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Feb 23 2024
Affirmative ActionHarassment & DiscriminationHiring

Manufacturer pays $443,000 to resolve hiring discrimination claims

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently announced that federal contractor GE Aerospace will pay $443,000 in back pay and interest to resolve allegations that it discriminated against female applicants for Manufacturing Ops Associate positions at its facility in Rutland, Vermont. The money will be shared among 116 unsuccessful female applicants. The company…

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Feb 08 2024
Affirmative Action

OFCCP kicks off FY 2024 with two financial settlements

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has published two financial settlements that it secured from federal contractors early in its 2024 fiscal year—one as the result of a routine review of a functional affirmative action plan (AAP) and one as the result of an employee complaint: Michael Baker International Inc. agreed to pay…

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Nov 16 2023
Affirmative ActionHarassment & Discrimination

OFCCP obtains more financial settlements to end FY 2023

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has posted a slew of last-minute financial settlements that were signed just before September 30, 2023, the end of the federal government’s 2023 fiscal year. All but one (which was in response to an individual complaint) resulted from the OFCCP conducting routine affirmative action audits of federal…

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Oct 05 2023
Affirmative ActionDisabilityHarassment & Discrimination

Federal contractors settle discrimination claims with OFCCP

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced numerous financial settlements with federal contractors in recent months. Most settled allegations of hiring discrimination on the basis of race/ethnicity or gender, which came to light during the agency’s routine reviews of the companies’ affirmative action plans (AAPs). A few settlements were made after the…

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Oct 05 2023
Affirmative ActionWage and Hour

Federal contractor minimum wage rises January 1, 2024

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has raised the minimum wage for certain federal contracts related to services and construction (not supplies) as of January 1, 2024. The amount of the increase depends on when your organization’s covered federal contract was signed or modified. For federal contracts signed, renewed, or extended on or after January…

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Sep 07 2023
Affirmative ActionHarassment & Discrimination

OFCCP expands data requests in audit scheduling letter

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently expanded the data requests in its Supply and Service Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing, the letter it sends to federal contractors requiring submission of data within 30 days to kick off an affirmative action audit. The letter applies to OFCCP compliance reviews scheduled on or after…

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Jul 20 2023
Affirmative Action

TikTok prohibited on devices used for work on federal contracts

In an interim rule that took effect immediately upon publication, new federal contracts will include a prohibition on having TikTok installed on any device used to fulfill the requirements of the contracts, including not only company-issued mobile devices but also employees’ personal mobile devices. The Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National…

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Jul 20 2023
Affirmative ActionHarassment & Discrimination

Q&A: Federal contractors still subject to affirmative action duties

Question: Now that the Supreme Court has ruled that the affirmative action programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina are unconstitutional, what does this mean for the written affirmative action plans (AAPs) that we’re required to maintain as a federal contractor? Answer: From a legal standpoint, the decision has no impact on federal…

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Jun 01 2023
Affirmative ActionHarassment & DiscriminationHiring

OFCCP secures settlements from federal contractors in early 2023

During the first five months of 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced some interesting financial settlements with federal contractors, although none of the companies admitted liability. Ordinarily, OFCCP settlements occur as the result of randomly scheduled affirmative action audits (compliance reviews) of federal contractors with at least 50 employees and a…

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May 04 2023
Affirmative ActionDisability

Federal contractors must use new disability self-ID form by 7/25/23

Employers with federal contracts must begin using a revised version of the voluntary disability self-identification form for applicants and employees no later than July 25, 2023. The existing form has an expiration date of May 31, 2023, but the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) wanted to give employers 60 days’ notice of the…

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Feb 02 2023
Affirmative ActionHarassment & Discrimination

OFCCP releases new list of federal contractors it will audit

On January 20, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released a new list of federal contractors it intends to review in the coming months for affirmative action compliance. This Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) is a courtesy heads-up, showing which companies will be selected for random affirmative action audits. If you use…

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Dec 01 2022
Affirmative ActionHarassment & DiscriminationHiring

OFCCP kicks off 2023 fiscal year with settlements

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently announced the following financial settlements with federal contractors, as the result of routine affirmative action audits. These are the first settlements to be announced during the agency’s 2023 fiscal year, which began on October 1, 2022. In each case, the company signed a conciliation agreement with…

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