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
On August 27, 2019, the Department of Labor announced that government contractor Cintas Corp. has agreed to pay nearly $650,000 to settle claims of sex and race discrimination in its Philadelphia, PA facility and end...more
9/10/2019
/ Back Pay ,
Bias ,
Compliance Management Systems ,
Conciliation ,
Consent Decrees ,
Cooperative Compliance Regime ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Hiring & Firing ,
OFCCP ,
Race Discrimination ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sex Discrimination
On August 15, 2019, the Office of Federal Compliance Contract Programs (OFCCP) proposed a new rule broadening the religious exemption that applies to its equal employment opportunity regulations. ...more
On August 2, 2019, OFCCP published six new compliance guides on its website. The new guides include:
OFCCP At A Glance, which provides an overview of the functions performed by OFCCP...more
This year, OFCCP will for the first time be conducting focused reviews that hone in on contractors’ compliance with disability-related obligations under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. ...more
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
Building off the two town halls it held for the tech industry last month, the OFCCP has announced that it will hold two more town halls in New York City in April. ...more
The OFCCP recently announced that it will hold two town hall meetings in the coming weeks to provide compliance assistance to federal government contractors in the tech industry. The town halls are free and open to the...more
For the second year in row, the federal government could be headed towards a partial shutdown. The shutdown would be smaller in scale than those in recent years because appropriation bills have been passed to fund numerous...more
12/20/2018
/ E-Verify ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Budget ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Foreign Workers ,
Furloughs ,
Government Shutdown ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour ,
WARN Act