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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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EEOC Extends EEO-1 Filing Deadline to October 25, 2021

August 19, 2021

The EEOC announced on Wednesday, August 18th that the filing deadline for 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 reports has been extended to Monday, October 25th, 2021. 

The announcement details that there will be no further changes made to the filing deadline and...

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Maya Raghu Joins OFCCP as Deputy Director for Policy

July 21, 2021

Maya Raghu has joined the U.S. Department of Labor’s OFCCP as the Deputy Director for Policy, effective July 19th, 2021. 

Ms. Raghu previously served as the Director of Workplace Equality and Senior Counsel at the National Women’s Law Center, where...

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OFCCP Acknowledges Release of the 2014-2018 Census EEO Tabulation

July 07, 2021

Contractors are now able to use the updated labor force demographics with the most recent release of the 2014-2018 Census EEO Tabulation. While the release has been much anticipated from the current outdated 2006-2010 data, at this time OFCCP has...

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FY2022 Budget Justification for OFCCP

July 07, 2021

OFCCP released its FY2022 Congressional Budget Justification earlier this month, calling for a $35 million increase in funding to hire, train, and equip almost 200 additional staff. In addition, OFCCP says the increased funding is needed to support...

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President Biden Issues Executive Order to Advance Diversity and Inclusion Across Federal Government

July 07, 2021

On June 25th, President Biden issued an executive order, and accompanying fact sheet, designed to “advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility across the Federal Government” for disadvantaged groups. 

Who does this impact?

The order...

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