Eva Peron’s farewell song from “Evita” comes to mind as the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP or Agency) loses its authority and prepares to take its final bow. Aligning with the Administration’s efforts...more
Blog Overview: The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published an Information Collection Request on January 7, 2025, seeking reauthorization to enforce Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act...more
Disability self-identification has been in the spotlight lately, especially for federal contractors watching potential changes to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 503). However, in this changing...more
Last week, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released new jurisdictional thresholds for Section 503 of the Rehabilitations Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA). The...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced inflation-based increases to the jurisdictional thresholds under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era...more
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) just announced updated jurisdictional thresholds for two key federal affirmative action laws: the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and...more
As of October 1, 2025, the jurisdictional thresholds for two key regulations impacting federal contractors—the Rehabilitation Act (Section 503) and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)—have...more
BLOG OVERVIEW: OFCCP has released new minimum contract thresholds for federal contractors and subcontractors. These thresholds help determine whether employers must adhere to requirements stemming from Section 503 of the...more
In a bulletin issued on November 25, 2025, the OFCCP announced that, as of October 1, 2025, the federal contractor and subcontractor jurisdictional thresholds for individuals with disabilities pursuant to Section 503 of the...more
Employers doing business with the federal government may be required to maintain affirmative action programs for individuals with disabilities and veterans depending on the dollar value of their contracts....more
Much of the focus over the last 10 months has been on the Trump Administration’s decision to end the requirement to prepare Affirmative Action Plans under Executive Order 11246. This change has created some confusion, with...more
BLOG OVERVIEW: Former OFCCP Director Catherine Eshbach’s comments at SHRM BLUEPRINT 2025 shed light on the enforcement priorities of the Trump Administration, including refraining from race- or sex-based employment decisions...more
BLOG OVERVIEW: The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has proposed major changes to the regulations stemming from Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. As part of the rulemaking process, the agency has collected...more
It is being reported that the Director of the Office of Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), Catherine Eschbach, will be leaving the agency to begin working at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as the...more
On September 4, 2025, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued updates regarding the extension of comment periods for proposed rulemakings related to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and...more
As noted in a prior blog, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) began issuing administrative closure letters for open audits following Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s release of Order 08-2025 on July 2,...more
On July 1, 2025, the US Department of Labor (DOL) – which includes the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) – released three notices of proposed rules, outlining changes to federal contractors’ affirmative...more
The Department of Labor (DOL) is taking steps to revise and relaunch its affirmative action requirements for veterans and people with disabilities. ...more
The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has published proposed changes to regulations under the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Section 503 of the...more
On July 2, 2025, Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer issued Order 08-2025, which outlines the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ priorities and enforcement actions related to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation...more
In a sweeping shift, the Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed to rescind nearly all affirmative action requirements that apply to federal contractors under EO 11246 and Section 503. The changes, outlined in recent...more
The Department of Labor just gave the green light for federal contractor audits and investigations involving disability and veteran bias to resume immediately. While affirmative action obligations based on race, sex, and...more
On Wednesday, July 2, 2025, the OFCCP issued a notice (referred to as a “Stakeholder Message”) regarding the agency’s renewed enforcement activity. In short, the OFCCP will: Resume processing complaints against federal...more
They’ve all but shut the door, turned off the lights, and put up the “closed” sign. On July 2, Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer lifted the pause on investigations and enforcement of Section 503 of the Rehabilitation...more
In conjunction with the recent proposed rule changes to the Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 503) and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (VEVRAA) regulations, the Department of...more