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Registration is Open for the OFCCP Contractor Portal

February 02, 2022

On February 1, 2022, registration for the Contractor Portal for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) opened. The Contractor Portal will be used for covered supply and service federal contractors and subcontractors to certify...

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OFCCP Has an Ambitious Regulatory Agenda

January 13, 2022

In December of 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) released its semi-annual regulatory agenda for the various agencies within the DOL. The DOL’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has an ambitious regulatory agenda for 2022. 

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EEOC Announces Discontinuation and Upcoming Deadline

January 07, 2022

On Thursday, January 6, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published an announcement on the EEO-1 site about 2021 EEO-1 filings. In this statement, EEOC announces the discontinuation of type 6 reports and a May 17, 2022,...

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California Pay Data Reporting Update

December 16, 2021
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) has released updated Excel and CSV templates for the 2021 reporting year, both available on the main filing page.

The notable change to the filing templates is the addition of a...

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EEO-1 2021 Filing Delayed Until April 2022

December 16, 2021
EEOC will be delaying the start of the 2021 EEO-1 data collection until April 2022. An announcement was posted on December 8, 2021 to both the current and former EEO-1 pages indicating that the data collection will open April 12, 2022.

The filing...

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OFCCP Announces Timeline for AAP Verification

December 02, 2021
Today the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced the timeline for the rollout of the Contractor Portal (also known as the Affirmative Action Program Verification Interface). The timeline and FAQscan be found on the...
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Rising Accountability for Corporate Board Diversity

November 16, 2021

There is rising accountability regarding corporate board diversity, as evidenced by a rule Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted. This rule approves changes made by The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) that requires Nasdaq-listed...

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OFCCP Announces Proposal Policy on EO 11246 Religious Exemptions

November 08, 2021

OFCCP has announced a proposal to rescind the final rule “Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause’s Religious Exemption,” which has been in effect since Jan. 8, 2021. The Federal Register will publish the proposal to...

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OFCCP to Require Use of New Census Data

September 10, 2021

On Friday, September 3, OFCCP announced that it would require the use of new census data for affirmative action plans developed on or after January 1, 2022. This new census data is referred to as the 2014-2018 Equal Employment Opportunity Tabulation...

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OFCCP Releases New Scheduling List for Construction Contractors

September 02, 2021

On September 1, 2021, OFCCP published a new corporate scheduling announcement list (CSAL) for federal construction contractors and subcontractors. This release follows the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) July 6th approval of the agency’s new

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OFCCP Revisits Use of EEO-1 Pay Data

September 02, 2021

The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a notice in the Federal Register stating that OFCCP plans to evaluate the 2017 and 2018 EEO-1 component 2 pay data to assess the utility for providing insight into pay disparities across industries and...

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OMB Approves OFCCP’s Affirmative Action Program Verification Interface

September 01, 2021

On August 31, 2021 the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved OFCCP’s Affirmative Action Program Verification Interface. The final notification states that the verification was approved with change and the agency has also published a final...

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