January 17, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

CWC’s Updated Summary of Federal EEO/AA Recordkeeping Requirements Now Available Online

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has updated its comprehensive summary of federal EEO/AA recordkeeping requirements. Summary of Recordkeeping Requirements: Federal Fair Employment and Affirmative Action Laws incorporates changes that have occurred since 2017. The new summary covers the FEP/AA recordkeeping requirements imposed under 12 federal statutes, including the recently enacted Pregnant Workers Fairness Act,...
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January 04, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

Federal Court Tells OFCCP To Disclose Consolidated EEO-1 Data, Despite Contractor Objections

A federal district court in California has ordered the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to turn over federal contractors’ EEO-1 “Type 2” consolidated data in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), a California-based public interest group. After giving contractors time to object, in April 2023, OFCCP...
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January 04, 2024
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Category: AAP

OFCCP Announces Intent To Extend Contractor Portal Requirements

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced that it intends to seek approval from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to keep using its Contractor Portal, the online tool that allows federal contractors to certify annually that they have developed and maintained Affirmative Action Programs (AAPs) in accordance with OFCCP regulations. The...
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December 19, 2023
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

EEO-1 Filers Should Check Historical Reports in Wake of Recent Database Display Error

A contractor that administers the annual Employer Information (EEO-1) Report for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is advising that historical EEO-1 Reports from 2015 through 2021 that were downloaded in conjunction with the current EEO-1 filing cycle might have displayed incorrect data. According to the contractor, historic reports accessed in the OFS [Online Filing System] between October 31...
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December 12, 2023
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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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December 05, 2023
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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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November 28, 2023
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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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November 09, 2023
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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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October 26, 2023
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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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October 11, 2023
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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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