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The Trump administration plans to completely eliminate the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and transfer the agency’s remaining authority to enforce protections in federal contractors for veterans and...more
Tougher EEOC and OFCCP, a legal challenge at NLRB, and more. NOTE FROM ROBIN: In this limited-edition "Biden Time" series, I provide regular updates on the new President's appointments and other actions that will be of...more
On January 8, 2021, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued an opinion letter on “Legal Protections for Religious Liberty in the Workplace.” The opinion letter builds on OFCCP’s recent regulations...more
On January 8, 2020, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) published an opinion letter responding to an unidentified religious organization’s request for clarification on the “scope of the legal...more
Following on the heels of its final rule clarifying the religious exemption found at Section 204(3) of Executive Order (EO) 11246 and codified at 41 C.F.R. 60-1.5(a)(5) (the Exemption), OFCCP this week issued an Opinion...more
In 2013 the United States Department of Defense founded Skill Bridge, a program that partners the U.S. Armed Forces with private employers to provide internships to active duty service members during their last six months of...more
On November 8, 2019, OFCCP released another opinion letter clarifying the extent of its jurisdiction over government contractors. In the letter, OFCCP opined that participants in the Department of Defense’s SkillBridge...more
Maintaining its recent focus on compliance issues particular to educational institutions, OFCCP published a technical assistance guide for educational institutions on October 11, 2019. The guide follows a flurry of OFCCP...more
On July 22, 2019, OFCCP issued its second published opinion letter addressing whether “contractors can work with OFCCP to develop a PAG [Pay Analysis Grouping] structure that OFCCP would accept as valid for use in future...more
DOL Personnel Moves. While we all wait to see how and when the confirmation process for secretary of labor nominee Eugene Scalia may play out, the front office shake-up at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) continued this...more
In a welcome development for federal government contractors, OFCCP issued its second opinion letter on July 22, 2019. The opinion letter endorsed a process through which contractors can submit proposed pay analysis groups...more
On July 22, 2019, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued its second Opinion Letter since November 30, 2018, when Directive 2019-03 announced the agency’s intent to begin delivering such guidance to...more
In keeping with its commitment to promoting transparency, this week the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released an official opinion letter concerning pay analysis groupings (PAGs) and three sets of...more
In just its second Opinion Letter, OFCCP has [somewhat] tackled the issue of Pay Analysis Groups (PAGs). Issued two months after the inaugural Opinion Letter which addressed the issue of Pell Grants, Director Craig Leen’s...more
Does receiving Pell Grant funds make you a contractor? Last November, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs issued a Directive announcing that it would begin issuing opinion letters to provide easily...more
On May 23, 2019, the OFCCP -- without fanfare -- issued its first opinion letter since its announcement last year that it would begin issuing opinions to provide guidance to the contractor community. ...more
On May 23, 2019, OFCCP issued its first published opinion letter addressing whether universities and other post-secondary higher educational institutions become covered federal contractors by serving as a “conduit” for Pell...more
In an effort to provide additional compliance assistance resources to contractors, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued Directive 2019-03 in late 2018. Under this Directive, OFCCP announced...more
As we noted at the beginning of the year, the Agency in late-November 2018 issued a Directive stating it would develop "a dynamic and searchable publically available source of Help Desk questions and answers to assist...more
On April 9, 2019, in New York City, OFCCP hosted a town hall focused on the “financial industry and related fields.” Guy Brenner of Proskauer attended what was an enlightening and informative event. The purpose of the town...more
Quick Hit: OFCCP is inviting contractor stakeholders, and their legal counsel, to submit “Burning Question[s]” to its Help Desk that the agency can answer in forthcoming Opinion Letters. Key Takeaways: OFCCP’s invitation is...more
As part of OFCCP’s continuing efforts at transparency, the Agency in late-November 2018 issued a Directive stating it would develop “a dynamic and searchable publically available source of Help Desk questions and answers to...more
The year 2018 brought increased activity and significant changes to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), including the appointment of new Director Craig E. Leen and the arrival of 12 new directives. ...more
Directly in line with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program’s (OFCCP) new policy emphasis on agency transparency, accountability, efficiency and collaborative resolution, the OFCCP...more
It’s hard to keep up with the news these days. It sometimes feels like you can’t step away from your phone, computer, or TV for more than an hour or so without a barrage of new information hitting the headlines—and you’re...more