DE OFCCP Week In Review (WIR)The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they discuss:

Tuesday, January 14, 2020: OFCCP Year In Review

logo for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released a bulletin outlining highlights from 2019. Without a doubt, it was a very active year for the Agency. Driven by the common vision of initiatives surrounding four pillars of purpose (Certainly, Efficiency, Transparency, Recognition) the Agency spotlighted many items, including Focused Reviews (used for the very first time), revised website landing pages, new technical guides and award programs, and various efforts to support the overall mission of equal employment opportunity.

DirectEmployers (DE) was there every step of the way to bring you the scoop via the Week in Review (WIR)! DE Members can find the full range of topics discussed in the 2019 (and previous) year’s WIR by visiting the Member-exclusive community within DE Connect.

 

Tuesday, January 14, 2019: DE Talk: Episode 4 Launched! Ask the OFCCP Experts: What’s to Come in 2020

DE Talk: Ep 4 - OFCCP Compliance Experts Candee Chambers & John Fox

OFCCP compliance experts Candee Chambers and John C. Fox set up to record their episode with Recruit Rooster’s Jordan Hartman.

2019 is officially in the books! With an election year, new directives, pending regulatory issues, and changing priorities looming on the horizon, we felt it was best to hit the ground running to discuss what’s to come this year. To do so, we took over the DE Talk podcast to give listeners an x-ray of what counts, blending Candee Chambers’ knowledge from a practitioner standpoint with John Fox’s encyclopedic legal knowledge of everything OFCCP so that you can position your company for successful compliance in 2020! While compliance can undoubtedly be a dry topic, we are bringing a fresh perspective, and of course, some comedic banter.

Check out this special Ask the OFCCP experts podcast by listening on our site or via Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotify, or wherever you access podcasts. Missed out on our first episodes? Catch up on Season One:

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Friday, January 17, 2019: EEOC Salutes Martin Luther King

Official Seal of the EEOC featuring Bald Eagle and bannerThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair, Janet Dhillon, released a statement honoring Dr. Martin Luther King. The account highlights his award-winning speech, “The Negro and the Constitution,” recited at the young age of 15, at the statewide oratorical contest held at the First Baptist Church in Dublin, Georgia.

 

Monday, January 20, 2019: #MLKDAY

25th MLK Day of Service - Make It A Day On, Not A Day OffThe Martin Luther King Jr. holiday marks the 25th anniversary of the day of service that celebrates the Civil Rights leader’s life and legacy. Observed each year on the third Monday in January as “A day on, not a day off,” MLK Day is the only federal holiday designated as a national day of service to encourage all Americans to volunteer to improve their communities. Leading this call to action for the last quarter-century is the Corporation for National and Community Service.

 

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.

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