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Following the tone of the preceding days, the 2018 ILG National Conference closed Friday morning with a friendly conversation between Acting Director Craig Leen and NILG Chair Paul McGovern. The two discussed several of the themes and OFCCP initiatives addressed during the conference:
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Day two of the 2018 ILG National Conference has concluded and it was another day packed with information and insights for attendees.
Riding the “waves of change”, over the past two days OFCCP and officials from the U.S. Department of Labor Solicitor’s Office as well as the EEOC, have shared their insights, thoughts, and new…
It has been a busy morning on the first day of the 2018 ILG National Conference in Anaheim, California. After a dramatic and moving opening presentation, OFCCP Acting Director Craig Leen gave the morning’s Keynote address. Echoing the conference’s “Navigating the Waves of Change” theme, Acting Director Leen spoke to the group about the…
With confirmation from a Department of Labor spokesperson, Bloomberg News is reporting that Ondray Harris will soon be leaving his role as OFCCP Director. While the reason for his departure was not disclosed, Bloomberg is reporting he will be stepping down from his role at the end of this week.
Bloomberg is reporting Senior Advisor …
Early in the Trump Administration, it was proposed to move OFCCP into the EEOC. Congress subsequently rejected the budget proposal containing the proposed merger and the idea was put to rest.
Not to give up it’s quest to streamline the Administration and propose budget-saving measures, the Administration recently proposed a merger of the Departments…
As we recently reported, OFCCP is evaluating affirmative action obligations for TRICARE providers and expects to publish rulemaking on this front next year. In connection with this, to allow time for the rulemaking process, as well as to allow time for any potential related legislative action, OFCCP announced it has extended the enforcement moratorium for…
Today, the Trump Administration released its Spring 2018 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, which “reports on the actions administrative agencies plan to issue in the near and long term.”
OFCCP has only one item listed on its agenda, entitled “Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination Obligations of Federal Contractors and Subcontractors: TRICARE and Certain…
In the words of OFCCP, the contractors spoke and OFCCP listened. OFCCP is also listening to the Government Accountability Office and its detailed review of the Agency.
In response to the GAO’s Strengthening Oversight Could Improve Federal Contract Nondiscrimination Compliance report and on the heels of OFCCP’s Compliance Assistance Town Halls, the Agency has…
Bloomberg Law is reporting OFCCP may soon rescind the controversial Directive 307, which has been in place since early 2013, and sets out the Agency’s current methodology for analyzing pay. In its place, Bloomberg reports OFCCP will direct compliance officers to review compensation based on pay groupings established by the contractor. If the directive…
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 …
