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OFCCP Extends Enforcement Moratorium for VAHBP Providers Until 2027

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In a move the Agency reported is designed to maintain healthcare access for active and retired service members and their families, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced a two-year extension...more

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Executive Agencies Confirm Demise of OFCCP and Identify Private Sector Enforcement Targets

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Labor released their 2026 Congressional Budget Justifications (CBJ) on May 30, 2025, providing valuable information related to the EEOC’s enforcement...more

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DOL Restructures: OFCCP on the Chopping Block as Opinion Letters Expand - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®

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This week, we discuss the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) plan to eliminate the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and the DOL’s new opinion letter program. On May 30, 2025, the DOL moved to eliminate...more

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Department of Labor Proposed Budget Seeks To Completely Dismantle OFCCP

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According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) fiscal year 2026 proposed budget, the Department is set to fully eliminate the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) next fiscal year, which begins October 1,...more

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Update: Making Sense of the Evolving DEI Landscape and its Effects on Federal Contractors and Grantees

We recently wrote about the preliminary injunction entered by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, blocking the Department of Labor from enforcing certain provisions of Executive Orders 14173 and...more

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OFCCP Leak Prompts Federal Contractors to Review DEI Policies

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A leaked internal email from the newly-appointed Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) indicated that it may review information previously submitted by federal contractors during OFCCP audits...more

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Democratic Lawmakers Urge U.S. Department of Labor to Abandon Proposal to Dismantle OFCCP

On April 11, 2025, a group of forty Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer urging her to “abandon plans to dismantle [the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs] and reaffirm...more

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Former DOL Officials Urge Federal Contractors to Continue Lawful Diversity Practices Despite Trump Administration’s Efforts to End...

On April 15, 2025, a group of former U.S. Department of Labor officials issued an “open letter” urging federal contractors to continue voluntary diversity practices, including conducting self-assessments, despite the Trump...more

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New Leadership at the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Signals Potential Overhaul of Affirmative Action Compliance...

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On March 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor announced the appointment of Catherine Eschbach as Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), the agency charged with overseeing regulation and...more

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#WorkforceWednesday®: EEOC/DOJ Joint DEI Guidance, EEOC Letters to Law Firms, OFCCP Retroactive DEI Enforcement - Employment Law...

This week, we highlight new guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)-related discrimination. We also examine the Acting EEOC...more

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Federal Crackdown on DEI Programs Intensifies – Government Enforcement and Investigations Risks

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In our prior Baker Donelson Client Alert, we examined the labor and employment implications of Attorney General Pam Bondi's Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination & Preferences memorandum. This alert focuses on the...more

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DEI and Government Contractors: A High-Stakes Shift

While much of the focus on President Trump’s recent Executive Order on Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity (the “EO”) has been on its elimination of race and sex-based affirmative action...more

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Acting DOL Secretary Halts Enforcement of Johnson-Era Executive Order

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President Donald Trump’s recission of a 1965 Executive Order (EO) raised questions about how the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) would handle open investigations, pending cases, audits and complaints, as well as whether active...more

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OFCCP is ordered to end all EO 11246 enforcement activity

DOL’s first step in the dismantling of EO 11246. As we previously reported, President Trump has rescinded Executive Order 11246, which required federal contractors to comply with a vast regulatory scheme relating to...more

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Breaking News: Current OFCCP Audits Will Cease

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We have an IMPORTANT UPDATE about the status of OFCCP’s enforcement activity under Executive Order 11246, Section 503 and VEVRAA, in light of President Trump’s decision last week to revoke EO 11246. Late Friday, the Acting...more

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OFCCP Ordered to Stop All Enforcement Activity and Close Open Audits Under Revoked Executive Order 11246

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In response to President Trump revoking Executive Order 11246, Acting U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Vincent Micone issued an Order on January 24th, instructing DOL employees including OFCCP to stop all enforcement...more

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Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction to Stop OFCCP Enforcement Action

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On October 30, 2024, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas granted a federal contractor’s request for a preliminary injunction to stop an enforcement action by the Office of Federal Contract...more

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Under New MOU, U.S. Department of Justice will now Directly Support Enforcement of EEO Laws

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) to further the objectives of...more

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OFCCP Breaks Record With Over $40M in Settlements in 2019

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The Office of Federal Contractor Compliance has been busy this year.  In 2019, it has obtained over $40M in settlements from federal contractors to resolve claims of hiring and compensation discrimination.  This figure tops...more

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OFCCP Announces Three Multimillion Dollar Bias Settlements

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The OFCCP opened the month of October by announcing three multimillion dollar settlements with major government contractors.  The agency entered into early resolution conciliation agreements with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and...more

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House Hearing Examines EEOC's Regulatory and Enforcement Policies

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On Tuesday, May 23, 2017, the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing to discuss the direction of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The witnesses and lawmakers raised several topics...more

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