July 01, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

OFCCP Proposes Eliminating Disability Self-Identification and Analysis Requirements

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is proposing to eliminate longstanding disability compliance requirements, including self-identification, utilization analyses, and applicant tracking. If approved, OFCCP’s two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) would modify agency regulations that implement the nondiscrimination and affirmative action requirements of Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 503) and Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Veterans...
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July 01, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

OFCCP Proposes Rescinding Regulations Interpreting E.O. 11246

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has formally proposed rescinding its regulations that implemented and interpreted Executive Order 11246. President Trump rescinded that order when he signed E.O. 14173, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity. Under the proposed rule, the following provisions would be removed from Title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations: Obligations of Contractors and Subcontractors...
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July 01, 2025
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Category: AAP

OFCCP Seeks Confirmation Contractors Have “Wound Down” E.O. 11246 AAPs

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has reopened its contractor portal and is asking federal contractors to voluntarily submit confirmation that they have wound down their Executive Order 11246 affirmative action programs (AAPs). OFCCP Director Catherine Eschbach issued a letter to federal contractors requesting them to voluntarily upload — by September 25, 2025 — information regarding their efforts to wind down...
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June 25, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

OFCCP Seeks OMB Permission To Rescind E.O. 11246 Regulations

The White House Office of Management and Budget is reviewing a proposed rule that would rescind the OFCCP regulations implementing Executive Order 11246. Issued in 1965, E.O. 11246, as amended, prohibited federal contractors from discriminating in employment on the basis of race and sex, among other characteristics, and required contractors to take affirmative action to prevent such discrimination. President Trump revoked E.O....
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June 19, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

CWC’s Guide to Minnesota State Contractor Equal Employment Opportunity Requirements

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has updated a resource that can help its members understand the equal employment opportunity obligations that Minnesota imposes on state contractors. These obligations are contained in documents published by the state’s Department of Human Rights (MDHR), including guidance, required forms, and templates for contractors submitting EEO compliance plans. Following...
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June 18, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

OPM Unveils Merit Hiring Plan: DEI Restrictions, Patriotism Emphasized

The Trump Administration has announced new hiring criteria for federal jobs.  The new strategy prohibits diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) considerations and establishes patriotism as a selection criterion. It also prohibits agencies from distributing workforce demographic data. In a May 29 memorandum, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) outlined a Merit Hiring Plan consistent with Executive Order 14170. Key provisions include: Prohibiting the...
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June 02, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

President Trump Proposes Eliminating OFCCP

President Trump’s FY 2026 budget request proposes abolishing the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Under this proposal, OFCCP’s enforcement of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) would shift to the Labor Department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS), and OFCCP’s enforcement of Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act would shift to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The proposed...
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December 19, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Federal Appeals Court Vacates Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rules

A federal appeals court has vacated the Nasdaq stock market’s rule requiring Nasdaq-listed companies to disclose diversity data for their boards of directors. In 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved Nasdaq’s proposal to require most Nasdaq-listed companies to have at least one female and one minority/LGBTQ board member or explain their lack of diversity. The rule also required covered companies to...
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December 17, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Maryland District Court Allows Naval Academy To Consider Race in Admissions

The Naval Academy’s consideration of applicants’ race in admissions decisions does not violate the Constitution’s equal protection guarantee, a federal court ruled December 6 in Students for Fair Admissions v. U.S. Naval Academy. In upholding the Naval Academy’s practice, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland distinguished this case from last year’s Supreme Court Harvard decision, which rejected...
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November 13, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

CWC’s Updated College and University Graduate Diversity Data Resources, 2022-2023

Demographic data related to academic degrees conferred by U.S. colleges and universities during the 2022-2023 academic year is now available in a series of tables prepared by the Center for Workplace Compliance, our affiliated nonprofit membership association. CWC devised the tables to assist its members in formulating their college and university recruitment strategies. The tables contain the most recent demographic...
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