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How to Properly Manage Evergreen Jobs to Limit Liability

by Debra Milstein Gardner - March 22, 2020
Do evergreen job requisitions need to be handled differently than other requisitions? The quick answer is No with the caveat of having a compliant recruiting, applicant tracking and selection process. First, it would be useful to determine if evergreen jobs are really that different from other open positions. To ensure that we are on the same page with the terms, here is how I define the two types of positions for purp...
OFCCP Employers
OFCCP Employers
EEO-1 101: The Fundamentals of Employer Information Reports

by Janet Lewis - March 20, 2020
Whether or not the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) plan to revise EEO-1 reports to also require reporting of wages and hours worked ever comes to fruition, filing accurate EEO-1 reports is important—especially for federal contractors and subcontractors. Why is Accuracy Important? Employers are required to certify the accuracy of their EEO-1 reports and that they have been prepared in...
OFCCP Employers
OFCCP Employers
Who Qualifies as an “Active Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran”

by Bill Osterndorf - March 19, 2020
Since 2009, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has been very interested in issues concerning the veterans that are protected under the agency’s affirmative action regulations. These regulations cover four categories of veterans, three of which are disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, and armed forces service medal veterans. Until recently, the fourt...
OFCCP Employers
OFCCP Employers
The Evolution of the Tagline at the Bottom of Job Advertisements: The Demise of the Affirmative Action Reference

by Alissa Horvitz, Josh Roffman - March 15, 2020
Decades ago, long before employers used the Internet for recruiting, employers used to advertise job vacancies in the newspaper. The OFCCP knows this because its current sex discrimination guidelines reference the old newspaper way of recruiting. The current version of OFCCP’s regulations state: Advertisement in newspapers and other media for employment must not express a sex preference unless sex is a bona fide oc...
OFCCP Employers
OFCCP Employers
Compliance Evaluation Light: The OFCCP Compliance Check

by Gary A. Chamberlin - March 12, 2020
The Trump Administration’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and its Director, Craig Leen, resurrected the Compliance Check – what’s known in some circles as a compliance evaluation “light.” A Compliance Check is a tool that OFCCP asserts it will use to determine whether a federal contractor or subcontractor has maintained required records related to affirmative action comp...
OFCCP
OFCCP
Using Affirmative Action Plan Data for Other Diversity Metrics

by Kristen N. Johnson - March 5, 2020
You just spent time compiling, analyzing, and reviewing data for your Affirmative Action Plan (AAP). Your company also wants to report on broader diversity metrics – can you use your work in the AAP to fulfill the request? Diversity in the workplace means having employees who come from varied backgrounds – this might include any number of areas, such as race, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation and rel...
OFCCP
OFCCP
OFCCP and NILG Meet to Discuss Compensation Discrimination

by Cara Crotty - February 27, 2020
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and the National Industry Liaison Group recently hosted a panel discussion regarding the agency’s practices for investigating potential compensation discrimination. The NILG is an association of federal contractors focused on collaborating with the OFCCP, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and other agencies to facilitate effective communication between t...
OFCCP
OFCCP
OFCCP Digest - Trump to Nominate Director Leen

by LocalJobNetwork™ - February 6, 2020
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OFCCP
OFCCP
Veteran Hiring: Ways to Expedite and Enhance the Recruiting Process

by Barbara Humpton - February 6, 2020
The competition to hire veterans continues to be fierce. While many factors have brought us to this point, initiatives such as the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and private sector coalitions such as JPMorgan’s 100,000 Jobs Mission have helped to ignite enthusiasm to hire service members. Today, the unemployment rate for veterans remains at near historic lows. Companies that embrac...
OFCCP
OFCCP
OFCCP Digest - Vets Medallion Award Winners

by LocalJobNetwork™ - January 30, 2020
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OFCCP
OFCCP