The OFCCP has once again quietly published a new “Corporate Scheduling Announcement List,” or “CSAL,” as they are known. The CSAL is a list of federal contractor establishments that have been selected, but not yet scheduled for a compliance evaluation. The list appeared with no fanfare as the OFCCP seems to have fallen out of the habit of Continue Reading...
Beware OFCCP’s New “Bulk Upload” Option in AAPVI (Contractor Portal)
The OFCCP has added a new feature to the Contractor Portal where federal contractors are required to verify their compliance with the OFCCP’s affirmative action regulations (as applicable). The new “bulk upload/modification” feature allows contractors to provide the OFCCP with information regarding their actual AAP structure by uploading a file Continue Reading...
OFCCP Signals Much Tougher Stance in New Directives
People have been waiting for and wondering how the new administration will distinguish itself from the prior one with regard to affirmative action requirements for federal contractors, and we finally have more than a peek into what is to come from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). The agency has issued two new Continue Reading...
The OFCCP Wants to See Your “Pay Equity” Analyses (Directive 2022-01)
The OFCCP has gone all-in with their new compensation directive announcing that the agency intends to request, and expects to receive without pushback, contractors’ “pay equity audits” prepared in response to 41 C.F.R. § 60-2.17(b)(3) “[i]f the desk audit reveals disparities in pay or other concerns about the contractor’s compensation Continue Reading...
OFCCP’s AAP-VI Contractor Portal Now Open for Registration
The OFCCP has finally launched the new AAP Verification Initiative’s “Contractor Portal.” Sort of. As of February 1, 2022, contractors can now register in the Contractor Portal, the official name of the tool the OFCCP will use to collect information on contractors’ self-reported compliance status. The agency encourages contractors to register Continue Reading...
