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Idle speculation as employers await the actual guidance.

Who knows?

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him get…
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Federal contractor employees, roll up your sleeves!  

New population stats released by U.S. Census Bureau.

This might help employers figure it out.

Contractors’ comp data will soon be in the OFCCP’s…
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Effective October 1, COVID-19 vaccination will be…
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We recently commented that the U.S. Citizenship and…
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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration…
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration…
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And I'm not even talking about sexual harassment.

Not the best news for employers.

This is Part 2 of a two-part series.

In Part 1 of this…
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What should employers be watching for?

The FBI has reported a 400 percent increase in…
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Common sense suggests that once the discipline train…
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Gov. Roy Cooper (D) has signed into law important…
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On July 30, the U.S. Department of Labor published…
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When was the last time you assessed the depth and…
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The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry recently…
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On July 16, a federal judge in Texas vacated the…
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Déjà vu!

For many decades, the Fair Labor Standards Act has…
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Although the motivation behind the Illinois Biometric…
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With the consent of the U.S. Department of Labor, a…
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Here's what's been going on this week.

EEOC takes a stand on bathrooms and gender identity.

Don't rely on it too much -- yet.

Because of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, the…
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The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that…
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UPDATE: (6/17/21) The SCOTUS ruled in the Fulton v…
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Improving diversity -- what's okay and what isn’t?

Happy days are here again!

On May 28, Gov. Charlie Baker (R) signed…
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Mere "misuse" of information is not enough.

... and have been asking about for months.

Just before the Memorial Day holiday, we had a…
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Yes, you read that correctly. We are all implicitly…
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Employers, don't get played.

EDITORS' NOTE: At Constangy, we like to say that DEI is in…
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Can employers breathe easy now?

The federal Occupational Safety and Health…
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Miss Manners should stick to writing about ice cream forks.

When you think about diversity, equity, and inclusion…
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Last week Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed the New York…
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Test your knowledge about FMLA, pregnancy, and more!

Mother’s Day is a day to celebrate all the moms…
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On January 7, the outgoing Trump…
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More than one-third of new global cases of COVID-19 have…
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Welcome to our blog! I had something completely…
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And here are the details, such that they are.

President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order on…
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SB 93 applies to employers in the hospitality, event…
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For two years: 2019 and 2020.

Some employees will be getting a raise.

The first quarter of 2021 yielded some key rulings from…
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And then you go and make it worse.

Daaahling, these set-ups may make you want to come to…
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Before the coming crackdown.

Good news!

Bless this employer's heart.

May an employer require its California employees to be…
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The U.S. State Department recently issued new…
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Here are some suggestions for making it painless.

A welcome clarification.

EDITOR'S NOTE (4/9/21): Since Zan wrote this post, the…
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With the number of on-site inspections and citations…
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And it's lower once again.  

For 2019 and 2020.

UPDATED 4/9/21.

Ditch those pens and Dictaphones!

Science!

In a pair of proposed rules published in this…
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This is not a repeat blog post. It just seems like one.

On March 10, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan…
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Yesterday the U.S. Senate voted 68-29 to confirm…
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He'll be sworn in tonight.

Here's the "carrot," after last week's "stick."

The Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 (also…
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For the last year, the fate of the Public Charge Rule

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration did…
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There's a new sheriff in town . . .

And that's not all!

That which is old is new again.

Vaccines, unemployment, and more!

This is an update to what we reported in December on…
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Greg Giangrande of the New York Post nailed it this week.

The latest.

The new version applies to employers of any size.

Last year, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration…
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Just because you can, should you?

Marty moves ahead!

Before his inauguration, President Biden expressed…
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And more!

Happy new year . . .?

In what it is referring to as “stronger worker safety…
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Tougher EEOC and OFCCP, a legal challenge at NLRB, and more.

Last March, almost from the beginning of the COVID-19…
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We have written about this before and made our…
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He's not letting the grass grow under his feet.

Don't worry - the rest of this post is in English.

Labor law, along with other employment-related policy…
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The rumor mill was correct!

A quick move, but not a surprising one.

In filing an H-1B petition, employers must select one of…
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Some Q and A.

The EEOC is extending its mediation program until…
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Yippee.

A groundbreaking ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals…
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The U.S. Department of Labor has again issued a final…
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With everyone trying to predict what the Occupational…
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On January 7, President-elect Joe Biden, a…
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On January 7, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and…
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In response to the nationwide injunction issued December 22.