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One interesting and unanswered question, related to the new 503 and VEVRAA regulations, concerns what information would be required for submission to OFCCP as part of the desk audit. Because OFCCP’s scheduling letter defines what is required as part...

It has been more than a year since OFCCP rescinded its Compensation Standards and issued Directive 307. As a result of this protocol change, OFCCP adopted a new method for grouping individuals for the purposes of reviewing compensation data. These...

The Veteran’s Employment and Training Service (VETS) recently published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the reporting requirements under VEVRAA, currently known as the VETS-100 and VETS-100A reports.

The most significant change is the...

The case is Nickel v. Staples Contract and Commercial, Inc. (Shegerian and Associates) decided on 2/27/14 in Los Angeles County Superior Court. A summary of the case may be viewed here.

As reported by the plaintiff’s attorneys (Shegerian and...

The case is Gulliver Schools v. Snay decided in the Florida District Court of Appeals on February 26, 2014.

Snay, a former headmaster at Gulliver Schools, sued for age discrimination under Florida State law after his contract was not renewed. The...

As previously featured on this blog, OFCCP published the revised Section 503 and VEVRAA regulations on September 24, 2013. The effective date for all contractors to comply with subparts A, B, D, and E is 180 days from the date they were published,...

We have written about the positive changes made to improve the final OFCCP mandated disability self-identification form. The form is now available on OFCCP's website. The next logical question is will the OFCCP provide the form in additional...

There seems to be an ongoing misconception that federal contractors are required to post qualified job openings with the nearest State Employment Service office. The misconception arises from an affirmative action obligation that is required under...

Beginning March 24, 2014, federal contractors will be required to collect disability information from their workforce on an annual basis and use those data to conduct disability utilization analyses. Under the new Section 503 regulations, each...

The revised affirmative action regulations relating to protected veterans (VEVRAA) and individuals with disabilities (Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act) take effect in less than a month. In spite of efforts made by the OFCCP to lessen the...

During a recent audit experience, a compliance officer insisted that the workforce analysis was incorrect because a supervisor (including name) was not listed for each department. We thought it would be a great time to provide a quick refresher...

The case is Summers v. Altrium Institute [2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 1252] decided on 1/23/14 by the 4th Circuit. Summers was a senior analyst at Altrium when he had an unfortunate accident stepping out of a train in which he fell on the platform and...