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April 02, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Federal Judge Temporarily Stops DOL From Enforcing Part of Executive Orders’ Anti-DEI Provisions

A federal judge on March 27 temporarily stopped the U.S. Labor Department from implementing parts of President Trump’s executive orders relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The temporary restraining order from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois concerns: the certification provision in E.O. 14173, which requires grant recipients to certify that they do not operate any...
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April 02, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

CWC’s Guide for “Winding Down” Executive Order 11246 Compliance Requirements

The Center for Workplace Compliance, our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has issued a guide to help federal contractors wind down the affirmative action programs they implemented to comply with the now-rescinded Executive Order 11246. The guide follows a March 24 announcement from OFCCP Director Catherine Eschbach that OFCCP will use all enforcement options to ensure that federal contractors have wound...
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April 02, 2025
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Category: Compliance Tools

CWC’s Updated EEO/AA Union Notification Template

The Center for Workplace Compliance, our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has updated its union notification template to reflect the rescission of E.O. 11246. CWC members that are federal contractors can use this template to notify covered union officials or employee representatives of the employer’s equal opportunity and affirmative action policies and to request their cooperation. OFCCP regulations implementing Section 503...
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April 01, 2025
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Category: Immigration

New CWC Guide to ICE I-9 Audits and Workplace Raids

In light of the Trump Administration’s focus on immigration enforcement, the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has updated its guide to I-9 audits and immigration-related workplace raids. CWC’s guide is intended to help members prepare for and respond to audits and workplace raids by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The 1986 Immigration Reform and...
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March 31, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

FY 2024 EEOC Enforcement Stats Show Increased Charge Filings Overall, Retaliation Most Prevalent

For the third year in a row, there was a notable increase in the number of discrimination charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Allegations of unlawful retaliation again led the way. EEOC received 88,531 charges alleging employment discrimination, a 9% increase from the year before, according to fiscal year 2024 statistics posted on EEOC’s website. Charges alleging retaliation, totaling...
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March 27, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

President Trump Renominates Andrea Lucas to Second Term on EEOC

On March 24, President Trump nominated Andrea Lucas, a Republican, to a second five-year term as a Commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Ms. Lucas joined the EEOC in 2020 after President Trump nominated her during his first term. He elevated her to Acting Chair of the EEOC at the beginning of his current term in January. If the...
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March 25, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Catherine Eschbach Appointed New OFCCP Director, Immediately Announces New Investigations

The Trump Administration has appointed Catherine Eschbach to be the Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. In this role, she will oversee OFCCP’s transition to its new scope of mission, the Labor Department announced. On her first day, Ms. Eschbach emailed OFCCP employees that the agency would begin investigating federal contractors’ employment practices. “Most of what OFCCP...
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March 25, 2025
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Category: State and Local Law

CWC Interstate: February/March 2025 Update

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has issued an update of state and local workplace requirements. Many developments relate to wage and hour topics: Michigan SB 8 increased the state’s minimum wage to $12.48. It will continue to increase annually until reaching $15 in 2027, after which it will be adjusted annually for inflation. Michigan HB 4002 implemented employer-friendly...
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March 24, 2025
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

CWC’s Updated 2022 EEO-1 Benchmark Tables

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, is pleased to provide its members with an updated set of labor market benchmarking tables incorporating the latest headcount data from the 2022 EEO-1 filing cycle. The 2022 EEO-1 Tabulations have been loaded into CWC’s Data Center. A comparison of the 2022 data with 2021 data and 2018’s pre-pandemic data...
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March 24, 2025
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Category: FLSA

Another Challenge to Biden Administration Independent Contractor Rule Dismissed

The Biden-era independent contractor rule has withstood yet another challenge, so it remains in effect, although the Trump Administration may eventually revisit this rule. Littman v. U.S. Department of Labor involves two freelance writers who challenged the Labor Department’s 2024 independent contractor rule. The rule applies a six-part economic reality test that makes it more likely that workers will be...
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