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September 04, 2025
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Category: Discrimination and Harassment

EEOC Retains Authority To Investigate Even After Charging Party Sues, Second Circuit Rules

The EEOC retains its authority to investigate a charge even after it issues a right-to-sue letter and the charging party sues, the Second Circuit held August 25 in EEOC v. AAM Holding Corp. In this case, an employee received a right-to-sue letter and filed a separate suit while her employers were appealing a district court order upholding an EEOC subpoena. The...
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September 03, 2025
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Category: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves

OFCCP Issues Last-Minute Extension on Section 503, VEVRAA, and E.O. 11246 Comment Deadlines

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued a last-minute 15-day extension for submitting comments on its proposed elimination of longstanding disability compliance requirements — including self-identification, utilization analyses, and applicant tracking. The three pending Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) pertain to the rescission of Executive Order 11246 and revisions to the nondiscrimination and affirmative action requirements under Section...
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September 03, 2025
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Category: Discrimination and Harassment

CWC Supports Simplification of Registered Apprenticeship EEO Regulations

The Center for Workplace Compliance, our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has filed comments with the Department of Labor supporting DOL’s proposed simplification of the equal employment opportunity rules for registered apprenticeship sponsors. CWC emphasized that the current regulatory regime is rooted in the system predating the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and that requiring detailed affirmative action plans, especially after...
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September 02, 2025
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Category: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves

New CWC Resource Highlights EEOC Efforts To Enforce Title VII Protected Religious Accommodations

CWC has released a resource highlighting recent enforcement actions by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission related to religious accommodations in the workplace. In a recent press release, the EEOC emphasized its focus on enforcing Title VII protections for religious accommodations in the workplace. The cases summarized in the CWC resource provide helpful context for understanding current trends and compliance risks....
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August 28, 2025
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Category: Labor Relations

NLRB’s Structure Likely Unconstitutional, Fifth Circuit Rules, Affirming Ban on SpaceX Prosecution

The National Labor Relations Board remains barred from bringing unfair labor practice cases against SpaceX, Energy Transfer, and Findhelp after a federal appeals court affirmed a lower court’s preliminary injunctions pausing such prosecutions. On August 19, in Space Exploration Technologies Corp. v. NLRB, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found that the injunction is warranted because the agency’s...
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August 26, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

EEOC Guidance to Federal Agencies Emphasizes Importance of Maintaining Proactive EEO Plans

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released FAQs reminding federal agencies that they must submit equal employment opportunity (EEO) plans in adherence to Management Directive 715. MD-715 sets standards for the EEO programs required of federal agencies by Title VII and Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act. Its goal is to ensure equal employment opportunities for applicants and employees in the...
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August 26, 2025
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Category: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Was Enacted Properly, Fifth Circuit Rules

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission may enforce the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against the state of Texas, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled August 15 in Texas v. Bondi. The PWFA requires employers to consider workplace accommodations for employees' pregnancy-related conditions. The statute was approved during the COVID pandemic in 2022, when the House of Representatives allowed...
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August 25, 2025
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Category: State and Local Compliance

Illinois’s Equal Pay Registration Certificate Portal Experiences Technical Difficulties

Illinois’s Equal Pay Registration Certificate (EPRC) portal is experiencing technical issues when employers submit a pay report that categorizes employees as Middle Eastern or North African (MENA). Until Illinois resolves these glitches, employers should use “Some other race alone” instead of MENA when submitting employee demographic data, the Illinois Department of Labor told the Center for Workplace Compliance, our affiliated...
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August 25, 2025
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Category: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves

Court Stops EEOC and HHS From Enforcing Some Rules Against Two Christian Groups

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas has barred the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services from enforcing specified Biden-era directives against two Christian organizations. It held August 8 in Dr. James Dobson Family Institute v. Kennedy that provisions related to abortion, fertility, and gender-affirming care violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Dobson Family Institute and United in...
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August 20, 2025
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Category: State and Local Compliance

CWC Resource on Mandatory BLS Surveys

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has developed a resource to help its members understand their obligations under state laws to respond to surveys conducted by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). BLS collects and publishes information about the U.S. labor market and economy. In collaboration with the states, BLS sends out requests for...
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