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In 2011, the OFCCP proposed major changes to the current scheduling letter and itemized listing. After three years, the OFCCP has received approval from OMB to make some of the changes that were requested. These changes (especially the change to...

On September 12^th, a General Electric subsidiary in Ohio agreed to pay $537,000 to settle a sex discrimination allegation with OFCCP. The agency alleged that the company used a set of employment tests that produced adverse impact against female...

OFCCP had an extremely busy year in 2013 with the release of Directive 307 in February and the updated Federal Contract Compliance Manual (FCCM) in August. The agency also published the revised Section 503 and VEVRAA regulations on September 24,...

This is the second blog in our series on Steering and OFCCP enforcement.  As discussed in our first blog of the series, OFCCP has focused on investigating compensation as a byproduct of steering during compensation reviews. Toward that end, DCI has...

OFCCP is seeking public comments on its proposed information collection request (ICR) to renew recordkeeping and reporting requirements for construction contractors. The ICR was published in the Federal Register on September 2^nd.

This proposal...

On August 6, 2014, OFCCP issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) which will require covered Federal contractors and subcontractors with more than 100 employees to submit an Equal Pay Report (EPR) regarding employee compensation. As explained...

On September 8, 2014, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) received a submission from OFCCP seeking approval to implement two non-material changes to the Voluntary Self-Identification...

Steering is the policy or practice of directing applicants or employees to certain jobs (or departments) based on stereotypes and biases. The result of steering is a concentration of one group (e.g. women and minorities) into certain jobs (or...

On July 16, 2014, the second release of the FY 2014 Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs) was sent out by OFCCP. These letters serve as an advanced courtesy notification to federal contractors and subcontractors that one or more of their...

During a recent release of the revised Section 503 and VEVRAA FAQs on the OFCCP website, the agency outlined their interpretation of how non-responses to the invitation to self-identify as an individual with a disability should be treated in an...

Among the new FAQs released on June 18, 2014, OFCCP responded to the following contractor question:

“If an individual self-identifies as a protected veteran at the pre-offer stage of the application process, but does not self-identify again at the...

OFCCP recently released a series of new FAQs relating to the revised 503 and VEVRAA regulations. This blog will address the FAQ addressing the definition of “hires” to be used when assessing compliance with the hiring benchmark under VEVRAA. In two...