Labor & Employment Law Update

On September 30, 2014, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the OFCCP’s revised scheduling letter and itemized listing.  As a result, OFCCP is no longer using the previous versions of these documents to schedule compliance evaluations.   The OFCCP states that it will not schedule supply and service […]

On July 21, 2014, President Obama signed an executive order extending workplace protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (“LGBT”) Americans in the federal contracting workforce. Executive Order (“EO”) 11246 already protects workers employed by or seeking jobs with federal contractors and subcontractors from discrimination on the basis of race, […]

The OFCCP has been busy. On September 15, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) announced a proposed rule that would prohibit federal contractors from maintaining pay secrecy policies (similar to the current obligations under the National Labor Relations Act). Under the terms of […]

On August 6, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a proposal to collect summary data on how federal contractors and subcontractors pay their employees. The proposed rule comes in response to President Obama’s April 8, 2014 directive instructing the Secretary of Labor to propose a rule within 120 days […]

In response to an increasing number of employers facing litigation arising from their employment practices, the insurance industry began offering Employment Practices Liability Insurance (“EPLI”) in the 1990s. While EPLI policies vary, most include basic protection for employers facing lawsuits alleging discrimination or wrongful termination. Although rare, such lawsuits can […]