Recently issued Executive Order (EO) 14173 revoked EO 11246, which prohibited employment discrimination and required that federal contractors develop written affirmative action programs for women and minorities. The U.S....more
Section 3 of President Trump’s Executive Order entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” addresses the federal contracting process and revokes Executive Order, EO 11246, a long-standing...more
Executive Order (E.O.) 11246 was issued by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965 to combat discrimination in employment (following the then-recent passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) by requiring federal contractors and...more
This exclusive, one-hour webinar will cover the fundamentals of affirmative action planning, legal requirements, practical strategies for effective implementation, and how federal contractors can set themselves up for success...more
On June 5, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published its FY 2023 Construction Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL). The CSAL includes 250 employers that OFCCP has identified as...more
The proposed changes discussed below focus on OFCCP asking for additional information at the outset of a compliance review, ostensibly to provide clarity to contractors about what is expected but also creating a substantial...more
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
January 2021 marked the inauguration of President Biden as well as the appointment of Jenny Yang as the Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program. This webinar session will cover trends seen by OFCCP...more
In an announcement sure to please many federal contractors, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) just declared that it is amending its 2020 Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letter (CSAL) list to remove...more
In keeping with the promise to make the agency more transparent, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs just released a list of over 2,000 federal contractors that will be soon subject to compliance reviews. By...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the New York State Division of Human Rights (the “Division”) and the New York City Commission on Human Rights (the “Commission”) have all recently...more
In April, OFCCP proposed four new scheduling letters – one each for its establishment reviews, compliance checks, and separate but related letters for its focused reviews on Section 503 (disability) and VEVRAA (veteran)...more
The changes aren’t as drastic as initially proposed! The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has submitted its proposed changes to the scheduling letters to the Office of Management and Budget for approval. ...more
Quick Hit: OFCCP recently issued a request to the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) seeking approval of changes to its “scheduling letter, compliance check letter, [] Section 503 focused review letter… [and] approval...more
As we reported last week, OFCCP published in the Federal Register for Notice and Comment revised scheduling letters for Section 503 and VEVRAA Focused Reviews, Compliance Checks, and regular establishment compliance reviews....more
At least once a year, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) posts a Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (“CSAL”). The CSAL identifies federal government contractors and...more
Last summer, OFCCP put contractors on notice that it was preparing to implement focused reviews of contractors’ compliance with Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Vietnam Era...more
OFCCP has announced that its next Corporate Scheduling Announcement Lists (CSALs) are expected to be published on its FOIA Library in “mid-to-late March 2019.” As we have previously reported, OFCCP will not mail out CSALs to...more