In an effort to provide continuing guidance to the contratcor community as the effective date for the revised VEVRAA and Section 503 regulations quickly approaches,OFCCP has released additional FAQs addressing questions about required Purchase Order Language as well as the obligaiton to “conspiculously store” the notice of applicant and employee rights with an electronic

As the effective date for OFCCP’s new veterans and disability regulations nears, the Agency continues to present webinars, publish FAQs and provide other guidance in the hopes of clarifying what remains a less than a clear picture of these new obligations.  Despite the OFCCP’s laudable attempts, employers are still searching for answers as March 24

OFCCP today held the next webinar in its “Moving Toward Compliance” series of public webinars providing assistance to the contractor community with implementation of the new Veterans and Section 503 regulations.  Today’s training focused on developing VEVRAA AAPs under the new regulations.  Upcoming trainings include guidance on listing job openings (Feb 20), and undstanding the

March 24, 2014 – the effective date for OFCCP’s new veterans and disability regulations – is fast approaching.   The Agency continues to present webinars, publish FAQs and provide other guidance in the hopes of clarifying what remains a less than a clear picture of these new obligations.  Despite the OFCCP’s laudable attempts, employers are still

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

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