Compliance Stuff

The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has published proposed changes to regulations under the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 503) and has published a notice of rescission of regulations implementing Executive Order (EO) 11246. These proposed changes implement  EO 14173 , which revoked EO 11246. While the proposals are mostly procedural and involve eliminating cross-references to EO 11246, the proposed modifications to the Section 503 regulations also eliminate the requirement that contractors invite applicants and employees to self-identify their disability status and eliminate the current regulation’s utilization goal requirements.  Background:  Before January 21, 2025, the OFCCP enforced EO 11246, VEVRAA, and Section 503. EO 11246 prohibited employment discrimination by federal contractors and subcontractors based on race, color, religion, sex, sexua...

 The U.S Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) enforces the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended (VEVRAA). Under VEVRAA, federal contractors and subcontractors are prohibited from engaging in discrimination in employment practices against veterans and required to provide equal employment opportunity in recruiting, hiring, promoting, and retaining protected veterans.    OFCCP continues to release new resources to help contractors understand their obligations under VEVRAA. Published today is a new example illustrating the use of the VEVRAA national benchmark, which is a yardstick contractors use to measure their progress toward achieving equal employment opportunity for protected veterans. OFCCP also published an updated VEVRAA Affirmative Action Program (AAP) sample . The update includes additional information for contractors on how to use the hiring benchmark effectively to monitor their veteran hiri...