The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) continues to release policy updates despite its uncertain future. Today the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) lifted its temporary suspension on enforcement activities...more
On July 1, 2025, OFCCP published in the Federal Register a set of proposals to rescind the regulations implementing Executive Order 11246 and to modify the regulations implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and...more
7/2/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Deregulation ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Section 503 ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
Last week, OFCCP Director Eschbach issued a letter to federal contractors inviting them to voluntarily submit information regarding their efforts to comply with Executive Order 14173, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and...more
6/30/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Deregulation ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Labor Reform ,
OFCCP ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Trump Administration
On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” ...more
1/23/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Labor Reform ,
OFCCP ,
OMB ,
Trump Administration ,
Whistleblowers
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) issued its FY 2025 Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (Release 1) (“CSAL”) today. This list provides advance notice of 2,000 compliance...more
The University of Utah and a non-profit organization named "As You Sow" have issued FOIA requests to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) for the 2021 Type 2 Consolidated EEO-1 Reports filed by federal...more
11/8/2024
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Federal Contractors ,
FOIA ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Wage and Hour
On April 29, 2024, the Department of Labor published extensive guidance on the use of artificial intelligence in hiring and employment. While the guidance is addressed to federal contractors, all private-sector employers...more
5/6/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Bias ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Hiring & Firing ,
New Guidance ,
OFCCP ,
Risk Management ,
Wage and Hour
The Acting Director of OFCCP and the Solicitor of Labor indicated that they are moving full speed ahead on developing guidance regarding employers’ use of artificial intelligence, and that the Department of Labor is working...more
3/27/2024
/ Algorithms ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
Risk Management ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: Twenty-four hours after the White House marked the 15th Anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, by announcing a set of actions designed to support equal pay principles for workers of federal...more
2/2/2024
/ Compensation ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employment Contract ,
Equal Pay ,
Fair Pay Act ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Lilly Ledbetter ,
OFCCP ,
Proposed Rules ,
Subcontractors ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: Many federal contractors and subcontractors treat their EEO-1 reports as confidential because they contain detailed demographic data and workforce information. A lawsuit brought by the Center for...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) recently revised its Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form CC-305 (“Form CC-305”). Federal contractors and...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Companies have been following with interest the Harvard and UNC cases that address affirmative action in the context of higher education. Both cases were argued before the Supreme Court on October 31, 2022...more
6/5/2023
/ Civil Rights Act ,
College Admissions ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Equal Protection ,
Harvard University ,
Hiring & Firing ,
OFCCP ,
Oral Argument ,
Race Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina ,
Title VI ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
On April 17, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) released the EEO-1 data of 19,277 federal contractors to a reporter named Will Evans with the Center for Investigative Reporting (“CIR”). The...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) issued its FY 2023 Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (“CSAL”) today. This list provides advance notice of 500 compliance reviews, which...more
Seyfarth Synopsis. Continuing a multi-year battle over the release of employers’ EEO-1 Reports, the Center for Investigative Reporting (“CIR”) and reporter, Will Evans, have filed a complaint in the Northern District of...more
Seyfarth Synopsis. On Thursday, August 18, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) replaced its Directive 2022-01, entitled “Pay Equity Audits” (effective March 15, 2022, the “March Directive”), with a...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: This week, President Trump issued an Executive Order on "Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping.” The Executive Order will impact federal contractors, federal agencies and federal grant recipients in certain...more
9/24/2020
/ Bias ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Deregulation ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employee Training ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Race Relations ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Sexual Stereotyping ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
Seyfarth Synopsis: This alert provides an update on the impact of COVID-19 on OFCCP audits and jurisdiction, EEO-1 and VETS-4212 filing deadlines. The OFCCP has granted a limited national interest exemption for new COVID-19...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 22, 2019, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP” or “the Agency”) filed a motion for leave to file a new amended complaint in connection with its 2017 Compliance Evaluation...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: After closing FY2018 by issuing a string of directives which changed various aspects of its compliance enforcement process, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) issued three new...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On the heels of its recent slate of directives, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) has issued a new group of directives which continue to signal changes for the contractor...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) is closing the summer by issuing two new enforcement directives....more
8/16/2018
/ Affirmative Action ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
First Amendment ,
Free Exercise Clause ,
Non-Discrimination Rules ,
OFCCP ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last Friday, an administrative law judge limited the amount of information that the OFCCP may seek from Google in its on-going compliance audit because the agency failed demonstrate relevance or justify the...more
7/24/2017
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Affirmative Action ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Google ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Gap ,
Popular ,
Request For Information ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 23, 2017, the White House released its proposed budget for the 2018 Fiscal Year. Included in the proposal, which would impose deep cuts to many programs administered by the Department of Labor, was...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Federal Contractors should immediately update the Disability Self-ID Form to include the new expiration date. The OFCCP is allowing a 10-day grace period, until February 10th to update the form.
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