July 08, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and DEI

OFCCP Resumes Processing Section 503 and VEVRAA Complaints But Closes Pending Compliance Reviews

All pending compliance reviews arising under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act will be administratively closed, but the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs will resume processing Section 503 and VEVRAA complaint investigations as normal, OFCCP announced July 2. The agency’s announcement came in response to the Labor Secretary’s...
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July 01, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

OFCCP Proposes Eliminating Disability Self-Identification and Analysis Requirements

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is proposing to eliminate longstanding disability compliance requirements, including self-identification, utilization analyses, and applicant tracking. If approved, OFCCP’s two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) would modify agency regulations that implement the nondiscrimination and affirmative action requirements of Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 503) and Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Veterans...
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June 25, 2025
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Category: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves

OFCCP Extends Audit Moratorium for Veterans Affairs Health Benefits Program Providers

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has extended, for two years, its audit scheduling moratorium for specified health care entities that provide supplies and services to participants in the Veterans Affairs Health Benefits Program (VAHBP). OFCCP extended the scheduling moratorium through May 7, 2027, via Directive 2021-01 Revision 2, Extending the Scheduling Moratorium for Veterans Affairs Health Benefits Program (VAHBP)...
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June 02, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

President Trump Proposes Eliminating OFCCP

President Trump’s FY 2026 budget request proposes abolishing the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Under this proposal, OFCCP’s enforcement of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) would shift to the Labor Department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS), and OFCCP’s enforcement of Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act would shift to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The proposed...
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May 06, 2025
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Category: Legislation

CWC’s Guide to USERRA Amendments of 2025

Early this year, Congress amended the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act to expand its protections for military service members and veterans. USERRA gives service members the right to return to their former or equivalent civilian jobs if they meet specified conditions and forbids employers to discriminate against employees or applicants based on their military service. The amendments, included...
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April 29, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Updated Template for Good Faith Outreach Letter To Reflect Rescission of Executive Order 11246

The Center for Workplace Compliance, our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has issued an updated template for good faith outreach letters. CWC members can use this template when drafting good faith outreach letters to organizations that can help identify qualified veterans and persons with disabilities for their open job positions. President Trump's Executive Order 14173 rescinded the authority for developing AAPs...
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November 13, 2024
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Category: Veterans

CWC Members Once Again Among DOL’s Annual “HIRE Vets Medallion Award” Winners

Several CWC members received a HIRE Vets Medallion Award this year. The U.S. Labor Department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) announces the awards in conjunction with Veterans Day. The HIRE Vets Medallion Award was created in 2017 as part of the Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans Act (the “HIRE Vets Act”).  The award is designed to...
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October 22, 2024
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Category: Agency Enforcement

FY 2023 USERRA Complaint Filings Down Slightly From a Year Ago

The number of complaints filed by military service members under USERRA dipped slightly for fiscal year 2023 but are still near historic highs, data from the Labor Department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) show. The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act protects the employment and reemployment rights of employees who have been called to active military duty. 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 17, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

CWC’s Updated Personnel Processes Template for Protected Vets and People with Disabilities

CWC has updated our Personnel Processes Review Template to help our federal contractor members comply with government contracting regulations related to recruitment and hiring procedures for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) regulations about protected veterans under the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) are codified at 41 CFR Part 60-300. The...
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