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DOL Adjusts Civil Money Penalties for Inflation
On January 14th, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) made annual adjustments to civil money penalties for 2022. In brief, these penalties are assessed or enforced by the DOL and are pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act...
Executive Order Increases Federal Contractor Minimum Wage
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a memorandum on January 13th, 2022, which provides guidance on the application of Executive Order 14026 (EO 14026) which increased the federal contractor minimum wage. In short, the guidance highlights the differences between...
Breaking: Supreme Court Blocks Vaccine-or-Test ETS, Allows CMS Mandate
In its ruling on January 13th, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) vaccine-or-test emergency temporary standard (ETS). Meanwhile, a separate ruling allowed enforcement of the Centers for Medicare and...
Supreme Court Might Block Vaccine-or-Test ETS, Allow CMS Mandate
The U.S. Supreme Court (the Court) heard oral arguments on January 7th, 2022, regarding the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) vaccine-or-test standard and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’s (CMS's) vaccine mandate for healthcare...
EEOC Will Discontinue EEO-1 Type 6 Establishment List Reports
On January 6th, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced they will discontinue EEO-1 Type 6 Establishment List Reports. Specifically, the discontinued items affect employee data reporting for establishments with less than 50 employees....
Sixth Circuit Upholds Injunction on Federal Contactor Vaccine Mandate
In a January 5th, 2022, hearing, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (the Court) upheld the previous injunction on the federal contractor vaccine mandate. Generally, that mandate would require the vaccination of employees of federal contractors...