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In prepartion for the March 24th effective date of the Agency’s new veteran regulations, OFCCP announced today release of the veteran benchmark database to be used by contractors when establishing the newly required veteran hiring benchmark.
You can access the VEVRAA Benchmark Database through OFCCP’s Web site at http://www.dol-esa.gov/errd/VEVRAA.jsp.
As the last few days before the new veteran and disability regulations go into effect, we wanted to take moment in our Countdown to March 24th Effective Date: Are you Ready to Flip the Switch series to help you clarify (and check-off) the obligations with respect to the various EEO notices, policy and posting requirements…
In today’s post as part of our “Countdown to March 24th Effective Date: Are you Ready to Flip the Switch?” series, we’ll be discussing the new obligation under the veterans and disability regulations that employers must now “assess the effectiveness” of their good faith outreach programs.
Back in 2011 when OFCCP first released…
Today’s installment of our “Countdown to March 24th Effective Date: Are you Ready to Flip the Switch?” series focuses on the enhanced obligations involving posting positions with state employment services.
Under the current VEVRAA regulations employers are required to list appropriate job openings with the state Employment Service Delivery System (ESDS) in the state where…
As the next installment of our “Countdown to March 24th Effective Date: Are you Ready to Flip the Switch?” let’s take a look at what employers need to be telling Job Seekers after March 24th . . .
A number of the new veteran and disability obligations effective March 24, 2014 involve notifying…
Today will mark the first in a series of posts over the next week counting down to the March 24th effective date for OFCCP’s new Veteran and Disability regulations. During the next week we will seek to provide you with practical pointers and tips as you work through your checklists and prepare to “flip…
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…
As the effective date for OFCCP’s new veterans and disability regulations nears, the Agency continues to present webinars, publish FAQs and provide other guidance in the hopes of clarifying what remains a less than a clear picture of these new obligations. Despite the OFCCP’s laudable attempts, employers are still searching for answers as March 24…
On the final day of January, OFCCP mailed over 2,100 Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters to more than 830 employers across the country. The “CSALs,” which provide employers with advance notice of locations slated for audits, started arriving in mailboxes this week. And OFCCP began initiating actual audits immediately. During these audits, OFCCP will:
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OFCCP today held the next webinar in its “Moving Toward Compliance” series of public webinars providing assistance to the contractor community with implementation of the new Veterans and Section 503 regulations. Today’s training focused on developing VEVRAA AAPs under the new regulations. Upcoming trainings include guidance on listing job openings (Feb 20), and undstanding the…
