Disability Regulations

As we mentioned earlier, at the SWARM Regional Conference this afternoon, Regional Director Melissa Speer and Deputy Director Aida Collins, answered questions from conference attendees about implementation of the new veteran and disability regulations.

During the Q&A session, Melissa and Aida graciously took questions from the crowd about real-world implementation scenarios.  For those questions

In an effort to provide continuing guidance to the contratcor community as the effective date for the revised VEVRAA and Section 503 regulations quickly approaches,OFCCP has released additional FAQs addressing questions about required Purchase Order Language as well as the obligaiton to “conspiculously store” the notice of applicant and employee rights with an electronic

Under OFCCP’s new 503 regulations covering individuals with disabilities, employers must use the prescribed form to be provided by OFCCP to solicit disability status of applicants and employees.  OFCCP has sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review.  It can be found here.  OMB must approve this form before OFCCP can

On August 27, 2013, OFCCP released new regulations updating Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) that impose significant additional obligations on employers.  The final regulations were published today in the Federal Register (to review, click here: Section 503 and VEVRAA) and become

In just the past few months, OFCCP published Directive 307 – radically changing the way the Agency conducts pay investigations – issued the revised Federal Contractor Compliance Manual (FCCM), and announced the new Veterans and Disability regulations.  All told, more than 1,000 pages of new/revised/updated rules, regulations and enforcement methods.  Let’s give OFCCP points for

Over the past few weeks, we provided our initial assessment of the OFCCP’s new disability and veterans regulations.  We also held our first in a series of complimentary webinars to help the employer community better understand their new obligations and the implications for your budgets, staffing and IT systems.  More to come soon in the