December 19, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Federal Appeals Court Vacates Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rules

A federal appeals court has vacated the Nasdaq stock market’s rule requiring Nasdaq-listed companies to disclose diversity data for their boards of directors. In 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved Nasdaq’s proposal to require most Nasdaq-listed companies to have at least one female and one minority/LGBTQ board member or explain their lack of diversity. The rule also required covered companies to...
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December 03, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

OFCCP Construction Contractor Utilization Report Due April 2025 (and Every Month Thereafter)

Federal construction contractors and subcontractors must begin filing their monthly CC-257 forms April 15, 2025, the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced. Employers that have a federal construction contract or subcontract, or a contract in which federal funds pay for construction work worth more than $10,000, must submit a Monthly Employment Utilization Report (CC-257) to OFCCP on...
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November 07, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

Religious Groups Seek To Block FCC Demographic Data Collection Similar to EEO-1 Report

A group of religious broadcasters has asked a federal appeals court to block the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from collecting race and ethnicity data from broadcasters. The court’s ruling could have implications for similar data collections like the EEO-1 Report. Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to resume collecting race and ethnicity data from broadcasters, a practice...
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October 31, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

New FOIA Requests Seek Contractor EEO-1 Data From 2021

OFCCP will release the EEO-1 Type 2 Reports for thousands of contractors for the 2021 filing year unless the contractors file a written objection with OFCCP by December 9, the agency announced October 29, 2023. The release will occur in response to Freedom of Information Act requests from the University of Utah and a non-profit organization named As You Sow. The...
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October 21, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

EEOC Proposes a New Rule for Filers Seeking Exemption From EEO Reporting Requirements

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has proposed revising its rules regarding hardship exemptions to EEO reporting requirements. The proposed rule would delegate the Commission’s authority to decide hardship exemption applications to the agency’s chief data officer. It also would establish a procedure for applying for exemptions and provide examples of criteria for granting exemptions. Almost all covered employers and federal...
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October 10, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

Construction Contractors Must Submit Monthly Reports

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has received approval to collect monthly reports from construction contractors detailing the number of their employees and their work hours by race/ethnicity, sex, and construction trade, although the agency has not yet announced when it will begin the monthly collection. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved use of the...
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September 30, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

Template for Assessing Disability and Veteran Outreach

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has updated its template for assessing outreach to persons with disabilities and protected veterans. It can assist CWC’s federal contractor members in organizing their data so they’re ready if the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) audits them. The template also should make it easier to respond to items...
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September 05, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

Responding to Item 21 on the OFCCP Scheduling Letter’s Itemized Listing

In the year since the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) began using a more burdensome Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing to notify federal contractors of an upcoming compliance evaluation, Item 21 on the Itemized Listing has generated confusion. Item 21 asks the contractor to identify and document “policies, practices, or systems used to recruit, screen, and...
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August 15, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

CWC Comments to OMB Argue Against Reinstatement of OFCCP’s Burdensome Form CC-257

CWC has submitted written comments to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) contending that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP) request to reinstate the Monthly Employment Utilization Report (Form CC-257) is unnecessary and burdensome. The form would require covered construction contractors and subcontractors to collect and report headcount and hours-worked data by race, ethnicity, sex,...
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August 08, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

2024 VETS-4212 Filing Season Underway, Submission Deadline Is September 30

The Labor Department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) has opened the filing system for the VETS-4212 Report. The submission deadline is September 30, 2024. The VETS-4212 form provides a workforce snapshot by protected veteran status, as well as the number of protected veteran new hires for the preceding 12-month period. Federal contractors and subcontractors are required to file it...
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