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September 17, 2026
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Category: State and Local Compliance

Chicago EO Could Bar Contractors Based On Prior Discrimination Or Wage Theft Violations

An executive order from the Mayor of Chicago could make some discrimination and wage theft violations a barrier to contracting with the city. On August 26, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed Executive Order 2026-6, directing the city to establish requirements for contractor disclosure, certification, and employee-notice tied to workplace antidiscrimination and wage theft compliance. Current and prospective contractors and subcontractors must...
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September 16, 2026
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Category: Agency Enforcement

President Trump Nominates Catherine Eschbach To Serve As EEOC General Counsel

President Trump has formally nominated Catherine Eschbach to serve as the General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term of four years. Eschbach currently serves as the EEOC’s principal deputy general counsel and acting general counsel. Eschbach previously served as Director of the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and practiced law at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius....
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September 15, 2026
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Category: Immigration

DHS Proposes Eliminating 60-Day Grace Period For H-1B And Other Nonimmigrant Workers

The Department of Homeland Security has proposed eliminating the 60-day grace period that helps some visa recipients remain in the United States after their employment ends. Under the September 11 proposal, DHS would rescind the regulation that permits workers in E-1, E-2, E-3, H-1B, H-1B1, L-1, O-1, and TN status, and their dependents, to remain in the United States for...
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September 10, 2026
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Category: Affirmative Action and DEI

OMB Approves VEVRAA Recordkeeping And Affirmative Action Requirements Through 2029

The White House Office of Management and Budget has approved the OFCCP’s veteran affirmative action requirements and extended them for three years. The Labor Department’s written AAP requirements under Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act have a new expiration date of September 30, 2029. OMB’s approval ensures that the VEVRAA recordkeeping and reporting requirements remain in...
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September 10, 2026
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

Census Bureau Proposes Removing Race-Ethnicity Questions From Decennial Census

The U.S. Census Bureau has proposed regulations to prohibit questions about race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation on the decennial census questionnaire or any questionnaire used to enumerate the U.S. population. The Census Bureau argues that the questions do not directly support the constitutional purpose of the census and may reduce response rates or increase privacy concerns. The proposal also would change who...
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September 10, 2026
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Category: Discrimination and Harassment

Judge Says Offensive Conduct Need Not Target An Employee To Affect The Workplace

Harassment investigations should look beyond conduct directed at the employee who raised the concern, according to a recent D.C. Circuit concurrence. It challenges a line of lower-court decisions that discounted discriminatory conduct that was not directed at the employee alleging a hostile work environment. The concurrence argues that this approach is too narrow because offensive conduct involving coworkers, customers, or others may...
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September 08, 2026
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Category: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves

Fourth Circuit Cautions Employers Against Parsing Religious Beliefs

A divided Fourth Circuit allowed an employee to proceed with a Title VII claim challenging her employer’s denial of her religious exemption from a COVID-19 vaccination requirement. The decision illustrates the risk an employer takes in denying an employee’s religious accommodation request because the employer considers the employee’s stated belief insufficiently religious. The employee tied her objection to her belief...
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September 03, 2026
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Category: State and Local Compliance

CWC Interstate For August 2026

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has released its August 2026 update of developments in state and local workplace compliance laws.  This Interstate resource highlights fair employment laws governing anti-discrimination enforcement in Illinois and Virginia, artificial intelligence in Colorado, and criminal history in San Francisco. It also reports on immigration developments related to employment eligibility verification in...
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September 02, 2026
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Category: Affirmative Action and DEI

CWC Roundtable Examines OFCCP’s New Regulatory Framework

The practical implications of OFCCP's new framework and the future of disability self-identification for federal contractors were the dominant topics at the members-only roundtable held by the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association. The September 1 roundtable discussed three new OFCCP actions: rescission of Executive Order 11246 rules, significant changes to the Section 503 disability affirmative action...
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August 31, 2026
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Category: Agency Enforcement

EEOC Finalizes Strategic Plan For FY 2026-2030

EEOC's final Strategic Plan for FY 2026-2030 includes a notable revision to the agency's systemic enforcement performance measure but otherwise is largely unchanged from the draft released earlier this year. The final plan retains performance measures addressing enforcement, outreach and training, and agency operations. Regarding the systemic enforcement revision, the draft would have measured success partly by whether the EEOC...
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