It’s been a little more than two weeks since OFCCP released its new Compensation Directive. While we don’t yet have answers to all of the questions surrounding the Directive, we do have thoughts about what will likely change, and what will not, for federal contractors during compliance reviews. Since OFCCP has just released
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Additional Information on OFCCP’s Latest Round of CSALs
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As we reported last week, OFCCP has released a supplemental list of contractors who have been selected for audit by the Agency. In addition to releasing information about the supplemental list of CSALs, OFCCP also published a new FAQ addressing requests for extensions and a supplement to its recently disclosed scheduling methodology.
Request…
BREAKING NEWS: OFCCP Issues New Round of CSALs
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OFCCP has been busy, and they are not slowing down. Today, OFCCP issued an additional 750 Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs) to federal contractors providing advance notification of compliance reviews, in order to make sure the district and area offices “have a sufficient number of available establishments to schedule for compliance reviews until OFCCP…
OFCCP Discloses Audit Scheduling Methodology
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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 …
Audit Letters Are In The Mail
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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
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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
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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…
OFCCP Considering More Frequent Rounds of Advance Audit Notifications
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We learned today OFCCP is considering dispensing with the twice-a-year advance audit notification frequency, in exchange for notifying smaller groups on a more frequent basis about their establishments’ selection for an upcoming OFCCP compliance review.
For the past several years, OFCCP has issued Courtesy Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs) twice a year. It is our understanding…
Breaking News: OFCCP Poised to Send 2,500 Advance Audit Notification Letters to Contractors
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In the coming days OFCCP will mail approximately 2,500 Courtesy Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs) across the country to employer locations slated for audits.
The CSALs do not initiate audits but instead put employers on notice that their establishments have been identified for upcoming OFCCP compliance reviews.
Importantly, audits initiated under this new round of letters…