The “OFCCP Week in Review” is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment published every Friday. Here are this week’s developments:
John C. Fox and Candee Chambers

March 17, 2015: The OFCCP has extended the deadline for you to provide ideas about their Rules that you believe should be ‘modified, streamlined, expanded, or even repealed’ on their ‘Shaping Smarter Regulations’ website. Suggestions can now be made until April 1, 2015 – and this is not an April Fool’s joke! Consider posting your input on the questions below:

  • Which of the Department’s regulations, guidance, or interpretations should be considered for review, expansion or modification?
  • What regulations and reporting requirements should be reviewed due to conflicts, inconsistencies, or duplication among our own agencies or with other federal agencies?
  • What reporting requirements and information can be streamlined or reduced in frequency while achieving the same level of protections for workers, job-seekers, and retirees? Are there less costly methods, advances in technology, or innovative techniques that can be leveraged toward these purposes?
  • What regulatory reforms may require short-term cost increases to the regulated entities while creating longer-term savings, for example, through the adoption of new technologies? What information, data, or technical assistance do regulated entities need in order to better assess these opportunities?
  • How should the Department capture changes in firm and market behavior in response to a regulation?
  • What data or other indicators suggest that the estimated costs and benefits of an existing regulation should be reviewed?
  • What other strategies exist for increasing the flexibility of regulations without limiting important protections? What information, data, or other technical assistance do stakeholders require in order to better assess the long-term impact of these reforms upon such protections?

Click on this link to add your ideas by April 1, 2015: http://dolregs.ideascale.com/a/ideas/top/campaign-filter/byids/campaigns/15893

March 17, 2015: The OFCCP announced a date change for their webinar on ‘Coming Into Compliance with Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Requirements.” The webinar that was originally scheduled for March 18, 2015 has been rescheduled to March 24, 2015. A second webinar will be held on March 25, 2015. You are encouraged to participate in one of the webinars focused on how the OFCCP will implement the nondiscrimination requirements related to applicants and employees without regard to their sexual orientation and gender identity, pursuant to Executive Order 13672. Both sessions will include time for Q & A’s from the contractor community.

To register for either webinar, please use the following links:

MARCH 24, 2015: 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Eastern time)
https://dolevents.webex.com/dolevents/onstage/g.php?MTID=ed62ccb7c66f848e5cd6cd79d35459db9

March 25, 2015: 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Eastern time)
https://dolevents.webex.com/dolevents/onstage/g.php?MTID=ebfc0c675c0d2101a195b4e1833a00b6f

THIS COLUMN IS MEANT TO ASSIST IN A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE CURRENT LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO OFCCP. IT IS NOT TO BE REGARDED AS LEGAL ADVICE. COMPANIES OR INDIVIDUALS WITH PARTICULAR QUESTIONS SHOULD SEEK ADVICE OF COUNSEL.

Reminder: If you have specific OFCCP compliance questions and/or concerns or wish to offer suggestions about future topics for the OFCCP Fox Report, please contact your membership representative at 866-268-6206 (for DE members), or send an email to Candee Chambers at candee@directemployers.org with your ideas.

Looking to learn more about the regulations and network with other OFCCP compliance professionals? Attend the DirectEmployers 2015 Annual Meeting & Conference in addition to the Affirmative Action Briefing pre-conference event taking place May 13-15, 2015 in Indianapolis! Learn more and register at DEAM15.DirectEmployers.org.
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