Compliance Stuff

Seyfarth Synopsis: Late last week, the EEOC identified ten new rulemaking items that could significantly affect employer compliance obligations. The agenda entries include plans to eliminate EEO reporting requirements, rescind the UGESP, revisit regulations implementing the PWFA, and withdraw several longstanding interpretive guidance documents. While existing requirements remain in effect pending further action, the agenda provides a clear roadmap of the Commission's planned activities. While most of the country was preparing for the Independence Day holiday weekend, the EEOC identified ten new rulemaking initiatives in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The initiatives suggest a broad review of agency-created compliance requirements, reporting obligations, recordkeeping frameworks, and interpretive guidance that are consistent with the themes reflected in the EEOC’s recently issued National Enforcement Plan (NEP), as previously summarized here . Th...

  Sou rces   with in the Department of La bor   have   confirmed   that there is a new   A cting   D irector of   the   Office   of Federal   C ontrac t Compl iance Prog rams   ( OFCCP ) , Michael Schloss .   Schloss   was   previ ously   at the Department of Labor for 32 years   until   he   retired   and   went   into p riv ate   practice   in 2023 .   H e   is now back   at the   Labor Department   in   an acti ng   capacity   with   OFCCP.   Schloss’s appointment comes at a time of increased confusion in the federal contractor community. Through multiple executive actions, including an Executive Order titled “ Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity ”, President Donald Trump has   revoked   a number of requirements for employers that do business with the Federal government, incl...

  Organizations with supply and service contracts with the Federal government are required to comply with multiple sets of regulations in the affirmative action and equal employment opportunity space. Organizations that are new contractors may not know where to begin with this new compliance obligations. To help, DCI has prepared a guide for organizations that are new to Federal Contracting. Know Your Status & Tell the World   About It   Know Your Status    Did you know that the amount of money your organization  can  receive in the coming year – otherwise known as a “ Contract Threshold”  – will affect your compliance obligations?  If your organization has  50 or more employees , you may be a  “Covered Contractor.”        Look below to see if your organization needs coverage and the level of coverage required:     Basic Coverage   $10,000 Executive Order 11246 (EO 11246 Minorities and Females)...