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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

DOL Seeking Routine Three-Year Extension of Current VETS-4212 Report

The Department of Labor’s Veterans Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) announced November 28, 2023, that it will ask the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to allow it to keep using the current version of the Federal Contractor Veterans’ Employment Report (VETS-4212) for three more years. Covered federal contractors must file the report with VETS annually. Public comments...
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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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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

CWC Files “Declaration” Supporting DOL in Ongoing EEO-1 FOIA Litigation

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, filed a declaration with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California supporting the objection of the Department of Labor (DOL) to releasing EEO-1 data for which federal contractors claim an exemption under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In response to a request from the Center...
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

Distilling EEOC’s Posted Guidance Regarding This Year’s EEO-1 Filing Season

As the online portal for filing the 2022 Component 1 Employer Information (EEO-1) Reports opened last week, the changes made this year by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to the EEO-1 filing procedures have generated many questions from filers. The EEOC responded by posting 93 pages of FAQs on its EEO-1 website, designated as Volume 2 and Volume 3. The guidance itself has...
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Category: Agency Enforcement

CWC’s Side-by-Side Analysis of OFCCP’s New Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing

In August, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) began using a more burdensome Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing to notify federal contractors when they are flagged for a compliance evaluation. Federal contractors that are flagged for an audit under the new letter should be prepared to provide a great deal more information than OFCCP previously...
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

2022 EEO-1 Filing Season Update

As the season approaches for filing the 2022 “Component 1” Employer Information (EEO-1) Reports with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), some questions about filing procedures remain unanswered, particularly for online filers. The EEOC has made several significant changes to the filing process, especially for filers using the popular “Data File Upload” option. Last week, representatives from EEOC’s Office of...
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Category: Agency Enforcement

DOL and FTC Formally Agree To Share Compliance-Related Information

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in which they agreed to collaborate on matters for which they share enforcement responsibilities. These include worker misclassification, restrictive contract provisions, non-compete agreements, and unlawful wage-setting practices. Under the MOU, the agencies will share information, cross-train staff, and partner on compliance...
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

SEC Advisory Group Recommends Expanded Human Capital Disclosures

An advisory committee has recommended that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expand the amount of information that covered companies must publicly disclose about their human capital. The 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law created the committee to make nonbinding recommendations to the SEC on regulatory priorities. It suggested that the SEC require covered employers to disclose information on their...
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

EEOC Revamps EEO-1 Filing Process, Filing Season for 2022 Reports Opens on October 31

The filing season for 2022 “Component 1” EEO-1 reports will run from October 31 to December 5, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced. The agency also revealed that there will be significant changes to the filing process as it updates its EEO-1 website. It has revamped the Instruction Booklet and Data File Upload Specifications, with implications for employers that...
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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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