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OFCCP has provided an online resource to support contractors in their efforts toward recruiting qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans. This Disability and Veterans Community Resources Directory includes “…a non-exhaustive...

On May 21, Consuela Pinto, an attorney within the Department of Labor’s Office of the Solicitor, spoke at the OFCCP Institute’s Annual Summit Conference. While she provided insight on a variety of topics, this blog will focus on the detail provided...

OFCCP is charging full steam ahead as their semiannual regulatory agenda forecasts the imminent publication of four Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) which are tremendously important to the contractor community. In their agenda, issued to the...

We have previously reported on two “disasters” related to the misuse of social media information (see Alerts dated 12/5/13 & 3/17/14). Now we have news that Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed a bill that places restrictions on employers seeking...

The Annual Southwest and Rocky Mountain (SWARM) Region Industry Liaison Group (ILG) Conference is known for high-quality information sessions on topics of interest to the federal contractor community, as well as active participation by...

The 32^nd annual Industry Liaison Group (ILG) national conference and exposition will be held on August 5th – 8th in Washington, DC. This year’s conference has been themed “learn from the legacy, while focusing on the future” in honor of the 50 year...

On April 29, 2014, the OFCCP held a “listening session” to discuss the forthcoming regulations addressing President Obama’s Executive Order on pay discrimination and memorandum on contractor compensation data collection. During this meeting, a...

As we have discussed in previous blogs, federal contractors are required to use the 2006-2010 American Community Survey (ACS) data to estimate external availability in Affirmative Action Programs (AAPs) dated January 1, 2014 or later. Now that we...

Just as I finished writing on the Schuette ruling itself, I received an inquiry as to what, if any, are the implications of the ruling for federal contractors. I am still mulling over the ruling and will possibly have more to say about it in the...

I previewed the oral arguments in this case in an Alert dated 10/22/13 and, quite frankly, I got it wrong. I thought it had a chance of being a 4-4 deadlock (Justice Kagan playing no role in the ruling). Instead it was a 6-2 ruling with Kennedy,...

The case is Ingram v. Henry Ford Health Systems decided on 4/21/14 by Judge Nancy G. Edmunds of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan [2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 54857]. The facts of the case are that Ingram, a supervisor,...

New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced on 4/22/14 that Bed Bath & Beyond agreed to rescind its policy to automatically exclude applicants with felony convictions and to pay $125,000 as part of the settlement, to include...