Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Will the State Attorneys General and Other State Agencies Fill the Void Left by the CFPB?
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Alan Kaplinsky’s “Fireside Chat” with Matthew J. Platkin, New Jersey Attorney General
DE Under 3: FAR Council Seeks to Require Federal Contractors to Report First-Tier Subcontractor Information, Including Potentially Executive Compensation Data
DE Under 3: OMB Announced Finalized Overhaul to Federal Race & Ethnicity Data Collection Standards
DE Under 3: OFCCP Resurrects Proposal for Monthly CC-257 Employment Utilization Reports for Construction Contractors
DE Under 3: FAR Council Submitted for OMB Approval Proposed Rule on “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting”
DE Under 3: Surprises Lurk Throughout OMB's 2023 Spring Regulatory Agenda
DE Under 3: OFCCP’s Controversial “Pre-Enforcement Notice & Conciliation Procedures” Final Rule Coming Soon
DE Under 3: President Biden Issued "Modernizing Regulatory Review" Executive Order
DE Under 3: OMB’s Initial Proposal to Overhaul Federal Race & Ethnicity Data Collections
DE Under 3: OMB Publishes Its Fall 2022 Regulatory Agenda
DE Under 3: Big Changes Coming to OFCCP's Supply & Service Contractor ICRs
DE Under 3: Employment Poster Requirements & the U.S. DOJ’s First-Ever Criminal Anti-Trust Prosecution
DE Under 3: Data Gathering & Data Delivery
DE Under 3: New Data Collection Burdens, NLRB’s Ruling Regarding Union Election Dismissals, and OMB’s Tech Modernization Fund
Biden’s Modernizing Regulatory Review – A New Paradigm?
DoD Cyber: A Conversation with Melissa Vice, COO for DoD’s Vulnerability Disclosure Program
Is it the End of the EB-5 World as We Know it? How to Prepare for Potential Changes
I-14: Update on EEO-1 and I-9 Forms, Employer Obligations After a Hurricane or Other Natural Disaster, and Attorney Jason Barsanti on Meal and Rest Breaks
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has officially opened the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection portal as of today, May 20, 2025. All private-sector employers with 100 or more employees are now able to...more
On April 15, 2025, EEOC submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for “non-substantive” changes to the 2024 EEO-1 data collections. Those changes were approved by OMB on May 12th. Given the approval, it...more
On May 12, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the 2024 EEO-1 Instruction Booklet submitted by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) without changes....more
Last month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) submitted a proposed 2024 EEO-1 instruction booklet to the Office of Management and Budget. If the proposal is approved, the EEO-1 reporting period will begin...more
On April 15, 2025, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) submitted a “non-substantive” Information Collection Request (“ICR”) to the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) for approval ahead of its 2024 data...more
Each year companies across the United States await the EEOC portal opening date so that they can manage and plan their resources to meet the deadline to file their EEO-1 form—a report required by the Equal Employment...more
The EEO-1 Report is an annual filing required by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that provides a summary of an employer’s workforce demographics. The Report includes information on a company’s workforce...more
On April 15, 2025, in response to Executive Order 14168, Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government, the EEOC filed an Information Collection Request (ICR) with OMB...more
On April 15th, 2025, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) submitted its proposed 2024 EEO-1 instruction booklet via an Information Collection Review submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs...more
The 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection appears to be moving forward, according to documents recently submitted for approval by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). According to the proposed 2024 EEO-1...more
In the spirit of “spooky season,” the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has been “haunting” federal construction contractors with new compliance burdens. With the resurrection...more
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has given final approval to a monthly data collection from construction companies. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) had requested this data collection in...more
As organizations are preparing and filing the 2023 EEO-1 Data Collection reports, (deadline is June 4th) there’s a change on the horizon for future reporting. For the first time in over twenty-five years, in March, 2024 the...more
As we continue our series on OFCCP’s Supply and Service Contractors Technical Assistance Guide (“TAG”), this post reviews the TAG’s section covering requirements and components in an Executive Order 11246 affirmative action...more
On March 28, 2024, the White House Office of Management and Budget issued new guidance on the collection of race and ethnicity data by federal agencies. OMB revised Statistical Policy Directive (SPD) 15, which is labelled...more
The EEOC recently announced that the 2023 EEO-1 data collection period will open on April 30, 2024. Employers with 100 or more employees must report data about their workforce, including job category and sex and race or...more
The Office of Management and Budget updated the federal government’s standards for maintaining, collecting, and presenting information on race and ethnicity. The government’s standards for classifying race and ethnicity...more
As 2023 ends, despite the visions of sugar plums dancing in your head, it is a good time to take stock of government initiatives affecting your Affirmative Action practice, the better to get ready for 2024. Many things...more
As we move closer to the October 31, 2023, opening date of the 2022 EEO-1 filing platform, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued an updated instruction booklet and set of answers to frequently...more
On September 8, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released a list of 1,000 establishments for supply and service federal contractors selected to receive advance audit notices known as Corporate...more
Congress Returns, Eyes Finish Line. The U.S. Senate reconvened this week following its August recess. Meanwhile, members of the U.S. House of Representatives continued to hit the snooze alarm, as they will return to their...more
The EEOC has announced that the long-delayed 2022 EEO-1 reporting period will finally open on October 31, 2023. The deadline for filing will be December 5, 2023....more
Finally! After considerable delay, and approval from the Office of Management and Budget, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that the portal for 2022 EEO-1 Reports would open on October 31, 2023....more
Earlier this month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC)’s request was approved to renew a slightly streamlined version of its EEO-1 data collection form. This was expected, as EEOC (like other government...more
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, private sector employers with 100 or more employees and certain federal contractors with 50 or more employees are required to provide demographic information of their...more