In a move lauded by federal contractors, President Donald Trump signed a resolution into law today that blocks the “blacklisting” rule from taking effect. The rule would have required federal contractors to disclose allegations of misconduct, whether or not those allegations were proven or dismissed, going back for three years. Congress invoked the Congressional Review…
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The U.S. Department of Labor has announced the availability of $66 million in grants to improve employment opportunities for justice-involved individuals. Click here to learn more.
At the end of last week, the OFCCP began mailing Scheduling Letters to selected Federal Contractors. For the Contractors who received Courtesy Scheduling Announcement Letters previously, be prepared. Since the case load of Compliance Officers’ is currently more manageable, expect more comprehensive and longer audits. Remember! The OFCCP itself addressed on its website that A contractor…
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Applying for employment is nerve-wracking enough without a disability. Try to imagine, then, if you had some form of disability that made it difficult to even navigate the on-line application process. What if you are blind but the application has no text-to-speech capability? Or, the application has a time limit that shuts you out after…
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Last month, Victoria Lipnic, interim Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) expressed her opinion that the revisions to the EEO-1 form requiring disclosure of pay data from employers should be re-evaluated. Her statement fell short of advocating outright repeal, mainly because Democrats still have a majority of the seats on the Commission. Still,…
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