Month: November 2016

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How Effective is the OFCCP? The GAO Answers – Part I

By / 11.30.2016 / No Comments

The OFCCP often projects a larger than life presence in the consciousness of many federal contractors. How can it not? For FY 2016, the OFCCP had an annual operating budget of just over $105 million and was authorized 615 full-time equivalent staff positions.  While its staffing decreased from 755 authorized FTE positions in FY 2015…
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What the EEOC and OFCCP Want You to Know About Criminal Background Checks

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What’s up with the EEOC, the OFCCP and criminal background checks? While the EEOC enforces anti-discrimination laws for private employers, and generally those who employ 15 or more employees, the OFCCP enforces affirmative action laws and regulations to which federal contractors are subject. Administering background checks to all applicants can’t be discriminatory, can it? If not, then why…
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