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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April 26, 2023
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Category: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves

CWC’s Comments to OMB Urge Changes to OFCCP’s Prescriptive Disability Self-ID Form CC-305

Our affiliated non-profit association, the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) filed written comments with the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in response to a request by the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), which is seeking OMB approval to continue using the prescriptive disability self-identification Form CC-305 for three more years with only minor...
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April 19, 2023
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Category: EEO-1

OFCCP Publicly Releases 2016-2020 EEO-1 Data Reported by Over 19,000 Federal Contractors

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has begun releasing the 2016-2020 consolidated Type 2 Employer Information (EEO-1) Report data of 19,400 federal contractors and subcontractors that did not file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) objection to the release of their data. OFCCP’s action is in response to a FOIA request filed last year by the...
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April 14, 2023
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

OFCCP AAP-VI 2023 Certification Update

Our affiliated non-profit association, the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) reported recently that the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has opened its online “Affirmative Action Program Verification Interface (AAP-VI),” through which federal contractors and subcontractors can certify that they developed and maintained Affirmative Action Programs (AAPs) that comply with OFCCP’s rules. Certifications for the 2023 annual...
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April 13, 2023
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

OFCCP Issues New “Pay Equity” Resource

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), in conjunction with the agency’s recent Equal Pay Day observation, issued a resource reminding federal contractors to discontinue discriminatory pay policies and practices. The new resource, “Taking a Proactive Approach to Achieving Pay Equity,” is available online here. Members of the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) can read more here.
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April 03, 2023
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Category: OFCCP

OFCCP Director Jenny Yang Moves to White House; Michele Hodge Named Acting Director

Jenny Yang, who served as Director of the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) since the first day of the Biden Administration, has joined the Biden White House as Deputy Assistant to the President for Racial Justice and Equity. OFCCP Deputy Director Michele Hodge will serve as Acting OFCCP Director pending the appointment of a new permanent...
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April 03, 2023
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Category: OFCCP

Republican Lawmakers Call Out Biden Administration’s Labor Advisor Program

Two influential Republican legislators have called out the Biden Administration’s labor advisor program for its resemblance to the controversial but never implemented blacklisting rule from the Obama era. The lawmakers—Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee; and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), the top Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee—jointly...
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