OFCCP Week In Review: July 27, 2015

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

JULY 23, 2015: OFCCP Seeks OMB Approval to Continue the Affirmative Action Requirements of OFCCP’s LGBT Regulations: The three Affirmative Action requirements_[1] of OFCCP’s Final LGBT Rule expire at the end of this Fiscal Year (on September 30, 2015). OFCCP has now sent to OMB an “Information Collection Request” (ICR) [Information Collection Request] seeking OMB’s approval to extend these three requirements for three years starting in FY2016 and ending on September 30, 2018 at the conclusion of FY2018. OFCCP invites the public to offer comments about its proposed ICR seeking to extend these three Affirmative Action requirements to and through August 24, 2015.

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[1] The three requirements are that covered federal contractors/subcontractors must (1) incorporate specific language into EEO clauses used in federal subcontracts and purchase orders; (2) state in all solicitations (ads) for employees that it will not discriminate against any qualified Applicant based on, among other things, sexual orientation and gender identity, and (3) disclose to OFCCP when any foreign country denies a visa of entry based on sexual orientation or gender identity to a contractor employee to perform work for the contractor.

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OFCCP Week In Review: July 27, 2015

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