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 On February 28, 2013, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) rescinded two Bush-era enforcement guidance documents on pay discrimination from 2006—the “Compensation Standards” and “Voluntary Guidelines.” This is consistent with OFCCP’s stated focus on pay discrimination since the beginning of the Obama administration.

OFCCP’s Director, Patricia Shiu, issued a press release and authored…

Employers in the healthcare industry may find that they no longer have affirmative action obligations as of 2012 as a result of the National Defense Authorization Act, signed into law on December 31, 2011.

TRICARE is the Department of Defense healthcare program for active duty and retired military personnel and their families. Prior to the…

Many federal contractors and subcontractors use a calendar year for their written affirmative action plans (AAP’s). That means their AAP’s are typically being reviewed and revised shortly after January 1. Working with companies over the years to help them develop and revise AAP’s and advising companies during OFCCP audits, we have come to appreciate the challenges for contractors in the process.
Continue Reading For Many, “It’s That Time of Year”: Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) Revision

Speaking on July 27 to the Industry Liaison Group’s 29th Annual National Conference to an audience of human resources professionals for the nation’s top companies, the Office of Contract Compliance Director Patricia Shiu emphasized the OFCCP’s top initiatives. She stated that the OFCCP will focus on pay equity and compensation discrimination and affirmative action for military veterans and persons with disabilities. The OFCCP issued proposed rule-making establishing “benchmarks” for recruiting and hiring of veterans in April 2011 and is presently evaluating the comments it received. Shiu characterized those as benchmarks rather than quotas or ceilings.Continue Reading OFCCP Director Shiu Outlines Agency Objectives

The OFCCP has released a new directive – the Active Case Enforcement Directive (ACE)  – to replace the Active Case Management directive (ACM) which was rescinded by OFCCP in December 2010. The ACE procedures will result in more in-depth OFCCP audits and will greatly increase the chances of OFCCP making findings that are adverse to…

The Office of Contract Compliance (OFCCP), which enforces federal contractors’ and subcontractors’ affirmative action obligations, recently rescinded its 2003 ACM directive. The 2003 ACM or "Active Case Management" directive allowed for abbreviated desk audits where only the affirmative action plan and personnel data were reviewed. If no evidence of systemic discrimination was revealed (defined as discrimination affecting…