OFCCP recently published a guide to help construction contractors understand and prevent harassment in the workplace. Much of the information provided in the FAQ-style guide is applicable to all employers.
Employers with a federal construction contract or subcontract or federally assisted construction contract or subcontract in excess of $10,000 must submit monthly Form CC-257 reports to OFCCP starting April 15, 2025.
OFCCP’s latest Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) puts some 2,000 federal contractor entities on notice that they’ve been flagged for an upcoming compliance audit.
A federal court has temporarily blocked OFCCP from administrative enforcement of claims of discriminatory hiring reasoning that OFCCP’s administrative enforcement regime is likely unconstitutional.
OFCCP recently received two FOIA requests for all EEO-1 Type 2 Reports held by the agency for the 2021 filing year. Contractors have until December 9 to file objections before OFCCP discloses the requested information.
CWC recently held its tenth annual Talent Acquisition Compliance Summit featuring substantive presentations, facilitated discussions, and small-group sessions. Our memo provides the highlights.
CWC’s recently concluded 2024 CD&I Conference featured in-depth discussions on topics of importance to our members’ everyday compliance efforts. Our memo provides a summary.
OFCCP has received approval to begin collecting monthly reports from construction contractors detailing employee count and work hours by race/ethnicity, sex, and construction trade.
A janitorial contractor has filed a lawsuit challenging OFCCP’s administrative enforcement process, with an initial ruling expected by the end of the month.
Our updated template is designed to assist CWC’s federal contractor members with meeting their OFCCP compliance obligations toward individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
Our updated template is designed to assist CWC’s federal contractor members with meeting their OFCCP compliance obligations.
In the first such Early Resolution Conciliation Agreement that we’ve seen during the Biden Administration, the agency has agreed to a multi-year nationwide audit moratorium of the contractor’s establishments in return for an agreement by the contract
Item 21 on the Itemized Listing that accompanies OFCCP’s Scheduling Letter has generated confusion regarding how to respond. Our memo offers some guidance.
Our comments to the White House Office of Management and Budget argue that it should not give permission to OFCCP to reinstate a burdensome form that OFCCP discontinued decades ago because it was marginally useful and put a strain on agency resources
The Labor Department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) has opened the annual filing system for the mandatory VETS-4212 Report. The submission deadline is September 30. Our memo provides the details.
CWC is pleased to provide our members with an updated template to assist in meeting their employment service delivery system (ESDS) notice obligations required under OFCCP regulations.
As Congress moves forward with setting funding levels for the federal government in FY 2025, it is looking increasingly likely that workforce enforcement agencies such as OFCCP and the EEOC will end up being funded at current FY 2024 levels.
The White House Office of Management and Budget has given OFCCP the go-ahead to begin using a new and expanded version of the Scheduling Letter used to notify federal construction contractors of a compliance audit.
OFCCP’s new directive retains many of the components of the prior administration’s “early resolution conciliation” procedures. Whether it signals a change in OFCCP’s current enforcement philosophy remains to be seen.
Our comments to the White House Office of Management and Budget urge that agency to require OFCCP to make revisions to its proposed construction contractor scheduling letter before OMB gives approval to OFCCP to use it.
MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. OFCCP is asking OMB for approval to reinstate a burdensome reporting requirement on federal construction contractors that the agency originally abandoned in 1995 as putting a strain on OFCCP resources.
OFCCP has announced 16 formal settlements of enforcement actions against federal contractors during the first three quarters of the fiscal year. Our memo provides details.
MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. OFCCP has asked OMB for approval to use a more detailed scheduling letter and itemized listing for compliance reviews of construction contractors. While the agency rejected our recommendations, its response provides some in
As the July 1 certification deadline approaches, technical issues have once again frustrated OFCCP’s Contractor Portal certification process.
Our comments to the Office of Management and Budget argue that OFCCP’s Contractor Portal remains overly burdensome to federal contractors, and that changes should be made before it is extended for another three years
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