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On Tuesday, April 7, 2020, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved OFCCP’s information collection request for two new compliance check scheduling letters for the construction industry.One version is for construction contractors whose...

OFCCP’s FY2021 Congressional Budget Justification, just released Monday, February 10, shows an increase in requested funds as compared to FY2020 (103.6M) in anticipation of conducting more compliance evaluations (i.e., full compliance reviews,...

In line with its continued focus on identifying pay disparities in the workplace, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has made notice they are considering an amendment to their current regulations¹ that would include an...

On November 6^th 2019, OFCCP announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking intended to declare health care providers who solely receive TRICARE funds as sub-contractors exempt from OFCCP oversight under Executive Order (E.O.) 11246, Section 503 of the...

The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued three reports since September 2016 that offer the OFCCP and EEOC recommendations for improving enforcement of equal employment opportunity policy.¹ On September 19, 2019, the GAO...

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has published a new rule “clarifying” religious exemptions a contractor can be granted under the Executive Order 11246 contractual obligations. OFCCP cites the need for a proposed rule for...

*The EEOC Component 2 collection portal officially closed on February 15th, 2020. The EEOC has stated it doesn't intend to collect Component 2 data in the future because the burden imposed on employers to comply. The links referencing the portal...

OFCCP suggested a number of changes to the current scheduling letters in its Proposed Renewal of Information Collection Requirements, which was published in the Federal Register on April 12. Following the release of these proposed revisions, there...

UPDATE: On July 7, 2019, the U.S. Women's National team won the World Cup, which is the second consecutive and fourth time overall that the USWNT has won the international tournament. Congratulations to the USWNT!

The 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup is...

Now that the deadline for Component 1 of the EEO-1 Survey has passed (hopefully with successful filings for all), EEOC is looking ahead to the process of Component 2 pay data collection. EEOC is partnering with NORC at the University of Chicago, a...

OFCCP has three agenda items currently in the proposed rule stage. Meaning, the following rules have been proposed to the public in order to address a specific problem or accomplish an agency goal:

• Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination...

If you’ve been wondering about how, what, and when to file your EEO-1 Survey for this year, you are not alone. Today, March 19, Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District Courtgave EEOC and OMB anApril 3, 2019deadline to inform employers on...