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With March 24th come and gone many employers are still working on implementing the required elements of OFCCP’s new veteran and disability regulations and making preparations for rolling-out Subpart C compliance measures.
As of March 24th, contractors who are party to a collective bargaining agreement (CBA)
“shall notify union officials and/or employee representatives to inform
…
In addition to releasing the veteran benchmark database, OFCCP has also launched a new outreach and recruitment database for use by contractors in connection with implementation of the new veteran and disability regulations.
The OFCCP’s Disability and Veterans Community Resources Directory can be found on the OFCCP Web site athttp://www.dol-esa.gov/errd/index.html. This new…
As the last few days before the new veteran and disability regulations go into effect, we wanted to take moment in our Countdown to March 24th Effective Date: Are you Ready to Flip the Switch series to help you clarify (and check-off) the obligations with respect to the various EEO notices, policy and posting requirements…
In today’s post as part of our “Countdown to March 24th Effective Date: Are you Ready to Flip the Switch?” series, we’ll be discussing the new obligation under the veterans and disability regulations that employers must now “assess the effectiveness” of their good faith outreach programs.
Back in 2011 when OFCCP first released…
Today’s installment of our “Countdown to March 24th Effective Date: Are you Ready to Flip the Switch?” series focuses on the enhanced obligations involving posting positions with state employment services.
Under the current VEVRAA regulations employers are required to list appropriate job openings with the state Employment Service Delivery System (ESDS) in the state where…
As the next installment of our “Countdown to March 24th Effective Date: Are you Ready to Flip the Switch?” let’s take a look at what employers need to be telling Job Seekers after March 24th . . .
A number of the new veteran and disability obligations effective March 24, 2014 involve notifying…
Today will mark the first in a series of posts over the next week counting down to the March 24th effective date for OFCCP’s new Veteran and Disability regulations. During the next week we will seek to provide you with practical pointers and tips as you work through your checklists and prepare to “flip…
In the fourth, and final, installment of its “Moving Toward Compliance” series, OFCCP today provided guidance to contractors on the new disability utilization goals and veteran hiring benchmarks. In addition to providing insight on the regulations the webinar included presentations from two disability and veteran organizations.
The Agency spent considerable time walking through examples…
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…
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…
