Venable's Workplace Labor Update

July, 1994 Edition

Venable's labor law newsletter

This issue contains articles on

• Violence in the Workplace
• Retroactivity of the 1991 Civil Rights Act
• ADA Protects Perceived Alcoholic/Drug User
• COBRA and the FMLA
• County is Not Required to Accommodate Asthmatic Firefighter
• After-Acquired Evidence Bars Recovery for Discharge
• Kitchengate

OFCCP Plans to "Get Tough" on Government Contractors

Recently, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs ("OFCCP") has emphasized a new "get tough" approach to enforcement. The agency is flexing its muscle due to recent media reports that corporate downsizing has had a disproportionate adverse effect on minorities and is working to determine if illegal conduct has occurred among government contractors. Additionally, OFCCP has proposed regulations which would increase penalties and increase the agency's enforcement tools, including pre-hearing sanctions (e.g. cessation of contract payments), and assessment of monetary penalties other than backpay and fixed term debarments. For further information, please call Mary Pivec at (202) 962-4800.

Workplace Labor Update is published quarterly by the Labor and Employment Law Section of the law firm of Venable, Baetjer and Howard, 1800 Mercantile Bank & Trust Building, Two Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, MD 21201; 1201 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 1000, Wa shington, DC 20005; One Church Street, Suite 500, Rockville, MD 20850; 210 Allegheny Avenue, P.O. Box 5517, Towson, MD 21204; and 2010 Corporate Ridge, Suite 400, McLean, VA 22102. It is not intended to provide legal advice or opinion. Such advice may only be given when related to specific fact situations.

For additional information, contact Maury Baskin

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