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Based upon the FY 2013 Budget Request to Congress, OFCCP planned to release in final form the Veterans and Disabilities regulations sometime in April of 2013. However, those regulations are still at OFCCP going through “revisions” and have not been...

Bertucci provides flood control and restoration services and has received more than 80 million in federal contracts related disaster recovery efforts, most notably, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the British Petroleum oil spill in...

To claim protected class membership under the ADA, the individual must prove (a) disability within the meaning of the law (an impairment that significantly restricts a major life activity) and, (b) qualification (ability to perform the essential job...

The 28th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) was held April 11-13, 2013 in Houston, TX. Attendees and presenters from a variety of industries and backgrounds took part in the event, including but not...

Three hospitals affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) were considered subcontractors by District Court Judge Friedman on March 30, 2013. The case is UPMC Braddock v. Harris and includes UPMC Braddock, UPMC McKeesport and...

The case is EEOC v. Bass Pro Outdoor World (BPOW) decided on March 18, 2013 by District Court Judge Keith B. Ellison of the District of Texas, Houston Division [2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36711]. As far as pattern or practice cases go, this one is not...

Given the recent wave of OFCCP courtesy letters sent to federal contractors this month, we thought a short review of the process in moving from courtesy letter to scheduling letter would be of interest to readers of this blog. The OFCCP utilizes the...

Given the recent wave of OFCCP courtesy and scheduling letters, we thought that a blog on early preparations in the OFCCP audit process would be of interest. Recall that all federal contractors and subcontractors in receipt of a supply and service...

In an announcement released on March 14th, the U.S. Census Bureau discussed the unemployment rate of workers with disabilities based on the new Disability Employment Tabulation. The statistics show that individuals with disabilities only account for...

Federal contractors and subcontractors that are covered under the Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974 (VEVRAA) are required to take affirmative action in employing and advancing covered veterans. In practice, this means that contractors...

OFCCP’s recent webinars on Directive 307 stated that compensation investigations will focus on individual race/ethnicity differences. If that is the case, a number of analytic questions require clarification.

OFCCP recently issued a large wave of announcement letters, as noted in the blog last week. These letters are in the form of the same “courtesy” letters that were sent at the end of 2012, rather than the traditional Corporate Scheduling Announcement...