May 25, 2023
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Category: Talent Acquisition and Management

CWC Comments to FTC Urge Withdrawal of Controversial Non-Compete Proposal

Our affiliated non-profit association, the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) filed written comments with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging the agency to withdraw its proposed rule that, if implemented, effectively would ban non-compete agreements between most employers and their employees. Because the agency appears committed to moving forward, however, we also recommended ways to narrow the ban’s scope, such...
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April 17, 2023
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

New York City Issues AI Bias Audit Law Implementing Regulations, Sets July 5 Effective Date

New York City, through its Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), has published long-awaited Final Rules implementing the city’s first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence (AI) bias audit law, Local Law 144 of 2021. DCWP will begin enforcing the law on July 5, 2023. The AI bias audit law prohibits covered employers from using an artificial intelligence tool to screen a candidate or employee for a...
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April 03, 2023
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

OFCCP Resets Annual Vets Hiring Benchmark at 5.4%

The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has updated its annual Vets Hiring Benchmark to 5.4%, down from 5.5% in 2022. The annual benchmark, essentially the national percentage of veterans in the civilian labor force, is the measure that most federal contractors use as their protected veterans hiring benchmark for complying with OFCCP’s affirmative action regulations under...
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