They’ve all but shut the door, turned off the lights, and put up the “closed” sign.
On July 2, Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer lifted the pause on investigations and enforcement of Section 503 of the Rehabilitation...more
7/3/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Biden Administration ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Section 503 ,
Trump Administration ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
Spoiler: Section 503 takes center stage.
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs dropped three proposed rules on July 1, offering revisions to its existing regulatory scheme.
Key highlights:
• Executive Order...more
7/2/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Rescission ,
Reverse Discrimination ,
Section 503 ,
Trump Administration ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
File under “thanks, but no thanks.”
In an open letter to contractors, Catherine Eschbach, Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, offers contractors the opportunity to explain how they have wound...more
7/1/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Disparate Treatment ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Reverse Discrimination ,
Trump Administration ,
Voluntary Disclosure
The U.S. DOT agrees to end contract goals for DBEs.
In 1983, Congress enacted the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program, which requires that the Department of Transportation spend ten percent of federal highway...more
Window closes June 24 – and don’t expect an extension. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the opening of the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection. Covered employers have until June 24, 2025, to submit...more
5/20/2025
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Disparate Impact ,
EEO-1 ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Trump Administration
Certification requirements for contractors are back in play. As we previously reported, a federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction prohibiting the federal government from enforcing certain portions of...more
3/20/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Compliance ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
First Amendment ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Reverse Discrimination ,
Trump Administration
A new complication for wage and hour compliance. In a new Executive Order entitled, “Additional Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions,” President Trump rescinded 18 Executive Orders, including Executive Order...more
Did you hear that? It was the other shoe dropping. Approximately one month after President Trump rescinded Executive Order 11246, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is preparing to reduce its staff by 90...more
The first challenge to President Trump’s Executive Orders targeting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the private sector has resulted in a preliminary injunction. As we previously reported, several organizations filed a...more
2/25/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
First Amendment ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Private Sector ,
Separation of Powers ,
Trump Administration
And other changes are afoot.
Michael Schloss has been named Acting Director and Deputy Director of Policy of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Mr. Schloss previously served as Director of the Office of...more
2/3/2025
/ Compliance ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EBSA ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Trump Administration ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
As we welcome 2025, here are 10 must-read Constangy bulletins and blog posts from 2024, highlighting insights that guided our readers through important legal developments, workplace issues, and the challenges in cybersecurity...more
1/9/2025
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Bias ,
Breach Notification Rule ,
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Green Cards ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Minimum Salary ,
NFL ,
NLRB ,
O-1 Aliens of Extraordinary Ability ,
Race Discrimination ,
Racial Bias ,
Retaliation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SolarWinds ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
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
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
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
12/28/2020
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Diversity ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Free Speech ,
LGBTQ ,
OFCCP ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Trial Court Orders ,
Trump Administration
Defense contractors and subcontractors, take note.
Executive Order 13950 on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping went into effect on November 21, but the Federal Acquisition Regulations have not yet been updated to include...more
Contractors who participate may get a reward.
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program issued a Request for Information asking for comments, information, and materials from contractors and employees relating to...more
10/22/2020
/ Diversity ,
Employee Training ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Register ,
OFCCP ,
Request For Information ,
Safe Harbors ,
Sexual Stereotyping ,
Stakeholder Engagement ,
Trump Administration
The OFCCP had a banner year (again).
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs touted its accomplishments for Fiscal Year 2020 (October 2019 – September 2020). According to the agency, it recovered $35.6 million...more
President Trump signed an Executive Order on September 22, titled “Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping.” The Order focuses on prohibiting the federal government, the U.S. military, and federal contractors from promoting race...more
9/24/2020
/ Attorney General ,
Diversity ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Register ,
Notice Requirements ,
OFCCP ,
Sexual Stereotyping ,
Subcontractors ,
Trump Administration
Based on a recent Senate appropriations bill, it appears that the Trump Administration’s plan to merge the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has stalled. The...more
How will employers fare under a Trump Administration? We’ve asked for comment from the thought leaders and heads of the practice areas that are likely to be affected the most.
Affirmative Action/OFCCP Compliance Will...more
11/10/2016
/ EEO-1 ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Federal Contractors ,
LGBTQ ,
OFCCP ,
Paid Leave ,
Pay Transparency ,
Section 503 ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sick Leave ,
TRICARE ,
Trump Administration ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) ,
Wage and Hour
For the past eight years, as President Obama was unable to push much of his legislative agenda through Congress, federal contractors have faced an onslaught of increasing regulatory burdens and an aggressive enforcement...more
11/10/2016
/ EEO-1 ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Federal Contractors ,
LGBTQ ,
OFCCP ,
Paid Leave ,
Pay Transparency ,
Section 503 ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sick Leave ,
TRICARE ,
Trump Administration ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)