Guidance explains the "four-fifths rule" to determine whether tools for hiring and promotion might result in a disparate/adverse impact on a protected class -
Last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...more
Federal contractors will need to use a recently updated OFCCP form when collecting voluntary applicant data concerning disabilities beginning in July 2023. On April 26, 2023, OFCCP published the revised Voluntary...more
Recent developments and announcements from the U.S. Department of Labor highlight the agency's increased focus on the construction industry. In November 2021, Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and...more
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued its second Directive of 2022 (DIR 2022-02) to expedite compliance reviews and to increase contractors' burdens to produce documents...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued its first Directive (DIR 2022-01) formalizing and clarifying OFCCP’s more aggressive approach to require federal contractors to...more
Federal contractors and subcontractors will soon be asked to regularly certify that they have compliant Affirmative Action Plans (AAP), and contractors may even be required to upload a copy of their AAPs on an annual basis,...more