July 07, 2023
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Category: Agency Enforcement

What Does Congress’ Debt Limit Agreement Mean for the Workforce Enforcement Agencies?

The debt limit agreement reached by Congress and signed by President Biden June 3, 2023, calls for cuts in discretionary federal spending during the next two years. The debt limit deal does not dictate where budget cuts should be made, so the final decisions will occur through the annual Congressional appropriations process. Funding for most agencies that regulate the workforce...
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July 05, 2023
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

OFCCP Confirms Pending AAP-VI Help Desk Requests Effectively Waive June Filing Deadline

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced that federal contractors that were unable to meet the June 29 filing deadline for certifying compliance via the agency’s online Affirmative Action Program Verification Interface (AAP-VI) Contractor Portal will be considered to have filed a timely certification if they requested assistance from the AAP-VI Help Desk by that...
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May 30, 2023
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Category: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves

DOL Makes Available New Version of Its FMLA Rights Poster

The Labor Department recently published a new version of the poster that informs employees of their rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act. The updated poster, which can be downloaded from DOL’s website, contains a QR code that links to a DOL webpage containing information on filing a complaint. Although employers are free to use the new poster, they...
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May 24, 2023
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Center for Workplace Compliance Files Comments Urging OMB To Reject OFCCP’s Revised Scheduling Letter

Our affiliated non-profit association, the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) has filed comments with the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) urging OMB to reject burdensome changes that the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has proposed to its compliance audit scheduling letter and accompanying itemized listing. OFCCP’s revised scheduling letter would require covered federal...
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May 22, 2023
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Category: Discrimination and Harassment

OFCCP Seeks Approval To Use New Pre-Complaint Inquiry Form

The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has asked the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval to use a new pre-complaint inquiry form (CC-390) that  individuals would have to submit before filing a formal discrimination complaint (CC-4). OFCCP also is seeking OMB approval to continue using the CC-4 with minor technical changes....
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December 02, 2022
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Category: Agency Enforcement

OFCCP Once Again Proposing Major Changes to Its Compliance Audit Scheduling Letter

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is once again proposing extensive changes to the letter used to schedule federal contractors for compliance evaluations under the laws OFCCP enforces. If ultimately approved by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the revised scheduling letter will require contractors to submit additional data to the agency in...
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December 02, 2022
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Category: Agency Enforcement

OFCCP Proposing To Tweak Its Prescribed Disability Self-ID “Form CC-305”

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced that it intends to make some changes to its mandated and highly prescriptive disability self-identification form (Form CC-305) as part of a routine request to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to continue using the form for another three years. While the proposed changes are...
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October 12, 2022
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Category: Featured

NYC Delays Enforcement of Its Artificial Intelligence Bias Audit Law Until April 15, 2023

The New York City Department of Consumer and Workplace Protection (DCWP) announced this week that, based on the “high volume” of public comments received, it has delayed from January 1 until April 15, 2023, its enforcement of the City’s controversial artificial intelligence law (Local Law 144). The AI law is scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2023. The...
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