On May 20, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released its first Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) for federal fiscal year 2022. The 2022 federal fiscal year runs from October 1,...
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Today, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published its latest Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL), which is comprised of 376 Supply and Service establishment-based traditional compliance reviews, 12 Corporate...
DCI Consulting Group, Inc. (DCI) is pleased to announce that Evan Szarenski has joined DCI’s Audit Strategy & Regulatory Affairs team as a Senior Consultant. The addition of Mr. Szarenski is a strategic hire for DCI, enhancing their commitment of...
By: Amanda Bowman
The Institute for Workplace Equality (The Institute) Annual Summit opened with a Fireside chat between OFCCP Director Jenny Yang and DCI Consulting’s David Cohen. A lot of great information was shared, including an update on the...
As expected, OFCCP has released an updated Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) benchmark effective March 31, 2022.
The new benchmark has been set at 5.5%, continuing the downward trend in benchmark percentages over the past...
By Amanda Bowman, Rosemary Cox, Bill Osterndorf
On March 31, 2022, OFCCP opened the certification portion of the agency’s new Contractor Portal. OFCCP developed the Contractor Portal as a means to ensure that federal contractors and subcontractors...
By Bill Osterndorf, Joanna Colosimo
OFCCP has released its Congressional Budget Justification for the fiscal year (FY) 2023. It can be found in full on the U.S. Department of Labor website.
In the overview section, OFCCP highlighted the following...
By Joanna Colosimo, Bill Osterndorf
On March 31, 2022, OFCCP released their second directive under the Biden administration, Directive 2022-02. This Directive explicitly rescinds and replaces DIR 2018-06 (Contractor Recognition), DIR 2018-08 ...
OFCCP has announced a proposal to rescind the final rule “Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause’s Religious Exemption,” which has been in effect since Jan. 8, 2021. The Federal Register will publish the proposal to...
On Friday, September 3, OFCCP announced that it would require the use of new census data for affirmative action plans developed on or after January 1, 2022. This new census data is referred to as the 2014-2018 Equal Employment Opportunity Tabulation...