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May 27, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

EEOC Subpoena Enforcement Suggests Focus on Anti-American Discrimination

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is seeking to enforce a subpoena against Mauser Packaging Solutions in connection with a Commissioner’s charge alleging unlawful steering and discrimination against American workers. The EEOC asserts that Mauser has not complied with its information requests seeking an electronic database of job candidates and incumbent employees at eight facilities over four years, including demographic, personnel, and contact...
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May 27, 2025
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Category: Immigration

USCIS Alerts Employers of an E-Verify System Error Impacting Mismatch Cases

A technical glitch in the E-Verify system may require some employers to create a new E-Verify case for employees who received a final nonconfirmation. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services alerted employers on May 19 that a system error caused some Social Security Administration (SSA) tentative nonconfirmation (mismatch) cases that were referred between April 9 and May 5 to incorrectly receive...
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May 22, 2025
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

EEOC Opens 2024 EEO-1 Data Collection; Reports Due June 24, 2025

The deadline for filing 2024 Component 1 Employer Information (EEO-1) Reports with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is June 24 at 11 p.m. Eastern Time. EEOC opened the EEO-1 Online Filing System (OFS) May 20, and the season will last five weeks. There is no subsequent failure-to-file period. The EEO-1 provides a snapshot of a company’s workforce by race, ethnicity,...
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May 21, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

DOJ Launches Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Targeting Federal Contractors

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a civil rights fraud initiative that will use the False Claims Act (FCA) to investigate federal contractors’ civil rights violations, DOJ announced May 19. The initiative will be led jointly by DOJ’s Civil Division's Fraud Section — which enforces the False Claims Act, and DOJ’s Civil Rights Division — which enforces civil rights laws....
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May 21, 2025
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Category: Discrimination and Harassment

Federal Court Vacates Key SOGI Provisions of EEOC Harassment Guidance

A federal court has vacated portions of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s guidance related to workplace harassment of LGBTQ+ employees. On May 15, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled that the EEOC exceeded its authority by issuing the guidance in April 2024. It struck down the portions that define “sex” to include “sexual orientation” and “gender...
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May 20, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

CWC’s Guide To Understanding the False Claims Act and E.O. 14173

The Center for Workplace Compliance, our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has prepared a resource — CWC’s Guide To Understanding the False Claims Act and E.O. 14173 — to help CWC members comply with Executive Order 14173 and avoid liability under the FCA. E.O. 14173 instructs federal agencies to combat illegal private-sector diversity, equity, and inclusion activities. The FCA requires federal...
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May 14, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Withdraws Numerous Guidance Documents Pending Review

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has withdrawn 67 guidance documents, including those addressing whistleblower protections and the use of monitoring technology in the workplace. The CFPB’s May 12 announcement stated that many were inconsistent with federal statutory text and imposed compliance burdens without opportunities for public notice and comment. Some documents could be reinstated after further review, the notice said,...
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May 14, 2025
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Category: State and Local Law

CWC Interstate: April/May 2025 Update

On the state and local level, recent developments include: Ban-the-Box — Wisconsin’s Supreme Court ruled that an employer cannot discharge an employee based on a non-criminal citation. Paid Leave — Maine employers must register through the Paid Leave Portal. Maryland postponed its Family And Medical Leave Insurance program. Missouri’s paid sick leave law took effect May 1. Employers can access a model notice on the...
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May 12, 2025
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Category: AAP

CWC’s Guide to Wisconsin State Contractor Affirmative Action Requirements

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit association, has updated its resource about the equal employment opportunity and affirmative action obligations that Wisconsin imposes on its contractors. The Wisconsin Department of Administration manages Wisconsin’s contract compliance program. WDA has published guidance, forms, and templates for contractors’ affirmative action programs, as well as a short guidance document on AAP...
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May 08, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

President Trump Nominates Brittany Bull Panuccio to EEOC

President Trump nominated Brittany Bull Panuccio on May 6 to fill one of the three open seats on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Her confirmation would give the EEOC a quorum, which will allow it to move forward with the Trump Administration’s policy priorities. The EEOC has lacked a quorum — and therefore has been unable to adopt or rescind...
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