Affirmative Action and Diversity

OFCCP Posts Its New Scheduling List Targeting 3,500 Contractor Entities for Compliance Evaluations; Audits To Begin Mid-May 2019

As promised, the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) this week published its fiscal year 2019 Corporate

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OFCCP Resets Annual Veteran Hiring Benchmark at 5.9%, Down From 6.4% Last Year

The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has updated the national percentage of veterans in the

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President Trump’s Proposed FY 2020 Budget Calls for Paid Parental Leave Program, Mandatory E-Verify; EEOC and NLRB Would Get Deep Cuts

President Trump recently delivered his third proposed annual budget to Congress, containing the Administration’s recommendations for funding the federal government

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OFCCP Director Craig Leen Provides Update on Latest Agency Developments, Solicits Feedback from Attendees, During Two Separate Sessions at CWC’s 2019 Policy Conference

In a featured keynote presentation at the opening session of the Center for Workplace Compliance’s (CWC) 2019 Policy Conference last

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OFCCP Issues Promised Guidance on Section 503 Focused Reviews in Advance of Posting New Audit Scheduling List

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has launched a “landing page” dedicated to the agency’s upcoming

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OFCCP’s Revised Section 503 Regulations Will Mandate Disability Resurvey of All Current Employees During a Contractor’s Next AAP Cycle

As an advance reminder to employers that are federal contractors subject to the revised regulations implementing Section 503 of the

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OFCCP’s Forthcoming “CSAL” List Will Include Focused Reviews and Compliance Checks in Addition to Standard Compliance Reviews

The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has ended its longstanding practice of mailing so-called advance

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Conciliation Agreements Negotiated With OFCCP Have Teeth, and the Agency Has Shown Its Intent To Enforce Them

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) most typically will settle material allegations of noncompliance that arise

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