June 27, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

New Illinois Pay Reporting Recertification Notices Mistakenly Request Data From Wrong Year

The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) is issuing notices to remind employers that they must obtain a new Equal Pay Registration Certificate (EPRC) in 2024 if they obtained their initial EPRC in 2022. However, the state’s reminders included the wrong date for the employee-level compensation data that they must submit. Some of IDOL’s recertification notice emails to employers erroneously stated...
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June 26, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Last Minute Technical Issues Once Again Impact OFCCP Contractor Portal Certification

With the July 1 certification deadline fast approaching, technical issues are again bedeviling OFCCP’s online Contractor Portal and preventing some federal contractors and subcontractors from certifying compliance with the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. The “Add Establishment” button is no longer available for many contractors on the “My Company” page. Other contractors are unable to certify more...
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June 18, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

CWC Urges OMB To Recognize the Compliance Burden Imposed by OFCCP’s Contractor Portal

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has commented on a request by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to continue using its contractor portal. Federal contractors and subcontractors must use the contractor portal, an online tool, to certify annually that they have developed and maintained affirmative action programs (AAPs) in accordance with OFCCP’s...
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June 12, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

OMB Approves Use of Current Version of VETS-4212 for Another Three Years

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the Labor Department’s request to continue using the current version of the Federal Contractor Veterans’ Employment Report (VETS-4212) through the 2026 filing season. The VETS-4212 is a mandatory annual report that covered federal contractors must file with DOL’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS). The VETS-4212 is designed to collect...
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May 16, 2024
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Category: AAP

OFCCP Files Formal Request With OMB To Extend Use of Contractor Portal

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs on May 13, 2024, submitted a formal request to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to renew its contractor portal for three years. Since 2022, federal contractors and subcontractors have used the portal, an online tool, to certify their affirmative action programs (AAPs). OFCCP announced in December 2023...
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May 02, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

CWC’s FAQs on the New Federal Race/Ethnicity Data Reporting Standards

The new standards for collecting and reporting federal race and ethnicity data—published in March by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB)—will have a major impact on the reporting requirements imposed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit...
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April 30, 2024
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Category: Comment Letter

CWC Comments Urge OFCCP To Amend Proposed Construction Contractor Scheduling Letter

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, wrote a comment letter to the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs urging OFCCP to abandon expansive changes it is proposing to the Scheduling Letter through which it notifies federal construction contractors of an upcoming compliance evaluation. OFCCP solicited public comments on its proposed changes, as required...
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April 25, 2024
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Category: Comment Letter

CWC Comments to OFCCP Question Need for Reinstatement of Construction Contractor Form CC-257

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has submitted comments to the Labor Department’s Office of Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) on its proposal to reinstate a monthly version of its long-discontinued Utilization Report (Form CC-257) for federal construction contractors and subcontractors. CWC’s comments support OFCCP’s efforts to improve the process for scheduling federal contractors for compliance...
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April 10, 2024
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Category: AAP

OFCCP Opens 2024 Contractor Portal for Annual AAP Certifications, Deadline Is July 1

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has opened its online Affirmative Action Program Verification Interface Portal (“contractor portal”) through which covered federal contractors must certify their compliance with the agency’s AAP requirements. Certifications must be completed by July 1, 2024. CWC’s review of OFCCP’s contractor portal landing page, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), and User Guide reveals that the registration and certification...
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April 08, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Divided FCC Votes To Resume Collecting Race/Ethnicity Data From Broadcasters

The Democratic majority on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted recently to resume collecting race and ethnicity data from broadcasters, an information collection that the agency abandoned more than 20 years ago. Once the data is collected, the FCC intends to disclose it to the public in non-aggregated form as submitted by each covered broadcaster. Again on a 3 to...
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