The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has submitted a formal request to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reinstate the burdensome Utilization Report (Form CC-257). The report will require covered construction contractors and subcontractors to collect and report headcount and work hours data by race, ethnicity, sex, and construction trade on a monthly basis. The OFCCP abandoned the form in 1995 because it strained agency resources, but the agency now asserts that reinstating the form will help it “improve its process for neutrally scheduling contractors for compliance evaluations” by providing information such as when a project is active and the number of employees working on the project. OFCCP’s notice of formal submission for OMB review and request for comments appeared in the Federal Register on July 9, 2024.
OMB is soliciting public comments on OFCCP’s request, and CWC intends to file comments by the August 8 deadline. Members may direct their suggestions to Gabrielle Lattery (glattery@cwc.org) or Danny Petrella (dpetrella@cwc.org).
Members of the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, can read more here.