Laura A. Mitchell is a Principal in the Denver, Colorado, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. She is a member of the firm’s Affirmative Action and OFCCP Defense practice group as well as the firm’s Pay Equity Resource Group. She is also on the leadership team for the firm’s Government Contractor Industry Group.
Her practice is focused on representing government and non-government contractors in OFCCP matters, preparing for and defending OFCCP audits, and counseling employers on issues stemming from OFCCP regulations. Ms. Mitchell personally oversees the development of hundreds of AAPs each year and is intimately involved in the defense of numerous OFCCP audits. She also spends significant time counseling companies in connection with conducting pay equity analyses as well as government contractor employment obligations.
Ms. Mitchell is the editor and a principal contributor of The Affirmative Action Law Advisor blog and frequently presents on pay equity, affirmative action compliance, OFCCP enforcement trends, and government contractor obligations.
As has been highly anticipated since the finalization of the Agency’s recently updated Scheduling Letter, OFCCP has released a new list of contractors selected for audit (FY2023 Release 2). The Agency has also published an explanation of the methodology used to select the contractors for review.
Per the Agency’s e-mail notification, it selected 1,000 contractors
It’s official, the 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection will open on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. The deadline for employers to file their EEO-1 reports is Tuesday, December 5, 2023.
Employers have been waiting for the announcement as the deadline has been delayed twice. In the meantime, federal contractor have been working to prepare
OFCCP has announced finalization of the Agency’s “updated” Supply and Service Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing. As a reminder, OFCCP initially proposed significant changes to the letter, which initiates a compliance review for scheduled contractors, in 2022. Following significant public comment, OFCCP published a slightly revised proposed letter earlier this year.
Notably, the Itemized Listing
On August 3, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published its final Pre-Enforcement Notice and Conciliation Procedures rule in the Federal Register. It will go into effect on September 5, 2023. OFCCP will host an informational session regarding the rule on September 5, 2023.
OFCCP issued this final rule after collecting comments
As previously reported, on August 4, 2023, OFCCP published a final rule titled “Pre-enforcement Notice and Conciliation Procedures” commonly referred to as the Pre-Determination (PDN) rule. The final rule will go into effect on September 5, 2023. OFCCP announced today it will hold an informational session discussing the new rule at 2:00PM Eastern that
As all good things must do, the this year’s NILG National Conference has come to a close. As is tradition at this point, the last morning of the conference featured a panel of OFCCP’s Regional Directors, including Diana Sen (Northeast), Carmen Navarro (Midwest), Jane Suhr (Pacific & SWARM), Aida Collins (Southeast), and Sam Maiden
The second day of the NILG 2023 National Conference did not disappoint. The day kicked off with regional ILG’s breakfasting with their respective OFCCP Regional Directors followed by a keynote address from EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows.
Chair Burrows opened her remarks by thanking NILG for being a “steadfast partner” in the important work EEOC does
As previewed yesterday in OFCCP Interim Director Michelle Hodge’s keynote remarks during the opening day of the NILG 2023 National Conference, OFCCP has released the final rule on “procedures for identifying and remedying discrimination in federal contracting.” Commonly referred to as the PDN rule, the Pre-Enforcement Notice and Conciliation Procedures rule will be officially published
Day One of the NILG 2023 National Conference is in full swing. Not deterred by the outdoor temperatures, conference attendees, presenters, vendors and Agency representatives enjoyed a first day’s agenda overflowing with informative sessions where “ideas are nurtured and knowledge is exchanged” as part of this year’s conference theme of “Transforming for Tomorrow.”
The Opening
As a reminder, the deadline to implement the latest, updated version of the Section 503 voluntary disability self-ID form is July 25, 2023.
The OMB approved revised form, including versions in various languages, is available on OFCCP’s website.
OFCCP also provides a number of Frequently Asked Questions regarding implementation of the form that contractors