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What Employers Need to Know About Recent Changes to Affirmative Action Policies in the Workplace

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On January 21, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled, "Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity" ("Order"). The Order is mainly aimed at rescinding Executive Order 11246, which was...more

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2024 OFCCP Contractor Portal for Affirmative Action Plan Certification Opened April 1, 2024

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The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced that the Contractor Portal for federal contractors and subcontractors to certify compliance with their affirmative action plan (AAP) obligations opened on...more

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Employers Have Until July 25, 2023 to Implement New OFCCP Disability Self-Identification Form

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On April 25, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget approved the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP) updated form prospective and current employees must use to voluntarily self-identify as an individual...more

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OFCCP Announces a New Certification Cycle

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In December 2021, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) implemented a new requirement that all covered federal contractors and subcontractors annually certify that they have current affirmative action...more

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OFCCP Certification Portal Opens March 2023

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OFCCP announced yesterday, March 20, 2023, that the Contractor Certification Portal will open in ten days.  Contractors have until June 29, 2023 to certify that they are in compliance with OFCCP’s affirmative action and...more

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2023 Affirmative Action Plan Certification Portal to Launch March 31, 2023

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On March 20, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced that the Contractor Portal for federal contractors and subcontractors to certify compliance with their affirmative action plan (AAP)...more

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OFCCP Reminds Contractors to Certify Affirmative Action Plan Compliance Through the Contractor Portal

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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

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Construction Contractors Seeking to Take Advantage of Infrastructure Bill: Beware of Federal Compliance Obligations

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Construction contractors are scrambling to secure contracts funded by the $1 trillion Infrastructure Bill signed by President Biden on November 15, 2021. Although lucrative, those contracts come with extensive obligations and...more

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Contractors Are Now On The Clock: OFCCP’s Contractor Portal Is Open

As we previously reported, the OFCCP received approval and has launched a “Contractor Portal” which will be used to, among other things, have non-construction contractors annually certify compliance with their affirmative...more

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OFCCP’s First Webinar on its New Contractor Portal Leaves Most Questions Unanswered

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On February 1, 2022, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) presented a webinar on its new contractor portal through which covered contractors are being asked to certify whether they are meeting their...more

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Down the Rabbit Hole: A Trip through the OFCCP’s New Contractor Portal

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On December 2, 2021 the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued an announcement introducing its new contractor portal.  OFCCP describes the portal as a “platform where covered contractors must certify...more

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OFCCP Launches Contractor Portal to Require Annual Affirmative Action Plan Certification

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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

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OFCCP Launches Contractor Portal Initiating AAP Verification Program

On December 2, 2021, OFCCP announced the launch of its new “Contractor Portal,” which “covered federal contractors and subcontractors (“contractors”) must use … to certify, on an annual basis, whether they have developed and...more

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OFCCP Seeks to Impose New Certification Requirement on Contractors

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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

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Construction Contractors Take Note: OFCCP’s Industry-Focused Technical Assistance Guide (TAG) May Prove Helpful in Preparing for...

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Federal construction contractors are barred from discriminating in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or covered veteran status, and many...more

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