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On April 29, 2014, OFCCP held the first of what we expect will be several meetings with interested parties regarding impending regulations implementing President Obama’s latest efforts to combat pay discrimination.  As we previously shared, on April 8, 2014, President Obama signed Executive Order 13665 prohibiting government contractors and subcontractors from discriminating against individuals for…

Its getting harder to be a Federal contractor.  On February 12, President Obama signed an executive order bumping the minimum wage for at least some federal contractor employees to $10.10 an hour, raising many questions which we discussed here.  But the President didn’t stop there.  Based on his action today, two new obligations will…

With March 24th come and gone many employers are still working on implementing the required elements of OFCCP’s new veteran and disability regulations and making preparations for rolling-out Subpart C compliance measures.

As of March 24th, contractors who are party to a collective bargaining agreement (CBA)

 “shall notify union officials and/or employee representatives to inform

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With the passing of the March 24th effective date for OFCCP’s new veteran and disability regulations, we will turn our focus to the Sub-Part C obligations which must be implemented with the next regular update to your affirmative action plan.  Don’t worry though, we will also continue to blog about enforcement and implementation of…

As previously reported, a number of federal contractor associations have raised questions and concerns regarding the new veteran and disabled regulations.  In November 2013, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (“ABC”) challenged the validity of the disability regulations in federal court and today the United States District Court for the District of Columbia upheld the…

In addition to releasing the veteran benchmark database, OFCCP has also launched a new outreach and recruitment database for use by contractors in connection with implementation of the new veteran and disability regulations.

The OFCCP’s Disability and Veterans Community Resources Directory can be found on the OFCCP Web site athttp://www.dol-esa.gov/errd/index.html.  This new…

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…