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March 27, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

EEOC’s EEO-1 Filing Instructions Indicate No Changes from Last Year

The process for filing 2023 EEO-1 Reports apparently will be the same as it was for filing 2022 reports, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) website indicates. An updated Instruction Booklet and Data File Upload Specifications posted by the agency on its EEO-1 website indicate that the 2023 filing protocols and data specifications are unchanged from last year. The online portal for filing 2023...
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March 26, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Eleventh Circuit Rules Florida’s “Stop WOKE Act” Cannot Be Enforced Against DEI Training

Florida still cannot enforce its Individual Freedom Act, nicknamed the “Stop WOKE Act,” after a federal appeals court upheld a federal district court’s preliminary injunction. In Honeyfund v. Florida, 11th Cir. (March 4, 2024), a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the preliminary injunction granted by the U.S. District Court for the Northern...
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March 26, 2024
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Category: Appropriations

Congress Flat Funds OFCCP, NLRB and Other Workplace Regulators for Rest of FY 2024

Congress and the White House have finally reached a spending deal, six months after the government’s 2024 fiscal year began, with the approval of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (H.R. 2882). This legislation funds a large portion of the government—including the Department of Labor (DOL) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)—through September 30, 2024. It follows an earlier...
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March 26, 2024
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Category: Immigration

FY 2025 H-1B Lottery Done, Increased Fees Scheduled to Go Into Effect

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agency that administers the nation’s immigration system, closed the H1-B visa lottery for fiscal year 2025 on March 25, 2024. Beginning April 1, selected petitioners are eligible to file an H-1B cap-subject petition (Form I-129) for beneficiaries to begin working October 1, 2024. The new Form I-129 (OMB No. 1615-0009,...
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March 25, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

DOL Formally Asks OMB To Extend VETS-4212 Form for Three More Years, Without Change

The Labor Department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) has formally requested permission from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to continue using the current version of the VETS-4212 form for another three years. The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, supports DOL-VETS’ request. Covered federal contractors must file a VETS-4212 form annually...
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March 21, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

EEOC Releases Data Dashboard of “Component 2” Pay Data to Public

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has made available to the public a new Data Dashboard based on data that the agency collected from employers for calendar years 2017 and 2018. The dashboard allows users to review and sort aggregate EEO-1 Component 2 pay band data. EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows said the release of the Component 2 aggregated data can illuminate...
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March 20, 2024
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Category: Diversity/Equity/Inclusion

CWC’s 2024 Workplace Equity Policy Conference Highlights

The 2024 Workplace Equity Policy Conference hosted by the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, featured interactive sessions with Charlotte Burrows, Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; and Michelle Hodge, Acting Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. The program’s 10 substantive sessions included presentations by Burrows and Hodge as well as by...
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March 19, 2024
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Category: Appropriations

Biden FY 2025 Budget Proposal Seeks More Money for Workplace Enforcement Agencies

President Biden has submitted the Administration’s budget request for fiscal year 2025 to Congress. It calls for significant funding increases for the EEOC and other workplace regulatory agencies for FY 2025, which covers the period October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025. It also proposes major policy changes, such as a paid family leave program and big increases in penalties...
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March 18, 2024
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Category: Agency Enforcement

DOJ Announces New “Bounty Hunter” Pilot Program for Corporate Whistleblowers

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will launch a pilot program later this year that will award monetary bounties to corporate whistleblowers that are not otherwise eligible for cash rewards under federal law. The focus will be on encouraging whistleblowing related to allegations of foreign corruption. DOJ’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (MLARS) will spearhead the pilot program. Acting...
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March 13, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

OFCCP Intends To Expand Burdensome Construction Contractor Scheduling Letter, Form CC-314

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced that it wants to expand the scheduling letter and itemized listing by which it notifies federal construction contractors of a compliance audit. OFCCP also intends to add reporting items to Form CC-314, the Construction Contract Award Notification Requirement. These developments are consistent with the agency’s increased scrutiny of federal...
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