On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order revoking Executive Order 11246, which imposes anti-discrimination and affirmative action requirements on federal government contractors and subcontractors. This...more
On June 29, 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (along with Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. the University of North...more
6/30/2023
/ Affirmative Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
College Admissions ,
Diversity ,
Educational Institutions ,
Equal Protection ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Race Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina ,
Title VII
On April 25, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued an updated self-identification form for applicants and current employees to voluntarily self-identify as an individual with a disability. ...more
On November 21, 2022, OFCCP proposed a new Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing that will greatly increase the amount and specificity of documents and information that federal government contractors must provide in...more
In a July 28, 2022 e-mail communication, OFCCP emphasized the need for federal government contractors to certify their compliance with the affirmative action plan (AAP) requirements of Executive Order 11246 through OFCCP’s...more
On May 20, 2022, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released its Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL), which identifies 400 federal supply and service contractor and subcontractor...more
On March 31, 2022, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued its second Directive, No. 2022-02, of the Biden Administration. The new Directive implements both procedural and substantive changes to...more
On March 15, 2022, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued its first directive of the Biden Administration to address the requirement that federal government contractors and subcontractors perform...more
On December 2, 2021, OFCCP announced that its Affirmative Action Program Verification Interface (also referred to as the Contractor Portal) is now operative. Through the Contractor Portal, federal government supply and...more
On March 30, 2021, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced that it was lowering the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark again this year. Effective March...more
On September 14, 2020, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFFCP) requested approval from the Office of Management and Budget to require government contractors to certify on an annual basis that they are in...more
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) recently issued new FAQ guidance on how federal government contractors should treat non-binary employees (i.e., those who do not exclusively identify as either male...more
9/10/2020
/ Affirmative Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender Identity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
OFCCP ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII
The first round of VEVRAA focused reviews is on the horizon. Last year, OFCCP released its scheduling list identifying the federal contractors who were selected for focused reviews of their compliance with the Vietnam Era...more
On February 21, 2020, OFCCP announced the launch of its new Contractor Compliance Institute as part of its ongoing efforts to provide guidance and training to aid federal government contractors in meeting their compliance...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
10/21/2019
/ Affirmative Action ,
Contractors ,
Disparate Treatment ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
New Guidance ,
OFCCP ,
Opinion Letter ,
Race Discrimination ,
Student Employees ,
Tenure ,
Town Hall Meetings ,
Wage and Hour
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
10/9/2019
/ Affirmative Action ,
Bank of America ,
Bias ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Conciliation ,
Dell ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FAAP ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Goldman Sachs ,
Hiring & Firing ,
OFCCP ,
Race Discrimination ,
Settlement ,
Statistical Analysis ,
Wage and Hour
After devoting its first opinion letter to addressing aspects of its jurisdiction over higher education institutions, OFCCP recently provided additional guidance about the AAP obligations of educational institutions....more
On April 12, 2019, the OFCCP submitted new forms of its scheduling, compliance check, and Section 503 focused review letters to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. ...more
“Glaring,” “concerning,” “troubling,” “problematic,” and “systemic” were some of the words used by OFCCP Director Craig Leen to describe the underrepresentation of women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities at large...more
4/12/2019
/ Affirmative Action ,
Discrimination ,
Disparate Impact ,
Diversity ,
Federal Contractors ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Women in the Law
On March 27, 2019, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced that it was lowering the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark again this year. ...more