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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March 27, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

EEOC’s EEO-1 Filing Instructions Indicate No Changes from Last Year

The process for filing 2023 EEO-1 Reports apparently will be the same as it was for filing 2022 reports, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) website indicates. An updated Instruction Booklet and Data File Upload Specifications posted by the agency on its EEO-1 website indicate that the 2023 filing protocols and data specifications are unchanged from last year. The online portal for filing 2023...
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March 25, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

DOL Formally Asks OMB To Extend VETS-4212 Form for Three More Years, Without Change

The Labor Department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) has formally requested permission from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to continue using the current version of the VETS-4212 form for another three years. The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, supports DOL-VETS’ request. Covered federal contractors must file a VETS-4212 form annually...
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March 21, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

EEOC Releases Data Dashboard of “Component 2” Pay Data to Public

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has made available to the public a new Data Dashboard based on data that the agency collected from employers for calendar years 2017 and 2018. The dashboard allows users to review and sort aggregate EEO-1 Component 2 pay band data. EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows said the release of the Component 2 aggregated data can illuminate...
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March 05, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

OFCCP To Reinstate Burdensome Reporting Requirement for Construction Contractors

The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced its intent to reinstate a revised version of its long-discontinued Form CC-257. If implemented, the revised Monthly Employment Utilization Report will require covered federal construction contractors and subcontractors to report data each month on headcount and work hours by race, ethnicity, sex, and construction trade. OFCCP stopped...
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February 28, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

EEOC Announces Filing Season for 2023 EEO-1s Will Run From April 30 to June 4

The filing period for the mandatory Component 1 Employer Information (EEO-1) Reports covering 2023 employment data will open April 30, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced. Reports will be due five weeks later, on June 4, 2024. Filing specifics have not yet been released, but we think it is safe to say that filers will be able...
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February 26, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

Disclosure of Federal Contractor EEO-1 Reports on Hold After DOL Appeals

A federal court has temporarily stayed its order from December 2023 forcing the Department of Labor (DOL) to release EEO-1 reports from federal contractors that objected to the data’s release. The case arose from a news organization’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on February 16, 2024, put on hold...
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February 22, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

CWC’s Filing Guide for California’s 2023 Pay Data Reporting Requirements

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has updated its guide for meeting California’s annual pay data reporting requirements. The new version covers the rules for filing 2023 calendar year data, which must be submitted to California’s Civil Rights Department (CRD) by May 8, 2024. CWC’s guide provides tips on identifying the data that must be...
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