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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…
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 the fourth, and final, installment of its “Moving Toward Compliance” series, OFCCP today provided guidance to contractors on the new disability utilization goals and veteran hiring benchmarks. In addition to providing insight on the regulations the webinar included presentations from two disability and veteran organizations.
The Agency spent considerable time walking through examples…
President Obama’s OFCCP 2015 fiscal year budget proposal remains true to OFCCP’s recent increased enforcement objectives – including the Agency’s increased focused on pay equity enforcement.
The budget seeks an additional $1.1 million over the 2014 budget to be spread across the following areas:
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As he promised in his State of the Union address, President Obama has signed an Executive Order increasing the minimum wage for employees of federal contractors to $10.10 an hour. The Order is effective for new or modified contracts entered into after January 1, 2015.
As part of the Order, the President tasked…
Under OFCCP’s new 503 regulations covering individuals with disabilities, employers are required to use a form prescribed by OFCCP to solicit disability status of applicants and employees. After receiving questions and input from contractors on an initial draft form, OFCCP has modified, and received approval of a final version of the form.
In response…
In a public webinar and new FAQs released today, OFCCP answered questions around timing of compliance with obligations set forth in Subpart C of the Agency’s new Veterans and Disability regulations. OFCCP sought to clarify and clear up what has been widespread confusion about the timing of required compliance with the data collection aspects of…
In the wake of the financial crisis a few years back, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which focused on an overhaul of federal financial regulations. What does that have to do with affirmative action and OFCCP? Well, buried on page 166 of the Act are new obligations imposed…
Under OFCCP’s new 503 regulations covering individuals with disabilities, employers must use the prescribed form to be provided by OFCCP to solicit disability status of applicants and employees. OFCCP has sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. It can be found here. OMB must approve this form before OFCCP can…
On August 27, 2013, OFCCP released new regulations updating Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) that impose significant additional obligations on employers. The final regulations were published today in the Federal Register (to review, click here: Section 503 and VEVRAA) and become…
