Contractors must use the new form by July 25.
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced that the standard form contractors are required to use when soliciting disability status from applicants and...more
Expectations lowered yet again.
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced that the new annual hiring benchmark for protected veterans is 5.4 percent. Effective March 31, the benchmark dropped from 5.5...more
OFCCP Director heads to White House.
Jenny Yang has been Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs since the beginning of the Biden Administration. Ms. Yang announced this week that she is departing...more
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced that the Contractor Portal will open on March 31 and that contractors will have until June 29 to certify compliance.
The procedures appear to be similar to last...more
The importance of certifying compliance becomes evident.
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs issued a new Corporate Scheduling Announcement List, identifying the contractors that will be slated for a...more
Notices have gone to some contractors who objected to the release.
As we previously reported, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs received a Freedom of Information Act request for the consolidated EEO-1...more
Bad news for contractors.
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is requesting comments on its proposed changes to the Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing – the documents that initiate a compliance...more
Replacing the “EEO is the Law” poster is not optional.
As my colleague Robin Shea noted on Employment & Labor Insider, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a new “Know Your Rights” poster, which updates and...more
The requirement is not new, but the process is.
On Friday, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs launched the Notification of Construction Contract Award Portal or NCAP, which provides an online mechanism...more
Some relatively good news from the OFCCP.
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs revised its Directive around contractors’ evaluations of their compensation systems. Directive 2022-01, formerly titled “Pay...more
The deadline to object is September 19.
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced that it plans to release Type 2 (or consolidated) EEO-1 Reports of all federal contractors for the past 5 years in...more
It’s a stick, not a carrot.
As we have previously discussed, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs instituted a new requirement this year that contractors register and certify compliance in the Contractor...more
“CERT” is now in the history books.
During the Trump administration under former Director Craig Leen, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs instituted a series of initiatives and policy changes that Leen...more
So much for transparency!
Today, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would largely rescind enforcement procedures codified in 2020 during the Trump...more
Comp analyses are not privileged, OFCCP says.
In a Directive published today, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs says that it has the right to access contractors' compensation analyses, which have...more
Reminder: Certify compliance by June 30.
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has gone live today with its Contractor Portal. Contractors can immediately register and update information regarding their...more
Contractor Portal will soon be live!
As anticipated, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has launched an online portal through which contractors must certify compliance...more
New population stats released by U.S. Census Bureau.
Affirmative action plans developed on or after January 1, 2022, must rely on newly released census data. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has...more
Contractors’ comp data will soon be in the OFCCP’s hands.
After initially reassuring contractors that it would not “request, accept, or use” Component 2 pay data, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has...more
And it's lower once again.
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced that the new annual hiring benchmark for protected veterans is 5.6 percent. Effective March 31, the benchmark drops from 5.7...more
The rumor mill was correct!
President Joe Biden has selected Jenny Yang to head the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Ms. Yang was formerly a Commissioner and Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity...more
A quick move, but not a surprising one.
President Biden issued more than a dozen executive orders during his first day in office. One of them revokes President Trump’s Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex...more
In response to the nationwide injunction issued December 22.
As previously reported, a federal judge in California handed down a nationwide preliminary injunction that prohibits enforcement of Executive Order 13950 with...more
OFCCP seeks approval of additional Scheduling Letters.
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has requested the Office of Management and Budget to approve two new Scheduling Letters: one for promotion focused...more
Preliminary injunction stalls bias training order.
A federal judge in California has imposed a nationwide injunction prohibiting enforcement of portions of Executive Order 13950. The court’s Order grants a preliminary...more
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