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The Center for Corporate Equality’s (CCE) The OFCCP Institute and Jackson Lewis Invite You to Attend a Complimentary Webinar: OFCCP REGULATORY AND ENFORCEMENT UPDATE Speakers David Fortney, Mickey Silberman and David Cohen invite you to a complimentary webinar to introduce The OFCCP Institute Reserve your Webinar seat now for this complimentary webinar on January 30th at 2:00 to 3:00 pm EST. About The OFCCP Institute The OFCCP Institute was formed to assist the contractor community in responding to rapidly changing compliance … Continue reading The Center for Corporate Equality’s (CCE) The OFCCP Institute and Jackson Lewis Invite You to Attend a Complimentary Webinar: OFCCP REGULATORY AND ENFORCEMENT UPDATE January 16, 2013	Breaking News: Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis Resigns As late as last week CNN announced Hilda Solis, would remain in her post as the head of the Department of Labor. Today, however, the news outlet reported Solis is in fact resigning her position in Obama’s cabinet. This news is breaking so fast CNN’s website still has last week’s story about Solis’ continued Cabinet service … Continue reading Breaking News: Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis Resigns January 9, 2013	OFCCP Implements New Directive Outlining the Functional Affirmative Action Program (FAAP) Process for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors After two rounds of public comments, OFCCP implemented Directive No. 305 earlier this month with little fanfare. Directive 305 provides guidance to employers who desire to create affirmative action plans based on functional business units rather than by individual establishment – also known as FAAPs. Implementation of Direction 305 rescinds the previous FAAP directive, in … Continue reading OFCCP Implements New Directive Outlining the Functional Affirmative Action Program (FAAP) Process for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors January 9, 2013
Effective January 18, 2013 Federal Service Contractors Required to Offer Employment to Predecessor Contractors’ Employees Kicking off the new year, the Department of Labor has announced Executive Order 13495, “Non-displacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts,” will go into effect on January 18, 2013. Under Executive Order 13495, when a new contract succeeds an existing government service contract, the contractors and subcontractors under the new contract are required to offer … Continue reading Effective January 18, 2013 Federal Service Contractors Required to Offer Employment to Predecessor Contractors’ Employees January 2, 2013	OFCCP Pacific Regional Director William Smitherman to Retire – Replacement Not Yet Announced Changes are afoot at OFCCP. We have learned that long-time OFCCP Pacific Region Director Bill Smitherman will retire at the end of the month. Director Smitherman held the Pacific Regional Director position for many years, initially as Acting Director before assuming the position on a full-time basis several years ago. His replacement has not been announced. … Continue reading OFCCP Pacific Regional Director William Smitherman to Retire – Replacement Not Yet Announced December 3, 2012	Jackson Lewis Partners Share Insights on Impact of 2012 Election on OFCCP Initiatives Jackson Lewis Partners Mickey Silberman and Matthew Camardella recently delivered a webcast regarding anticipated Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs initiatives under a second-term Obama Administration. Given the OFCCP’s latest wave of advance notification letters these insights into the Agency’s regulatory agenda and what you can do to prepare are all the more instructive. Click … Continue reading Jackson Lewis Partners Share Insights on Impact of 2012 Election on OFCCP Initiatives November 28, 2012
LATE BREAKING NEWS: Update from OFCCP National Office regarding CSALs We just spoke with OFCCP’s National Office and confirmed 1,762 CSALs were sent out last week to individual establishments. There were no Functional Affirmative Action Plan (FAAP) notifications and no Corporate Management Compliance Evaluations (CMCEs) notifications sent in this latest round of CSALs. OFCCP confirmed that this is the first round of CSALs for OFCCP’s … Continue reading LATE BREAKING NEWS: Update from OFCCP National Office regarding CSALs November 20, 2012	BREAKING NEWS: OFCCP Does About Face and Issues Hardcopy Advance Audit Notification Letters With great fanfare OFCCP announced in August at the ILG National conference in Hawaii that it would be forgoing the mailing of advance notification letters to employers in exchange for publishing the list of likely compliance reviews via the Agency’s website. Despite its previous announcement of a move to the web-based notification system, last week OFCCP mailed out … Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: OFCCP Does About Face and Issues Hardcopy Advance Audit Notification Letters November 20, 2012	One Week After Obama Wins Re-Election, OFCCP Signals Commitment to Vigorous and Expansive Enforcement: Pledges Continued Compliance Reviews (and Litigation) in TRICARE Cases Unless Court Clarifies Florida Hospital Decision As an update to our recent post discussing the latest chapter of the OFCCP/TRICARE saga, OFCCP has asked the United States Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board to reconsider their “deeply divided” decision in which a plurality of the ARB decided the National Defense Administration Act (NDAA) precluded OFCCP’s jurisdiction over Florida Hospital. In requesting … Continue reading One Week After Obama Wins Re-Election, OFCCP Signals Commitment to Vigorous and Expansive Enforcement: Pledges Continued Compliance Reviews (and Litigation) in TRICARE Cases Unless Court Clarifies Florida Hospital Decision November 19, 2012
Veterans Day: A Reminder of OFCCP’s Continued Aggressive Enforcement Agenda As the country honors all of the men and women who have sacrificed to serve our country, it is a good time to assess compliance with veteran focused OFCCP obligations. Not missing a chance to focus on employing veterans, Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis issued a statement urging employers to commemorate the Veterans … Continue reading Veterans Day: A Reminder of OFCCP’s Continued Aggressive Enforcement Agenda November 13, 2012

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