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In connection with its revisions to the regulations covering individuals with disabilities, OFCCP requires employers to use a Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability form to collect information from applicants and employees. Based on initial feedback from the contractor community, OFCCP provided an electronic, writeable, version of the form.
OFCCP recently requested approval to modify the…
In addition to addressing questions about the self-identification process and hiring individuals with disabilities, OFCCP has provided further guidance on calculating “jobs filled” under the new regulations.
Under both the new VEVRAA and Section 503 regulations, employers must now track and compare the number of “jobs filled” to the number of “job openings” as…
Last week OFCCP released new FAQs providing additional guidance for employers implementing the new veterans and disability of regulations. OFCCP has used the post-effective date release to clarify questions for contractors as they work to implement the regulation’s new obligations.
On the issue of the treatment of individuals who identify as a protected veteran at…
As part of its training for employers on the new Veterans and Disability Regulations, OFCCP partnered today with the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) to provide employers with effective practices for hiring and retaining individuals with disabilities.
The presentation was based on ODEPs seven key Business Strategies that Work and highlighted the following…
During her keynote address at the AAAA conference last week, OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu said the Agency is working on a public service announcement to help explain why federal contractors will soon begin requesting disability status from applicants and employees. We’ve heard from many in the contractor community that there are concerns,…
Last week during The OFCCP Institute’s Annual Summit, Consuela Pinto from the Department of Labor’s Solicitor’s Office, in addition to speaking on other topics, touched on the impact of OFCCP’s new veteran and disability regulations thus far.
Ms. Pinto confirmed OFCCP has not processed any violations based on audits involving application of the…
Good Morning Folks! We just listened to Melissa Speer, OFCCP SWARM Regional Director, open up the 2014 SWARM Regional Conference from the beautiful Omni Interlocken Hotel in Broomfield, Colorado. As you can imagine Melissa had a lot of new OFCCP developments to chat about, including the recent Presidential executive actions surrounding pay discrimination as well…
Its about one month since OFCCP’s new rules covering Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities became effective and the agency is starting to vigorously enforce the new rules. Combined that with OFCCP’s increasingly aggressive enforcement of Directive 307 – which sets forth the agency’s new approach to investigating employers’ compensation systems for systemic discrimination – and…
With the passing of the March 24th effective date for OFCCP’s new veteran and disability regulations, we will turn our focus to the Sub-Part C obligations which must be implemented with the next regular update to your affirmative action plan. Don’t worry though, we will also continue to blog about enforcement and implementation of…
As previously reported, a number of federal contractor associations have raised questions and concerns regarding the new veteran and disabled regulations. In November 2013, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (“ABC”) challenged the validity of the disability regulations in federal court and today the United States District Court for the District of Columbia upheld the…
