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The OFCCP’s New Contractor Portal: Here is What Federal Contractors and Subcontractors Ought to Know

May 17, 2022 By Samantha Skolnick and Nick Chandler

The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) both administers and enforces the following three equal employment opportunity laws: (1) Executive Order 11246; (2) Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; and (3) Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (VEVRAA), as amended.[1] These aforementioned laws forbid employment discrimination and mandate that federal contractors implement Affirmative Action Plans (AAPs) that guarantee equal employment opportunities for covered classes.[2] Pursuant to 41 CFR § 60-2.10, “an affirmative [...]Read more

Filed Under: Advice to Contractors & Grant Recipients Tagged With: Executive Order, U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Davis-Bacon Act Repeal Efforts Renewed

April 24, 2017 By Andrew Howard

Republican members of Congress have renewed steps to repeal the Davis–Bacon Act, which sets the prevailing wage requirements for workers employed under federally funded or assisted contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of public works. In January, Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) introduced the Transportation Investment Recalibration to Equality (TIRE) Act that would suspend the Davis–Bacon Act’s provision that workers on federal contracts be paid a prevailing wage for all federal highway construction projects. Additionally, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Representative Steve King (R-IA) [...]Read more

Filed Under: Advice to Contractors & Grant Recipients, P3 Matters, Public Construction Tagged With: Davis-Bacon Act, Infrastructure Plan, President Trump, Transportation Investment Recalibration to Equality (TIRE) Act, U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)

OFCCP Announces Final Rule Regarding Gender Equality in the Government Contracts Workplace

June 17, 2016 By Brett Coburn

On June 14, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced a Final Rule setting forth the requirements that covered federal contractors and subcontractors must meet to fulfill their obligations under Executive Order 11246 to ensure nondiscrimination in employment on the basis of sex. The new rule updates prior, outdated guidelines to bring the requirements in line with case law interpreting Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s current interpretation of the statute (which sometimes [...]Read more

Filed Under: Advice to Contractors & Grant Recipients Tagged With: Gender Equality, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)

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