http://www.elinfonet.com/fedindex/1 Employment law articles discussing topics related to affirmative action. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:11:14 EST en-us http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=8690 Article: 8690 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Jackson Lewis has learned that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs will continue using Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs). Patricia Shiu, OFCCP’s new Director, has shared that OFCCP will send CSALs to federal contractors at least for the current OFCCP fiscal year, which runs from October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=8606 Article: 8606 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Jackson Lewis has learned that the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has made several key leadership changes at the Agency: http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=8480 Article: 8480 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) In Humphries v. Pulaski County Special Sch. Dist., decided by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on September 3, 2009, a white public school administrator was repeatedly denied promotion to assistant principal, allegedly because of the school district's affirmative action program and policies that favored promotion of African-American employees. Because the school district was legally compelled to engage in affirmative action efforts as part of a Consent Decree with the EEOC to remedy past discrimination against African Americans, the school district argued that its efforts to implement its court-approved affirmative action program could not be held against it. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=8417 Article: 8417 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) A recent announcement by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) that Gerber Products Company will pay $900,000 to settle findings of hiring discrimination against 1,912 rejected minority and female applicants may be a reflection of the increased aggressiveness that has been promised by the agency. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis stated that the settlement "should put all federal contractors on notice that the Labor Department is serious about eliminating systemic discrimination." http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=8403 Article: 8403 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) For current and prospective federal contractors, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the "Stimulus Package," offers significant economic opportunity amid the current recession. Yet, acceptance of stimulus funds will require significant compliance with employment laws related to federal contracting, especially in light of the government's renewed focus on enforcement and oversight. Thus, this Report is designed to provide employers with a one-of-a-kind comprehensive compliance guide of the various employment laws. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=8380 Article: 8380 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Compliance with equal employment opportunity and affirmative action requirements for federal contractors and subcontractors is more important now than ever, with a new director, reorganized department and increased enforcement efforts by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). This Alert highlights some of the recent developments affecting federal contractors and subcontractors. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=8369 Article: 8369 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that Patricia Shiu is the Obama Administration’s choice to be the next Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. For the past several years, Ms. Shiu has been the Vice President of Programs at the Legal Aid Society of San Francisco’s Employment Law Center. Since joining the Center in 1983, Ms. Shiu, an attorney, has focused primarily on employment discrimination cases, particularly those involving race, gender, disability and sexual orientation discrimination. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=8367 Article: 8367 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Patricia A. Shiu has been appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor to head the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. She is currently Vice President for Programs at the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center in San Francisco, where she has worked for 25 years. Shiu has zealously advocated for women’s rights in the workplace and helped draft legislation that led to the enactment of California’s Family Rights Act, which provides for leave rights similar to those in the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, and the more-recent California Paid Family Leave Act. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=8339 Article: 8339 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) As part of the Obama administration's commitment to accountability in spending under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the federal Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) will be tracking its ARRA-related and non-ARRA-related enforcement activities separately and aggressively auditing recipients of ARRA funds. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=8313 Article: 8313 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) As part of the Obama administration's commitment to accountability in spending under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the federal Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) will be tracking its ARRA-related and non-ARRA-related enforcement activities separately and aggressively auditing recipients of ARRA funds.