April 18, 2024
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Category: Comment Letter

CWC Comments to OMB Support DOL’s Request To Extend the VETS-4212, Without Change

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has filed comments with OMB supporting a request from the Labor Department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) to extend the Federal Contractor Veterans’ Employment Report (VETS-4212) for three more years. Approval from the White House Office of Management and Budget, which is expected soon, is the final step...
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April 04, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

OMB Revises 1997 Federal Race/Ethnicity Reporting Standards, Adds New “MENA” Category

The standards that federal agencies have used for more than 25 years to collect race and ethnicity data are changing. The revised standards, published by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the Federal Register March 29, 2024, add a new race and ethnicity category for individuals identifying as Middle Eastern or North African (MENA). They also require...
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March 13, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

OFCCP Intends To Expand Burdensome Construction Contractor Scheduling Letter, Form CC-314

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced that it wants to expand the scheduling letter and itemized listing by which it notifies federal construction contractors of a compliance audit. OFCCP also intends to add reporting items to Form CC-314, the Construction Contract Award Notification Requirement. These developments are consistent with the agency’s increased scrutiny of federal...
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January 31, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

CWC Comments to DOL Support Extension of VETS-4212 Report, Without Change

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) supports the three-year extension of the Federal Contractor Veterans’ Employment Report (VETS-4212) proposed by the U.S. Labor Department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS). Covered federal contractors must file the VETS-4212 report annually with DOL-VETS. It provides a snapshot of a contractor’s workforce broken down by protected veteran status, location, and job category. Contractors...
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December 05, 2023
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

OMB Extends Approval of Current EEO-1 “Component 1” Form Through 2026

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has modified its prior one-year approval of a request from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to extend “Component 1” of the annual Employer Information (EEO-1) Report for an additional two years, until November 30, 2026. Earlier this year, OMB approved continued use of the Component 1 EEO-1 through August...
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August 28, 2023
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Category: Agency Enforcement

OMB Approves OFCCP’s Burdensome New Scheduling Letter

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved major changes to the Scheduling Letter used by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to schedule federal contractors for routine compliance audits. The new version of the letter, which will be valid through August 31, 2026, will substantially increase a contractor’s burden of providing data to the...
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