DE Talk | OFCCP in 2022: Lean Staff, Big Goals & New Changes Afoot
Season 3 • Episode 6
The federal contractor community has taken note of the quiet demeanor of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) since the Biden Administration took office. However, amongst the quiet comes big changes ahead – many of which might cause a stir for the federal contractor and subcontractor community. Tune in as DirectEmployers Executive Director Candee Chambers and employment law expert John C. Fox of Fox, Wang & Morgan discuss the undoing of all things Trump, the OFCCP’s upcoming priorities, and the new AAP verification program coming in February of 2022.
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OFCCP Week In Review: July 12, 2021
- Open Virtual Meeting on Veteran Employment & Employer Outreach
- President Biden Signs Executive Order With Four Employment Implications
- U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee Approves Biggest Budget Ever for OFCCP
OFCCP Seeks Unprecedented 33% Budget Increase: Focus is on Rebuilding OFCCP; Not Audit Enforcement
President Biden on Friday released his request to the Congress for a budget for the Executive Branch of the federal government for Fiscal Year 2022 (beginning October 1, 2021). All major federal agencies and sub-agencies also published their “Congressional Budget...
OFCCP Week In Review: February 17, 2020
- Denial Of Sex Reassignment Surgery to a Federal Prisoner Found to be Cruel and Unusual Punishment Violative Of the 8th Amendment
- OFCCP and NILG To Host Compensation Roundtable
- EEOC Issued Annual Performance Report
- Component 2 Collection Data Officially Closed!
- The White House Issued FY21 Budget
- OFCCP Budget Justification Released
- DE Talk: Episode 5 Launched! The ROI of D&I is Greater Humanity
- DirectEmployers Signed MOU with OFCCP!
- NILG Conference Agenda Announced
- MILG Updates
- OFCCP Recognized African American History Month
- EARN Recognized American Heart Month and Age-Related Macular Degeneration/Low Vision Month
DE Talk | Ask the OFCCP Experts: What’s to Come in 2020
Season 1 • Episode 4
For government contractors, the regulatory landscape is always changing, and navigating these changes takes a careful understanding of the current requirements and a forward-looking view. I sat down with employment law expert John C. Fox of Fox, Wang, & Morgan to identify what you should be doing to prepare yourself for the coming year and how to position your company for successful compliance in 2020!
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OFCCP Week In Review: May 6, 2019
- OFCCP Action Plan Update
- Opinion Letter: Gig Worker an Independent Contractor?
- More Dollars for the OFCCP?
- Decided: 2017 Pay Data Required
- Lowest Unemployment Rate (3.6%) Since December 1969!
- Appeal Filed on Component 2
- EEOC’s First Progress Report
- Reminder: Countdown to DEAM19! It’s Next Week! Still Time to Register!
OFCCP Week in Review: September 11, 2017
- Congress resumed work after its August Break
- DHS announced rescission of DACA Program resulting in 720,000 “Dreamer” work authorizations to expire and not be renewed
- Eric Dreiband’s nomination hearing went off without fireworks
- Senate Appropriations Committee now weights in with USDOL and OFCCP budget, dividing Republicans on the “Administrative State”
- OFCCP merger proposal rejected
- Cornell survey for Section 503 study opened
OFCCP Week in Review: July 24, 2017
The 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:
- USDOL & EEOC published equally bland semi-annual regulatory agendas
- U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee approved USDOL FY2018 budget
- U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee rider forbade the EEOC to spend any money on the new EEO-1 compensation reporting section
- OFCCP sought updates and additions to their Employee Referral Resource Directory (ERRD)
OFCCP Week in Review: July 17, 2017
The 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:
- NLRB holds “Student Assistants” to be common law employees
- House Appropriations Committee takes its turn to now hammer OFCCP’s proposed budget
- USDOL’s Veterans Employment & Training Services (VETS) received nod of approval from House Appropriations Committee
- Judge in Google case decision “splits the baby” in Google’s direction and planted a time bomb for all government contractors
