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October 16, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Highlights From CWC’s 2024 Compliance, Diversity, and Inclusion Conference

The Center for Workplace Compliance, our affiliated nonprofit membership association, held its 2024 Compliance, Diversity, and Inclusion (CD&I) Conference in Reston, Va., on October 2 and 3. Representatives from member and prospective member companies engaged with CWC staff during several sessions. Session topics included: "A New Risk Landscape for Compliance and Diversity Programs,” about some employers’ reshaping of their CD&I...
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October 16, 2024
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Category: Discrimination and Harassment

CWC’s Harassment Prevention Primer and Checklist

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, is pleased to present an updated version of its primer on preventing workplace harassment. The primer explains the definition of sexual harassment and describes various scenarios under which an employer may be held liable for actions by an employee’s supervisor or co-worker, or by a customer or vendor. It...
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October 15, 2024
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Category: Government Contracts

USDA Finalizes Procurement Revisions Without Controversial Blacklisting Provisions

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has amended the Agriculture Acquisition Regulation (AGAR) to align with changes to acquisition law, regulations, and internal USDA policies. The USDA’s final rule takes effect November 6, 2024. Notably, the rule does not include controversial blacklisting provisions that USDA had twice proposed previously. The blacklisting provisions, which CWC opposed, would have required USDA contractors to certify compliance...
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October 10, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

Construction Contractors Must Submit Monthly Reports

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has received approval to collect monthly reports from construction contractors detailing the number of their employees and their work hours by race/ethnicity, sex, and construction trade, although the agency has not yet announced when it will begin the monthly collection. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved use of the...
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October 10, 2024
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Category: ADA

U.S. Supreme Court Set To Hear Four Employment-Related Cases During New Term

The U.S. Supreme Court began its 2024-2025 term this week with several employment law cases on its docket: Stanley v. City of Sanford—This case concerns a disabled retiree’s challenge under the Americans with Disabilities Act of a change in retiree benefits that occurred more than 20 years ago. E.M.D. Sales v. Carrera—This case concerns the Fair Labor Standards Act’s exemption...
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October 09, 2024
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Category: Agency Enforcement

OFCCP Enforcement Regime Is Unconstitutional, Contractor Argues

A janitorial contractor has sued to challenge the enforcement process of the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas is expected to make an initial ruling by the end of the month. DOL’s administrative enforcement process would change significantly if ABM Industry Groups succeeds in getting the court to...
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October 08, 2024
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Category: State and Local Law

CWC’s Reminder About State Voting Leave Laws

With election season approaching, companies should be aware that more than half of states have laws that give employees the right to take time off from work to vote. However, states vary on issues such as whether the leave must be paid or unpaid; the type of notice, if any, that the employee must give; and how much time must...
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October 02, 2024
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Category: Compensation

DOL Announces Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Rates To Increase on January 1, 2025

The minimum wage rates for work performed on some government contracts will increase January 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor announced September 30, 2024. The rate on government contracts subject to President Obama’s Executive Order 13658—which governs government contracts entered into, renewed, or with options exercised before January 30, 2022—will increase from $12.90 to $13.30. The rate on contracts...
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October 02, 2024
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Category: Immigration

USCIS Provides Automatic 36-Month Extension for Green Card Renewals

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is lengthening the automatic extension period of Permanent Resident Cards (“Green Cards”) to 36 months for lawful permanent residents who file a timely application for renewal (Form I-90). An employee will be able to use an expired Green Card and a Form I-90 receipt notice to verify continued employment authorization on the Form I-9....
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September 30, 2024
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Category: State and Local Law

CWC Interstate: September 2024 Update

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, presents its latest Interstate memo, which covers developments since August. Several state workplace laws will take effect January 1, 2025. These include: Illinois SB 3646, which limits the hours and occupations for workers under age 16 and requires adult supervision and 30-minute meal breaks after five consecutive hours. California AB 3234,...
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