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March 11, 2025
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Category: Membership

CWC’s 2025-2026 Board of Directors and Officers

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, elected its 2025-2026 leadership team on March 6 at its 2025 Workplace Policy Conference. Teresa Salinas of Laboratory Corporation of America will serve her first full term as Board Chair; Kevin Fitzpatrick of PepsiCo will be Board Vice Chair; and Joe Lakis of NT Lakis will continue as CWC’s President.   The...
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March 05, 2025
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Category: Discrimination and Harassment

President Trump Designates English as the Official Language of the United States

President Trump signed an Executive Order on March 1 designating English as the official language of the United States. The new E.O. rescinds E.O. 13166, which former President Bill Clinton signed to improve government services for people with limited English proficiency. The new E.O. does not instruct federal agencies to take any action other than rescinding E.O. 13166 and related...
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March 04, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

OFCCP Terminates All FAAP Agreements

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs terminated all Functional Affirmative Action Program (FAAP) agreements between OFCCP and federal contractors on February 20. The agreements permitted contractors to structure their affirmative action programs (AAPs) by function rather than location. The regulations implementing Executive Order 11246 had required federal contractors to structure their AAPs by location unless OFCCP approved a different...
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March 04, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

EEOC To Target Anti-American Bias

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will prioritize national origin discrimination claims against employers that illegally prefer non-American workers, EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas announced February 19. EEOC’s new focus is on American workers who are victims of national origin discrimination. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on national origin. The agency’s definition of “American”...
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March 03, 2025
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Category: Immigration

CWC Publishes Updated “Form I-9” Process Outline Resource

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has updated its resource entitled Outline of the Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Process. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires employers to verify the identity and work authorization of all their new hires. Failure to verify new hires or knowingly hiring unauthorized workers subjects an employer to substantial...
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February 26, 2025
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Category: Government Contracts

CWC’s Updated Subcontractor and Vendor Notification Template

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has updated its subcontractor and vendor notification template to assist federal contractors in complying with Section 503 and VEVRAA. This communication is mandated by OFCCP regulations implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act. CWC members may use the...
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February 26, 2025
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Category: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves

Eighth Circuit Rules States Have Standing To Challenge PWFA Regulations

A group of 17 states challenging regulations that require employers to reasonably accommodate employees seeking abortions may proceed with its lawsuit, a federal appeals court ruled February 20. In Tennessee v. EEOC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit found that the states had standing to sue because the EEOC’s rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act would...
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February 25, 2025
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Category: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves

Biden’s Wage and Hour Division Publishes Guidance in Final Days

In the final days of the Biden Administration, DOL’s Wage and Hour Division issued two opinion letters. WHD opinion letters are not binding on the courts, but employers may rely on them. DOL Opinion Letter FMLA 2025-01-A — FMLA interplay with state and local paid leave programs DOL Opinion Letter FMLA 2025-01-A states that an employer cannot require an employee who...
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February 25, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Trump Administration Barred from Enforcing Portions of E.O.s 14151 and 14173

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction barring the enforcement of specific provisions of President Trump’s executive orders targeting illegal discrimination and DEI programs—Executive Order 14151, Ending Radical Government DEI Programs and Preferencing, and E.O. 14173, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity. However, the injunction does not change the rescission of E.O. 11246 or the order directing OFCCP to cease...
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February 25, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

CWC’s Updated Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policy Templates

CWC, our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has updated its equal opportunity and affirmative action policy statement templates to reflect the rescission of Executive Order 11246. These templates, available to our member companies, can help federal contractors as they review their policies to ensure compliance with E.O. 14173. There are two versions of the templates: (1) an Affirmative Action Policy Statement,...
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