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The National Industry Liaison Group has worked with OFCCP leadership to clarify contractor obligations and OFCCP expectations for compliance reviews that are moving forward during this unprecedented time. The below are in addition to the National Interest Exemption recently announced by the Agency.
By e-mail, NILG shared OFCCP has informed it of the following protocols…
As an update and a clarification to the below post we have learned from EEOC that there is not currently a deadline in place for submission of the 2019 EEO-1 reports. In fact, EEOC currently does not have authority to collect 2019 EEO-1 Component 1 data.
Since the advent of Component 2 pay data reporting…
E-Verify has modified its policies temporarily due to coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to ease the burden on employers and employees.
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Although we are about a week from what has historically been the annual deadline for filing 2019 EEO-1 reports, the EEO-1 Portal has yet to open.
That is due, at least in part, to the fact the fact EEOC does not yet have authority to continue to collect Component 1 race or gender data. …
Checking off another of the Agency’s “To Dos”, OFCCP has published revisions and updates to the Federal Contractor Compliance Manual (FCCM). The manual is the Agency’s “instruction manual” providing
guidance for OFCCP’s compliance officers in conducting compliance evaluations and complaint investigations . . .
Revisions to the guide have been promised for years, and…
Furthering the Agency’s commitment to providing contractors with ongoing Technical Compliance Assistance, OFCCP has released a Guide to assist construction contractors navigate compliance with their equal employment opportunity obligations. The Construction TAG has been added to OFCCP’s ever-expanding technical assistance landing page.
OFCCP drafted the 157-page guide as a
self-assessment tool to review the
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Following the most recent Court Order, EEOC has provided the court with a current update as to its compliance with the Court’s Order that it continue to keep the EEO-1 Component 2 pay data reporting portal open. The Court has ordered the portal remain open until at least January 31, 2020 to allow additional…
Despite its request to close the pay data reporting portal, Judge Chutkan has ordered EEOC to continue to keep the EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data Reporting Portal open to allow more filers to submit their pay data. The Order states, despite the acknowledged expense, that EEOC
must continue to take all steps necessary to complete
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In its most recent required status report to the court, filed September 27, 2019, the EEOC reports:
[s]o long as the Court’s order is in effect stating that the collection will not be complete until it reaches what the Court has determined to be the target response rate, the EEOC will continue to accept Component
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Though we may be in the height of summer, there is no slowing down for OFCCP. Following last week’s ILG National Conference, OFCCP has continued to release additional guidance and assistance for contractors. Most recently, OFCCP has introduced its Ombudsperson and unveiled a Contractor Assistance Portal.
In September 2018, OFCCP first announced…
