The EEOC and OFCCP have renewed their long-standing Memorandum of Understanding governing information sharing and charge processing, with some important revisions. Our memo explains.

The government’s most recent survey of workplace fatalities, covering 2023, shows a significant decrease in workplace homicides compared to last year, but still within the range we’ve observed over the last decade.

The EEOC released a new fact sheet identifying several ways federal equal employment opportunity laws may apply to employers who collect and use information from wearable devices.

The Biden Administration has published its final regulatory agenda. While largely an academic exercise given the results of November’s election, it demonstrates the administration made little progress on workplace regulatory priorities in the last fe

The Department of Homeland Security recently published the second part of its modernizing H-1B requirements final rule, which is intended to improve the H-1B program’s efficiency while providing more flexibility for petitioners and beneficiaries. The

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our latest update of state and local workplace compliance requirements summarizes developments that have occurred since our last update in October.

With the government scheduled to run out of funding on December 20, Congress again approved a short-term stop-gap measure to keep the doors open through March 28, 2025.

A federal appeals court has vacated the Nasdaq stock market’s board of directors diversity data disclosure rules that had, among other things, required Nasdaq-traded companies to have two diverse directors, or explain why they do not.

Recent settlements between California’s Civil Rights Department and multiple companies over alleged violations of the state’s ban-the-box law remind employers that considering an applicant’s criminal history carries legal risk. CWC encourages members

According to OFCCP’s recently released enforcement data for FY 2024, the number of compliance audits completed hit a new low last year. However, the agency alleged many more violations on the basis of disability and protected veteran status.

A federal district court ruled that the Naval Academy’s use of race in admissions is constitutional, distinguishing the case from last year’s landmark Supreme Court decision in Harvard.

The Labor Department has issued an opinion letter on whether employee expense reimbursements must be included in a regular rate of pay calculation.

The Justice Department’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section published a Fact Sheet that outlines the protections afforded green card holders against discrimination in the workplace.

The Biden Administration appears to be giving up on its attempt to overhaul the regulations governing registered apprenticeship programs, as our memo explains.

OFCCP recently published a guide to help construction contractors understand and prevent harassment in the workplace. Much of the information provided in the FAQ-style guide is applicable to all employers.

The Department of Labor has proposed phasing out a program that allows payment of “subminimum wages” to individuals with disabilities. Comments are due by January 17, 2025, the last business day during the Biden Administration.

A new opinion letter expresses the Labor Department’s view that FMLA leave is available to eligible employees that participate in clinical trials, regardless of whether they receive an experimental treatment or a placebo.

Employers with a federal construction contract or subcontract or federally assisted construction contract or subcontract in excess of $10,000 must submit monthly Form CC-257 reports to OFCCP starting April 15, 2025.

A federal appeals court ruled that President Biden exceeded his authority when he raised the federal contractor minimum wage to $15 per hour. This decision marks growing disagreement between courts regarding the President’s powers under the Procureme

President-elect Trump intends to nominate Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Secretary of Labor, a position that has been vacant since former Secretary Marty Walsh resigned from the position last year.

Our brief argues that Title I of the ADA should be interpreted to allow only qualified individuals to sue for employment discrimination, and that an interpretation otherwise could have serious consequences to both employers and employees.

OFCCP’s latest Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) puts some 2,000 federal contractor entities on notice that they’ve been flagged for an upcoming compliance audit.

A federal district court has vacated the Biden Administration’s rule increasing the minimum salary level to classify a worker as an exempt executive, administrative, or professional employee.

Limited enforcement data reported by the Labor Department under the Fair Labor Standards Act show that DOL recovery of back wages for violations has dropped to its lowest level in a decade.

In light of several recent headlines announcing significant layoffs, we thought this would be a good time to update our guide on compliant reductions-in-force.