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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…

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…

Speculation has been swirling around the release date for OFCCP’s revised Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities regulations.  While the regulations will not be finished in July as OFCCP had intimated, the Agency did take the next crucial step on July 30 and 31 by submitting them for Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) approval.  As…