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Federal agencies soon will be required to engage in affirmative outreach for individuals with disabilities. The final rule issued by EEOC on December 30, 2016, will require federal agencies to take steps to increase the number of its employees that are individuals with disabilities beginning in January 2018.
This is similar to the affirmative action…
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…
Who will lead the OFCCP under a new Trump administration? The short is answer is we still don’t know.
As we previously reported, OFCCP Director Pat Shiu left the Agency in the days following the election. Deputy Director, Tom Dowd, a seasoned OFCCP official, has now taken the reins as the “Interim Acting Director” …
EEO-1 Annual Pay Data Reporting Has Arrived: What Should Employers Do Now?
As we’ve been reporting, the new EEO-1 reporting rules require employers with 100 or more employees to annually report W-2 earnings, work hours, race/ethnicity and gender for all U.S. employees, separately for each location.
First reporting will be on 2017 data. The first…
We have learned that Patricia Shiu will end her tenure as OFCCP Director in just a few weeks, on November 6th. Director Shiu assumed the position in mid-2009 and has been one of the longest-serving directors of the agency.
No information has been announced by the DOL about who will serve as director …
The final regulations for Executive Order 13706 (“Paid Sick Leave for Workers on Federal Contracts”) were published September 30, 2016. Under the Executive Order and final regulations, paid sick leave obligations will begin with new solicitations and contracts beginning January 1, 2017.
Join my colleagues Patricia Pryor and Leslie Stout-Tabackman on October 20, 2016 for…
On the eve of the end of its fiscal year, the U.S. Department of Labor has released final rules for new EEO-1 Pay Data reporting obligations as well as paid sick leave regulations for federal contractors.
EEO-1 Pay Data Reporting
As highly anticipated, and a day before the deadline for the 2016 EEO-1 reporting period…
This week the General Accounting Office (GAO) issued a report to the House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce on its recent audit of OFCCP. The report reviews (1) how the Agency conducts audits; and, (2) the Agency’s outreach assistance and guidance efforts.
The 56-page report – titled “Strengthening Oversight Could Improve Federal …
It rolls around each year: back to school, Labor Day, football season and the September 30th deadline for government reporting. While next year may bring changes given the proposed EEO-1 pay report, the filing obligations remained unchanged for this year.
Extensions
Of note, we suspect the deadlines may not be automatically extended this year…
The final day of the 2016 ILG National Conference wrapped up with a morning of breakout sessions, a keynote address from Beverly Bond, and ended on a high note with the ever-favorite Expert Panel.
This year the experts each shared their top conference “take-aways” which included:
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