July 24, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

CWC Urges OMB To Ameliorate Burden Imposed by OFCCP’s Construction Contractor Letter

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) has submitted comments to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in response to a request from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) for authorization to use an expanded version of the construction contractor scheduling letter and itemized listing that the agency uses to notify construction contractors of a compliance...
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July 09, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

OFCCP Financial Settlements in FY 2024 Q1-Q3

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced 16 formal settlements of enforcement actions against federal contractors during the first three quarters of fiscal year 2024, which spans the time period from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024. A financial settlement does not indicate wrongdoing. The Center for Workforce Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership...
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June 27, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Updated Template for Good Faith Outreach Letter Available to CWC Members

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has updated its template for good faith outreach letters. CWC members can use this template when contacting external sources for help in identifying diverse candidates that they can recruit for job openings in their companies. This template can help members that are government contractors demonstrate their efforts to comply with...
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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 12, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Eleventh Circuit Halts Program Awarding Business Grants Only to Black Women

In another potential setback for corporate programs designed to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), a federal appeals court has told a lower court to halt a contest open only to Black women, pending a decision on whether it passes constitutional muster. A split three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit made the ruling June...
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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 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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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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