December 19, 2023
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

EEO-1 Filers Should Check Historical Reports in Wake of Recent Database Display Error

A contractor that administers the annual Employer Information (EEO-1) Report for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is advising that historical EEO-1 Reports from 2015 through 2021 that were downloaded in conjunction with the current EEO-1 filing cycle might have displayed incorrect data. According to the contractor, historic reports accessed in the OFS [Online Filing System] between October 31...
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December 18, 2023
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Category: Data and Statistics

Latest Annual (2022) Drug Use Survey Shows Another Jump in Substance Abuse by Working Americans

The government’s most recent annual drug and alcohol use survey shows a continuing increase in substance abuse by full-time workers. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH or Survey), covering calendar year 2022, both the use of illicit drugs (including marijuana, which remains illegal nationwide under federal law) and alcohol abuse by full-time employees (FTEs) in...
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December 06, 2023
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Category: Data and Statistics

FY 2022 USERRA Discrimination Complaints Up 17% Over Previous Year

Enforcement statistics released recently by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) show that discrimination complaints filed with the agency under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) for fiscal year (FY) 2022 increased by 17 percent over FY 2021, reversing a decade-long downward trend. USERRA protects the employment and reemployment rights of employees...
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November 15, 2023
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Category: Agency Enforcement

Latest Annual NLRB Enforcement Numbers Show Another Sharp Increase in ULP Charges Filed

The number of unfair labor practice (ULP) charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) by workers and their union representatives has increased by 30% over the last two years, according to NLRB enforcement data. The 19,869 ULP charges filed in FY 2023 are the highest number of charges filed since FY 2016. The NLRB’s annual enforcement...
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September 27, 2023
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

SEC Advisory Group Recommends Expanded Human Capital Disclosures

An advisory committee has recommended that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expand the amount of information that covered companies must publicly disclose about their human capital. The 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law created the committee to make nonbinding recommendations to the SEC on regulatory priorities. It suggested that the SEC require covered employers to disclose information on their...
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September 18, 2023
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

EEOC Revamps EEO-1 Filing Process, Filing Season for 2022 Reports Opens on October 31

The filing season for 2022 “Component 1” EEO-1 reports will run from October 31 to December 5, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced. The agency also revealed that there will be significant changes to the filing process as it updates its EEO-1 website. It has revamped the Instruction Booklet and Data File Upload Specifications, with implications for employers that...
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August 28, 2023
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Category: Agency Enforcement

OMB Approves OFCCP’s Burdensome New Scheduling Letter

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved major changes to the Scheduling Letter used by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to schedule federal contractors for routine compliance audits. The new version of the letter, which will be valid through August 31, 2026, will substantially increase a contractor’s burden of providing data to the...
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