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In a recent court filing, the National Association of Manufacturers and the Virginia Manufacturers Association have challenged the legality of OFCCP’s requirement that federal contractors post notices informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act in connection with Executive Order 13496. In addition to other arguments, the complaint contends that…

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…

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…

In just the past few months, OFCCP published Directive 307 – radically changing the way the Agency conducts pay investigations – issued the revised Federal Contractor Compliance Manual (FCCM), and announced the new Veterans and Disability regulations.  All told, more than 1,000 pages of new/revised/updated rules, regulations and enforcement methods.  Let’s give OFCCP points for…

OFCCP recently entered into two hiring settlements where the Agency alleged systemic discrimination against male applicants. These settlements reminds us OFCCP is not just focused on statistical trends against minorities and females, but that the Agency is also running adverse impact analyses against whites and males and will “go where the numbers take them.”

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Over the past few weeks, we provided our initial assessment of the OFCCP’s new disability and veterans regulations.  We also held our first in a series of complimentary webinars to help the employer community better understand their new obligations and the implications for your budgets, staffing and IT systems.  More to come soon in the…