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Delay Announced for the Enforcement of New York City’s Local Law 144

April 06, 2023

By: Dave Schmidt and Bre Timko

If you have been following the state of New York City’s Local Law 144, which is intended to regulate the use of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs) used to make or substantially assist hiring decisions, you may...

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OFCCP Announces Annual VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark is 5.4 Percent

April 04, 2023

By: Brittany Dian-Hansell

On Friday, March 31, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) updated the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark to 5.4 percent, slightly down from 5.5 percent in...

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Jenny Yang Departing OFCCP

March 29, 2023

By: Joanna Colosimo

Update as of March 30, 2023:

On March 30, Jenny Yang sent a personal message to the OFCCP stakeholder community discussing her new role and reflecting on her time at OFCCP.

March 29, 2023:

As reported yesterday in various...

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OFCCP Proposes Revised Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form

March 29, 2023

By: Sheryl Harmening

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is proposing changes to the agency’s Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability form. The current version of the form is set to expire on May 31, 2023. The proposed changes...

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Fusing DEIA into the Candidate Experience

March 28, 2023

By: Bobbie Burton and Keli Wilson

This is part 5 of our 8-part blog series, Psychological Safety and Advancing Workforce Equity.

Implementing organizational policies and practices that increase employee perceptions of fairness and justice is...

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OFCCP Announces Pending Reviews for Construction Megaprojects

March 22, 2023

By: Bill Osterndorf

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has published a list of 12 major construction projects where the agency expects to conduct compliance reviews. This list comes on the heels of OFCCP’s launch of its Mega...

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OFCCP Requests a $150M Budget for Fiscal Year 2024

March 21, 2023

By: Evan Szarenski 

On March 9, President Biden released his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2024, which will cover October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024. In the days that followed, the U.S. Department of Labor has issued several documents that...

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OFCCP Launches Mega Construction Project Program

March 21, 2023

By: Terri Cordia and Bill Osterndorf 

On March 14, 2023, the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) launched its Mega Construction Project (Megaproject) Program. The Megaproject Program is another step towards OFCCP’s efforts to...

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OFCCP Contractor Portal Certification Begins March 31, 2023

March 20, 2023

By: Cassie Alfheim 

As predicted in DCI’s earlier blog post, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced today that the agency will open its Contractor Portal on March 31, 2023. This is the second year of OFCCP’s requirement...

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OFCCP Contractor Portal 2023 Certification – Coming Soon?

March 14, 2023

By: Cassie Alfheim 

Update as of March 20, 2023:

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced the deadline for federal contractors and subcontractors to certify compliance with affirmative action regulations is June 29, 2023. This...

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Making the Case for Organizational Justice

March 14, 2023

By: Keli Wilson and Jasmine Beecham  

This is part 4 of our 8-part blog series, Psychological Safety and Advancing Workforce Equity.

Key takeaways associated with establishing psychological safety, as learned in the previous installment of this...

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Establishing Inclusive Environments for Stigmatized Groups to Self-ID

February 28, 2023

By: Chad Peddie and Tyler Wurtz 

This is part 3 of our 8-part blog series, Psychological Safety and Advancing Workforce Equity.

In the previous installment in this series, we discussed how employees, in general, evaluate the risks and potential...

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