December 19, 2024
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Category: Agency Enforcement

OFCCP Audits, Financial Remedies Decreased in FY 2024

OFCCP had a slow year in FY 2024, awarding less money in discrimination cases to fewer class members and completing fewer audits than at any time in recent memory, according to enforcement data released by the agency. The data, which cover the period from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024, show that OFCCP completed 14% fewer supply-and-service (non-construction) audits...
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November 25, 2024
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Category: Agency Enforcement

President-Elect Trump Taps Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer To Be Secretary of Labor

President-elect Donald Trump (R-Oregon) has named Oregon Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer as his choice to be the next Secretary of Labor. The first-term Congresswoman is an unconventional choice in view of her support for the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R. 20), legislation that would rewrite labor law in favor of organized labor. Sean O’Brien, the general president of...
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November 21, 2024
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Category: Agency Enforcement

OFCCP Posts New “CSAL” Flagging 2000 Entities for Compliance Audits

OFCCP’s latest Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) puts some 2,000 federal contractor entities on notice that they’ve been flagged for an upcoming compliance audit. According to the newly posted FY 2025 CSAL Supply & Service Scheduling List, Release – 1 and updated FAQs, OFCCP has identified 1,880 establishments for standard compliance reviews, 60 establishments for Corporate Management Compliance Evaluation (CMCE) reviews, 48 entities...
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November 20, 2024
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Category: Agency Enforcement

DOL Reports Recovery of Back Wages for FLSA Violations Decreased in FY 2024

DOL’s recovery of back wages for violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act has dropped to its lowest level in a decade, according to limited enforcement data reported by the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division. The amount of back wages collected by WHD decreased by 4% in fiscal year 2024 compared with the amount collected in FY 2023. In...
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November 11, 2024
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Category: Agency Enforcement

DOL Wage and Hour Division Again Reports Increase in FMLA Violations

The number of Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) cases in which the Department of Labor found a violation increased in fiscal year 2024—and for a second consecutive year—after having declined annually over the previous decade, according to data recently released by DOL’s Wage and Hour Division. This indicates that more employees are now electing to file complaints with WHD rather...
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November 07, 2024
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Category: Agency Enforcement

FTC Fines Employer Over Allegedly Misleading Job Ads

The Federal Trade Commission has agreed to a $2.1 million settlement with a rideshare company over advertising practices that the Commission deemed “misleading or deceptive,” the FTC announced October 25. Specifically, the FTC alleged that some of the company’s advertisements to recruit drivers featured unrealistic earnings potential and others included misleading promotions language. The settlement serves as a reminder that—in addition to...
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November 04, 2024
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Category: Agency Enforcement

NLRB Again Reports Big Increase in Unfair Labor Practice Charges in FY 2024

The number of unfair labor practice charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board increased for the fourth consecutive year in fiscal year 2024, NLRB enforcement data show. The 21,300 ULP charges filed from October 1, 2023—September 30, 2024, are the highest number filed since FY 2016. The Board made 259 final administrative determinations in FY 2024, up from 246...
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October 31, 2024
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Category: Agency Enforcement

Labor Department Enjoined From Enforcing E.O. 11246 Claim Against Federal Contractor

A federal district court has temporarily blocked the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs from continuing enforcement proceedings against a  janitorial services company that allegedly violated Executive Order 11246 by engaging in racially discriminatory hiring. The September 9 ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas came in ABM Industry Groups v. U.S. Department of Labor....
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October 30, 2024
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Category: Agency Enforcement

DOL Enforcement Report Highlights Focus on Coercive Employment Contracts

The Solicitor of Labor has issued a report highlighting DOL’s recent enforcement priority—employment contracts with provisions that may discourage workers from exercising their rights under worker protection laws. The report, Solicitor of Labor Enforcement Report: Coercive Contractual Provisions, lists seven types of concerning provisions. The provisions most likely to concern DOL investigators are those that: require employees to agree that they...
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October 22, 2024
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Category: Agency Enforcement

FY 2023 USERRA Complaint Filings Down Slightly From a Year Ago

The number of complaints filed by military service members under USERRA dipped slightly for fiscal year 2023 but are still near historic highs, data from the Labor Department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) show. The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act protects the employment and reemployment rights of employees who have been called to active military duty. The...
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