It’s time to start checking the mail. As a sure indication of the Agency’s intention to soon start initiating audits from the FY2019 CSAL, OFCCP has published a new Compliance Check website. OFCCP has published similar guidance for the Section 503 Focused Reviews.
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Courtesy Scheduling Announcement Letters
Head’s-Up: OFCCP to Post CSAL in Mid-to-Late March 2019
Posted in Enforcement Update
OFCCP announced Friday that it will post a new Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL)(formerly known as Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letter or Courtesy Scheduling Announcement Letter) in “mid-to-late March.” As previously announced, OFCCP now makes the CSAL publically available and, for the first time, OFCCP will send no letters to federal contractors – thus the …
OFCCP’s Agenda for 2019: More Audits and Increased Transparency
Posted in Enforcement Update, Uncategorized
As contractors start to see new scheduling letters arrive from OFCCP’s latest round of advance notification letters, OFCCP has new opportunities to demonstrate its commitment to transparency, through implementation of the Agency’s recently released Directive 2018-08: Transparency in OFCCP Compliance Activities. The Agency’s stated philosophy is that transparency should “guide OFCCP staff during…
OFCCP Discloses Audit Scheduling Methodology
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Uncategorized
In another show of transparency, OFCCP has released a detail description of its process for selecting contractors for audit. The two-page document walks through, step-by-step, the process OFCCP undertook to identify establishments for the “first release of the FY 2018 Supply and Service scheduling list.” As the release explains, OFCCP is not required …
Scheduling Letters Are In the Mail
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Uncategorized
When the Agency mailed the most recent round of CSALs in February 2018, it reported it would wait until March 19, 2018 to start issuing Scheduling Letters. True to their word, we have learned that Scheduling Letters have started arriving, at least in some areas of the country.
As a reminder, OFCCP sends scheduling letters…
Breaking News: CSALs Are In the Mail
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Enforcement Update
OFCCP’s website has been updated to reflect that the Agency placed 1,000 Corporate Scheduling Announcement letters in the mail on February 1, 2018. We have seen one of the letters – it is dated January 31, 2018, signed by new OFCCP Director Ondray Harris, and addressed generically to the “Human Resources Director.” OFCCP last…
Audit Letters Are In The Mail
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Enforcement Update
As an update to last month’s report that OFCCP has put 800 establishments on notice of upcoming audits, we have learned that as of Friday, March 17, 2017, OFCCP has started sending out letters actually initiating audits.
Unlike the courtesy scheduling announcement letters (CSALs) which provide advance notice of an audit, the Scheduling Letters…
Update: Additional information on CSALs
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Compliance Tip, Enforcement Update
As a follow up to our post yesterday, there is additional information available regarding OFCCP’s recent mailing out of courtesy scheduling announcement letters.
After a hiatus for the past few years, OFCCP has officially confirmed it has once again sent out CSALs. dated February 17th. Here are some additional details regarding this wave of…
BREAKING NEWS: Advance OFCCP Audit Notification Letters Sent Out
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Enforcement Update
It has come to our attention that OFCCP has sent out Courtesy Scheduling Announcement Letters providing contractors with advance notice of upcoming OFCCP audits. Signed by interim Director Tom Dowd, dated February 17, 2017 and addressed generically to Human Resources Director, the letters provide warning that the establishment listed has been selected for an…
Will OFCCP bring back Courtesy Scheduling Announcement Letters in 2017?
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Compliance Tip, Regulatory Update
Happy New Year!
As we ring in 2017 and prepare for affirmative action and OFCCP compliance in a Trump administration, many contractors are wondering whether 2017 will bring an OFCCP audit their way.
Some may remember in years past around this time OFCCP would send out Courtesy Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs) providing advance notification…