Among the many “hot” topics for federal contractors, OFCCP’s intention for AAP verification and/or certification ranks among the top. In September 2020, OFCCP published a notice seeking comment on the possibility of an annual AAP certification and verification process. Towards that end, the Agency also sought Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an
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UPDATE: EEO-1 Reporting Deadline Extended Until October 25, 2021
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The EEOC has announced on its EEO-1 Data Collection website that it has, again, extended the deadline for filing EEO-1 Reports this year—this time to October 25. Employers still rushing to finalize and upload their 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 reports by the prior August 23 deadline will certainly welcome this extra breathing room.
But EEOC’s…
EEO-1 Filing Deadline Extended until August 23, 2021
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Compliance Update
The EEOC has announced the deadline for filing EEO-1 Reports has been extended. The new filing deadline is NOW Monday, August 23, 2021.
As a reminder this year’s reporting is for both the 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Component 1 forms.
Stay tuned for further updates.
EEO-1 Data Collection Portal Open: Batch File Upload Not Available Until May 26
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Agency Notice, Compliance Update
As anticipated EEOC has announced the opening of the 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 data collection portal today. The deadline for submission will be Monday, July 19, 2021. As a reminder, employers are to submit only Component 1 (race and gender) data for these two years. There is currently no obligation for pay data (Component…
OFCCP Releases Annual Veteran Hiring Benchmark
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Posted in Compliance Update
OFCCP has updated the annual veteran benchmark for 2021. The new benchmark is now set at 5.6%. This is down 0.1% from last year’s mark of 5.7%. The OFCCP relies on the annual national percentage of veterans in the civilian labor force to set the benchmark.
As a reminder, the benchmark is the…
EEO-1 Portal to Open April 26, Deadline For Filing Will Be July 19, 2021
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Compliance Update
EEOC has finally announced the opening date for the collection of 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 data. The portal is slated to open April 26 and employers will have until July 19, 2021 to file both years reports. The agency has extended the duration of the time to file in recognition
of the continuing differential impacts
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EEO-1 Reporting Deadline Expected To Now Be July 2021
In an announcement (EEOCdata.org) that flew under the radar and has, yet, to appear on the EEO-1 reporting webpage, or EEOC’s home page, EEOC now says the filing deadline will be in sometime in July. When in July? EEOC had not said:
The EEO-1 Component 1 data collection will open at the end of
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OFCCP Issues Directive on Fourth Agency Pillar of Certainty
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OFCCP issued today the last of a series of Directives aimed at defining the Agency’s enforcement relationship with federal contractors – this Directive 2021-02 focuses on providing federal contractors “Certainty” when interacting with the Agency.
Since he took the leadership role, OFCCP Director Craig Leen has focused on providing federal contractors with “four pillars” on…
OFCCP Publishes Small Contractor Technical Assistance Guide
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Rounding out the Agency’s efforts to beef up its Technical Assistance Guides (TAGs) for different types of federal contractors, OFCCP recently published a “Small Contractor” TAG. TAGs can be helpful resources for both new and experienced federal contractors, and the aim of this TAG is to guide those small contractors with limited resources through…
OFCCP Publishes Updated Supply & Service Technical Assistance Guide
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As we noted in our August 2019 post, one of OFCCP Director Craig Leen’s priorities has been to update the Agency’s website with assistance materials for contractors – including Technical Assistance Guides (TAGs). OFCCP announced today that it has updated the TAG for contractors and subcontractors with covered supply or service contracts.
TAGs…