Amidst the ongoing flurry of executive actions targeting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (“DEI”) programs and policies, causing confusion and disruption across the federal government and private sectors, companies are...more
2/20/2025
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Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
On January 21, 2025, President Trump signed a sweeping executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the “Order”), rescinding affirmative action and other anti-discrimination...more
1/23/2025
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Anti-Deficiency Provisions ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Compliance ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Donald Trump ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Rescission ,
Subcontractors ,
Title VII ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
On January 29, 2024, the Biden administration issued a Proposed Rule that would prohibit federal contractors from seeking and considering compensation history when making employment decisions and require contractors to...more
2/1/2024
/ Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Job Ads ,
Lilly Ledbetter ,
Notice Requirements ,
NPRM ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Transparency ,
Proposed Rules ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Subcontractors
On September 8, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released a list of 1,000 establishments for supply and service federal contractors selected to receive advance audit notices known as Corporate...more
9/12/2023
/ Affirmative Action ,
Audits ,
Bureau of Labor Statistics ,
Compensation ,
Contractor Audits ,
Corporate Management ,
CSALs ,
EEO-1 ,
FDIC ,
Federal Contractors ,
Hiring & Firing ,
NAICS ,
OFCCP ,
OMB ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Scheduling Letters ,
TRICARE
On August 25, 2023, OFCCP announced that it received approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its new Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing, significantly expanding the information and data federal...more
8/28/2023
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Audits ,
Compensation ,
CSALs ,
EEO ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
OMB ,
Pay Transparency ,
Scheduling Letters ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
Pay equity and transparency have become a focal point for lawmakers, regulators, shareholders, employees, and the public. Employers are increasingly challenged with trying to navigate the growing patchwork of pay equity and...more
3/9/2023
/ Continuing Legal Education ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Transparency ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars
On January 20, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a list of 500 contractor establishments scheduled to receive advance audit notices known as Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters...more
On September 15, 2022, OFCCP announced that it is extending the September 19, 2022 deadline for contractors to object to Type 2 EEO-1 Reports in response to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the Center for...more
On August 18, 2022, OFCCP issued a revised Directive 2022-01 (the “Revised Directive”) clarifying that contractors will not be required to provide any privileged pay analysis conducted for purposes of compliance with 41...more
In the last three weeks alone, OFCCP has issued two significant Directives and a notice of proposed rulemaking, signaling its intent to be far more aggressive and less transparent in compliance evaluations than under the...more
4/6/2022
/ Audits ,
Corporate Counsel ,
CSALs ,
Equity ,
Extraordinary Circumstances Exception ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OFCCP ,
Subcontractors ,
Title VII ,
Transparency
On December 2, 2021, OFCCP announced that it was launching its Affirmative Action Program Verification Initiative (the AAP VI), requiring all federal supply and service contractors and subcontractors to certify annually...more
Government contractors may soon be required to certify annually that they have affirmative action programs (“AAP”) in place for their U.S. workforce. On September 14, 2020, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs...more
On September 11, 2020, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released a list of nearly 900 federal supply and service contractors and subcontractors that it will be sending Corporate Scheduling...more
On March 17, 2020, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP” or the “Agency”) issued a National Interest Exemption memorandum providing a limited, three-month exemption to new supply and service and...more
On March 25, 2019, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published the list of contractors that are scheduled to receive Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs). CSALs are courtesy letters...more
On September 7, 2018, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) mailed Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs) to 750 contractor and subcontractor establishments. OFCCP sends CSALs to service and...more
Editor’s note: Andrew Turnbull will discuss this new Directive and its impact on OFCCP audits during his October 3, 2018 co-presentation with Welch Consulting, The Compensation Conundrum: OFCCP Comp Audits In An Evolving Pay...more