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2024 VETS-4212 Filing Platform Opens (Quietly) on August 1, 2024 - What to Know

Like clockwork, the 2024 VETS-4212 reporting platform will open on August 1, 2024, with the filings due by September 30, 2024. Unlike the EEO-1 reports, the VETS-4212 reports have maintained a consistent opening date for many...more

A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing? OFCCP’s New Directive on Expedited Conciliation Procedures

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

New FAR Council Proposed Rule Would Require Salary Disclosures and Ban Compensation History Inquiries

On January 30, 2024, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued a Proposed Rule, “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting.”...more

Federal Contractors Can Soon Anticipate Rules on Pay Transparency and Salary History for Applicants and Employees

On December 4, 2023, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council submitted a proposed rule on “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting” to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. On...more

Federal Contractors, Heads Up! New Audits, New Burdens, Less Time to Comply

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

The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling: 6 Takeaways for Government Contractors

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

Is This the End of the Federal Contractor COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate?

On May 1, 2023, the Biden administration announced that it will end the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for federal contractors on May 11, 2023—which is the day that the COVID-19 public health emergency will end....more

OFCCP to Open Contractor Portal to Certify Affirmative Action Program Compliance on March 31, 2023

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

OFCCP Takes Aim at Pay Equity Audits in New Directive

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

Beyond the OSHA ETS and CMS Rule: What’s Up with Biden’s Executive Orders?

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Testing Standard (ETS) met its demise at the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 2022. That same day,...more

Executive Order 14042 Is Preliminarily Enjoined Nationwide: The Third Domino Falls

Like the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) emergency temporary standard (ETS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) healthcare rule, Executive Order (EO) 14042 (including its related...more

OFCCP Announces Much Anticipated Details About Its New Contractor Portal

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

Breaking News: Limited Three-State Preliminary Injunction of the Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Issued

A federal judge has preliminarily enjoined Executive Order (EO) 14042, which requires federal contractors to comply with COVID-19 workplace safety protocols. The preliminary injunction prevents the executive order from being...more

President Biden Signs Executive Order Requiring COVID-19 Vaccine for Federal Government Contract Workers

To ensure “that the parties that contract with the Federal Government provide adequate COVID-19 safeguards to their workers performing on or in connection with a Federal Government contract,” President Biden has issued yet...more

OFCCP’s Significant Changes for Federal Contractors: AAP Verification Approval and Review of EEO-1 Pay Data

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

OFCCP Publishes Latest Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL)

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

Many Federal Contractors Required to Increase Minimum Wage for Workers By 2022: Highlights of the Biden Administration’s New...

On April 27, 2021, President Joe Biden signed a new executive order (EO) requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to pay a $15.00 minimum wage to the thousands of workers who are working on or in connection with...more

The Ogletree OFCCP Bulletin: January 2021

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

The OFCCP in 2020: A Look Back at the Year

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

OFCCP Director Update: Yang Replaces Leen as the New Director

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

The Ogletree OFCCP Bulletin: December 2020

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

The New ‘Race and Sex Stereotyping’ Executive Order Affecting Federal Contractors

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

Component 2 No More After 2019? EEOC Doesn’t Request Renewal of EEO-1 Component 2

On September 11, 2019, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a new notice of information collection regarding the Employer Information Report (EEO-1). Through the 60-day notice, the EEOC is seeking...more

OFCCP’s Busy Friday: A New Ombudsman and Contractor Assistance Portal

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

OFCCP Drops Its New Compliance Assistance Guides

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

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