January 15, 2025
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Category: Compensation

Massachusetts Publishes Filing Details for February 1st EEO-1 Reporting Requirement

Massachusetts has issued FAQs explaining employers’ obligation to report workforce data under the state’s new Salary Range Transparency Act. Under the law, employers with 100 or more employees in Massachusetts must submit a copy of their most recent EEO-1 Report to the state annually by February 1 (or the next business day). This year they will be due February 3. The FAQs explain...
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January 09, 2025
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Category: Data and Statistics

Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries 2023 Indicates Significant Decrease in Workplace Homicides

The number of workplace homicides dropped significantly in 2023 compared with 2022, while the number of suicides occurring in U.S. workplaces increased, according to the government’s most recent survey of workplace fatalities. Overall, workplace homicides and suicides accounted for 14% of total fatal occupational injuries in 2023, down from 14.4% in 2022, according to data from the national Census of...
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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 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 13, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

CWC’s Updated College and University Graduate Diversity Data Resources, 2022-2023

Demographic data related to academic degrees conferred by U.S. colleges and universities during the 2022-2023 academic year is now available in a series of tables prepared by the Center for Workplace Compliance, our affiliated nonprofit membership association. CWC devised the tables to assist its members in formulating their college and university recruitment strategies. The tables contain the most recent demographic...
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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: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

Religious Groups Seek To Block FCC Demographic Data Collection Similar to EEO-1 Report

A group of religious broadcasters has asked a federal appeals court to block the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from collecting race and ethnicity data from broadcasters. The court’s ruling could have implications for similar data collections like the EEO-1 Report. Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to resume collecting race and ethnicity data from broadcasters, a practice...
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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 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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August 20, 2024
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Category: Data and Statistics

Latest National Substance Abuse Survey Shows Drug Use Up, Alcohol Use Down

The most recent national drug and alcohol use survey, which covers 2023, shows that illicit drug use was up among U.S. workers while alcohol use was down, compared with 2022. Findings from the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), conducted annually by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), show an increase in the...
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