An Expert Insight Series Part 2: What is America First Legal and What Are They Challenging? If you can stand to follow the news these days, you may be aware that America First Legal—a non-profit foundation run by former Trump Senior Advisor Stephen Miller—has begun filing complaints with the OFCCP regarding the “facially discriminatory” Continue Reading...
Unraveling Intent: Exploring OFCCP Legal Challenges
An Expert Insight Series Part 1: Is Affirmative Action Legal? BCGi, and this author in particular, have been screaming for years for the OFCCP to clean up its regulations and, among other things, abandon anachronistic, confusing, and misleading terms. And we have been reminding practitioners that “affirmative action” in the federal Continue Reading...
How Texas SB 17 Does and Does Not Impact Federal AAP Requirements
If you are a Compliance professional working in higher education in Texas, you likely have concerns about the recent passage of Texas Senate Bill 17 (TX SB 17), outlawing diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) offices and activities. Even if you are not such a person, this should be of interest as other states consider modeling similar Continue Reading...
OFCCP Publishes New 2022 Audit List
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...
Patrick Nooren Answers 6 Questions Hospitals Need Answered
"I’ve worked with hundreds of clients of all sizes to develop Affirmative Action Plans and support them during audits. And, with the Federal Affirmative Action Audit letters now being served to hospital HR leaders, an influx of activity has been noticed around healthcare audit preparation." Patrick Nooren, Biddle Consulting Group's Executive Continue Reading...
