On July 26, 2024, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published Directive (DIR) 2024-01, containing a mechanism for conciliating issues found by OFCCP during compliance evaluations through expedited...more
On January 30, 2024, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued a Proposed Rule, “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting.”...more
On August 25, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued an Office of Management and Budget (OMB)-approved, revised Supply and Service Scheduling Letter and...more
How does the Supreme Court of the United States’ ban on affirmative action in higher education affect government contractors? In short—it doesn’t. Covered federal contractors and subcontractors must continue to comply with...more
7/31/2023
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Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Compliance ,
Data Collection ,
Diversity ,
EEO ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
SCOTUS ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) ,
Voluntary Self-Audit
On March 20, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced that it will open its online Contractor Portal tool on March 31, 2023, for federal contractors and subcontractors to certify their...more
In the first internal agency directive during Jenny Yang’s tenure as director, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued Directive 2022-01, entitled “Pay Equity Audits” on March 15, 2021.
OFCCP’s...more
As we reported earlier this year, on August 31, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the new system that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) developed for federal contractors to...more
AAP Verification Is a Go: At long last, on August 31, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the new system that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) developed for federal contractors...more
On July 1, 2021, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL identifying 750 Supply and Service establishment-based full compliance evaluations,...more
Here are the latest developments from the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).
New OFCCP Director. Jenny Yang, formerly of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...more
Despite a global pandemic, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) kept an unrelenting pace of activity in 2020. Below are the highlights from the year, and a summary of what federal contractors and...more
2/1/2021
/ Affirmative Action ,
Compliance ,
Conciliation ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
CSALs ,
Department of Veterans Affairs ,
Disability ,
Federal Contractors ,
Non-Discrimination Rules ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Data ,
Race Relations ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sexual Stereotyping ,
TRICARE ,
Veterans ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
According to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance website’s leadership team page, Jenny Yang has replaced Craig Leen as director of the agency. Yang previously served on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...more
Here are the latest developments from the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).
New Religious Exemption Final Rule. OFCCP recently finalized a rule to “clarify the...more
On September 22, 2020, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping.” The executive order follows a September 4, 2020, memorandum from Russell Vought,...more
9/30/2020
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Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employee Training ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Race Discrimination ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Stereotyping ,
Trump Administration
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced on Friday, August 9, 2019, the appointment of Marcus Stergio to fill the ombudsman role in the agency’s national office. Stergio has varied experienced in...more
On August 2, 2019, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced the release of its new compliance assistance guides. Among the new guides are...more
8/5/2019
/ Compliance ,
Construction Industry ,
Federal Contractors ,
General Contractors ,
New Guidance ,
Notice Requirements ,
OFCCP ,
Posting Requirements ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Retention Funds ,
Subcontractors ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
On March 25, 2019, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a list of contractors and subcontractors identified for a potential compliance evaluation in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 (which will end on...more
On February 22, 2019, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced that it is on schedule to post its next Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) in March 2019. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 CSAL...more
Recently, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) began posting in its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Library links to conciliation agreements between the agency and federal contractors that contain only...more
Any employer doing business with the federal government should be aware of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and the various laws administered by this agency. In this podcast, Columbia shareholder...more
11/2/2018
/ Affirmative Action ,
Contractor Audits ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Government Agencies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Subcontractors ,
Title VII ,
Veterans ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
For the third time in the last 10 years, on August 24, 2018, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) revamped its guidance on compensation investigation and enforcement by issuing Directive 2018-05 and...more
Just two weeks after the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released two directives under Acting Director Craig Leen, the agency released three more initiatives. On August 24, 2018, OFCCP announced three...more
Hitting the ground running, Acting OFCCP Director Craig Leen released two new directives on August 10, 2018.
Directive 2018-04 -
As anticipated from Leen’s conversations with contractors at the National Industry...more
The U.S. Department of Labor has confirmed that Ondray Harris will be stepping down as director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) - reportedly as early as by the end of this week. Harris’s...more
According to a May 18, 2018, press release, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has extended its moratorium on enforcing the affirmative action obligations of TRICARE...more