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Topics: Audit Preparation

Scheduling Letters Are on Their Way – Are You Ready? The Top Five OFCCP Audit Preparation Tips

Last month, OFCCP announced it had sent 1,000 Courtesy Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs) to contractors to notify them that they would be audited by OFCCP in the near future, and...

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OFCCP Sends Notices About Pending Compliance Reviews

On February 1, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) sent 1,000 notices to federal contractors and subcontractors. These notices inform employers that one...

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EEOC Delivers $2 Million Consent Decree to UPS

United Parcel Service (UPS) has agreed to settle a nationwide lawsuit filed in 2009 by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The settlement agreement will pay $2 million to approximately...

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Why Me? How Federal Contractors are Selected for an Audit

Have you ever wondered how the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) determines which contractors will receive a scheduling letter? There are two parts to the process: 1) developing...

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The Importance of Disposition Codes: What can we learn from OFCCP v. Bank of America?

In OFCCP audits, the greatest risk of a big dollar, “hidden” discrimination finding has always been and continues to be from applicant to hire adverse impact analyses. Despite all the...

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The Evolution of the Tagline at the Bottom of Job Advertisements: The Demise of the Affirmative Action Reference

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...

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A Close Look at the Sample AAPs – What OFCCP Communicates and What They Have a Right to Get

A new addition to OFCCP’s website is sample AAPs for Executive Order 11246, Section 503 and VEVRAA. OFCCP includes a disclaimer in the E.O. 11246 plan indicating that it is...

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From the Trenches – Audit Experience with the New Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing

You are going through your mail and see an envelope postmarked from the Department of Labor. Your heart starts racing and you silently pray that it is a mistake since...

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An Update on Surveying Requirements for Applicants and Employees

Earlier in the year, I wrote an article for The OFCCP Digest about the requirements that the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has regarding...

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