June 17, 2022
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Category: Agency Enforcement

Before You Certify to OFCCP: AAP-VI Checklist

As the June 30 deadline approaches for supply and service federal contractors to certify that they have developed and maintained Affirmative Action Programs (AAPs) using the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) new Affirmative Action Program Verification Interface (AAP-VI) Contractor Portal, we wanted to provide you with assistance in determining exactly what it means to have “developed...
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June 17, 2022
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Category: Agency Enforcement

EEOC Releases New Studies Highlighting Success of Agency’s Online Mediation Program

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has made public two new studies prepared by independent researchers showing that the agency’s shift to virtual or remote mediation, prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, has been a success. In fact, the reports indicate that the EEOC’s online dispute resolution is, in some respects, even more popular than the agency’s traditional mediation program. Members...
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June 10, 2022
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Category: Agency Enforcement

OFCCP Submits FAAP Directive to OMB for Approval, With Minor Improvements

As anticipated, the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has submitted a formal request to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval of a revised agency directive that would extend OFCCP’s functional affirmative action program (FAAP) process for several more years. The version of the FAAP Directive sent to OMB for approval does...
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June 10, 2022
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Category: Agency Enforcement

Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Karla Gilbride Tapped To Be EEOC’s New General Counsel

The White House announced last week that President Biden intends to nominate plaintiffs’ lawyer and employment arbitration opponent Karla Gilbride to serve as the new General Counsel (GC) of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission), a position that has been vacant since Biden fired former General Counsel Sharon Fast Gustafson fifteen months ago. Ms. Gilbride currently is...
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June 03, 2022
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Category: Agency Enforcement

OFCCP Now Saying That Small AAPs Must Be Added to AAP-VI

In an unexpected and frankly disturbing new development, especially in light of its timing and earlier agency guidance, the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced late last week that establishments with fewer than 50 employees must be added to the agency’s online Affirmative Action Program Verification Interface (AAP-VI) Contractor Portal, if the contractor maintains an affirmative...
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June 03, 2022
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Category: Agency Enforcement

What To Expect From OFCCP’s Upcoming “Modernizing AAPs” Proposal

Sometime later this year, perhaps as early as September, the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is expected to publish a formal proposal entitled Modernizing Affirmative Action Programs, Recordkeeping, and Other Components of the Executive Order 11246 Supply and Service Obligations for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors. The “Modernizing AAPs” proposal is the most ambitious of several new...
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June 03, 2022
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Category: Agency Enforcement

Court Rules Challenge by Texas to EEOC’s SOGI Discrimination Guidance Can Go Forward

The State of Texas has cleared its first legal hurdle in a lawsuit filed by the state in federal court challenging guidance issued last year by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regarding discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). The ruling by a federal district court in Texas clears the way for the court to begin considering...
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June 03, 2022
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Category: Agency Enforcement

EEOC Holds Public Meeting on Discrimination in the Construction Industry

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) recently held a virtual public hearing to examine what the agency characterizes as the “severe and pervasive” discrimination and harassment against women and racial and ethnic minorities that has occurred in the U.S. construction industry. The hearing comes in the wake of the enactment last year of massive federal infrastructure legislation,...
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May 27, 2022
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Category: Agency Enforcement

OFCCP Posts New “CSAL” List Targeting 400 Establishments for Compliance Audits

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has posted online a new list – formally known as the Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) – targeting 400 federal contractor establishments for an upcoming compliance evaluation. The new FY 2022 CSAL identifies the type of review for which each entity on the list has been flagged, broken down as...
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May 27, 2022
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Category: Agency Enforcement

OFCCP Introduces AAP-VI Bulk Upload Option for Multi-Establishment Contractors

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced an option for federal contractors and subcontractors with 100 or more establishments (or functions) to upload or modify establishment information into the agency’s Affirmative Action Program Verification Interface (AAP-VI) Contractor Portal. As we reported previously, all supply and service contractors subject to OFCCP’s jurisdiction must certify by June...
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