On March 11, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its annual performance report on fiscal year (FY) 2023. The report showed the agency recovered $665M in FY2023, more than $150M more than the...
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Almost all of our ancestors, from all around the world, had a common dismissal of the boisterous promise followed by a pitiful result: “The mountain labored and gave birth to a mouse!” Or perhaps we should quote...
The latest iteration of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) independent contractor regulation was scheduled to become effective on March 11, 2024, ending this phase of one of the longest, most convoluted regulatory conflicts...
In 1937, in the midst of the U.S. Supreme Court’s battles with the New Deal and the “court-packing” controversy, the Court heard a case questioning the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). At...
During the Biden administration, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a series of decisions that remade the field of labor law for all employers, regardless of union status. In a group of precedent...
Corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs continue to face new challenges after the Supreme Court’s decision last year banning explicit use of race in admissions to higher education—SFFA v. Harvard/UNC...
The latest litigation against President Joe Biden’s federal contractor minimum wage was heard by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on February 6, 2024. The litigation is one of three separate lawsuits challenging the...
On January 30, 2024, the Biden administration published a proposed regulation to prohibit federal contractors and subcontractors from using job applicants’ prior salary history when setting pay and to require federal...
In a recent interview, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) General Counsel Karla Gilbride argued the damage limitations on employees’ recovery under federal employment discrimination laws are “morally...
The dispiriting events in Congress during these last weeks have revealed just how miserably our legislative branch has performed. And with government shutdowns looming, there is every reason to believe things are going...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s new session will be one of the most significant and challenging in its history. In a single term, the Court will weigh issues that will determine the nature of the presidential election, the...
As the 118th Congress enters its second year, it faces many challenges, beginning with the threat of yet another government shutdown. Here’s a rundown of recent activity that gives an indication of what you can expect...
On January 9, 2024, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued its long-awaited regulation “Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act.” The new rule...
According to the Department of Labor (DOL), recent years have seen an enormous increase in the amount of child labor violations within the United States. For example, the DOL found child labor violations affecting 5,792...
On December 23, 2023, the U.S. District Court of Northern District of California held that EEO-1 reports are not protected from release under exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The court in Center for...