the-box” law that prohibits covered...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Federal Contractors To Be Limited On Criminal Background Checks

Private employers with federal contracts will soon be prohibited from requesting criminal history information from candidates at the onset of the hiring process; instead, they will have to wait until after an offer is made....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Ban-the-Box Reaches Federal Civilian and Defense Contractors

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 17, 2019, Congress passed "The Fair Chance To Compete for Jobs Act of 2019" (the “Act”) as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. ...more

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New Federal Fair Chance Act Applies to Federal Contractors and Agencies

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On December 20, 2020, the president signed legislation, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020, which includes the federal Fair Chance Act (“the Act”).  The Act prohibits federal contractors that...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Weekly Update Newsletter - January 2019 #4

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING - As reported in a Nextgov article, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Chief Procurement Officer Soraya Correa issued a special notice extending the due dates for all unamended acquisition...more

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The Employment Law Authority - November/December 2016

Court Upholds Employer’s Dreadlock Ban Finds Grooming Policy Did Not Violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act - A federal appellate court recently held that an employer’s policy banning dreadlocks did not constitute...more

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How Much Do You Make? – New OFCCP Regulations Protect Employee And Job Applicant Discussions on Compensation

Happy New Year from your friends at the OFCCP. This week brings the enforcement of requirements stated under Executive Order 13665, which prohibits federal contractors from discriminating or otherwise conducting adverse...more

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OFCCP Expands The Available Languages For Its Complaint Form

On August 3, 2015, the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) released its employment discrimination complaint form in five additional languages. The complaint form, which is available on OFCCP’s website,...more

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