A message to those we serve:We live in truly extraordinary times.I’m excited…as we begin a new chapter in our country’s efforts to explore space.I’m frightened…as a deadly virus leaves us forever changed and opens the door to an unknown future.I’m sad…as we continue to struggle with racial injustices that should have been relegated to history Continue Reading...
Federal Contractors Must Update Disability Self-ID Forms by August 4!
As previously reported, the OFCCP made some revisions to the required disability self-identification form known lovingly as, “Form CC-305.” Those revisions have received final approval from the Office of Management and Budget, and the OFCCP is giving federal contractors until August 4, 2020 to cease using the “old” form and to start using the Continue Reading...
2019 EEO-1 Data Collection Delayed Until 2021
Citing the pandemic, the EEOC has announced that employers will not be required to file their 2019 EEO-1 reports until March, 2021. In other words, there will be no EEO-1 filing this year. However, the EEOC is not skipping the 2019 reporting cycle—they are significantly delaying it. Where are we today? EEO-1 filing deadlines have become Continue Reading...
OFCCP Expands Accessibility to Resources through the Ombuds Program and Mediation
By Marilynn Schuyler, Schuyler Affirmative Action Practice, in association with the Biddle Consulting Group Institute Today (May 6, 2020) the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) launched the Ombuds Service and issued the Ombuds Service Referral Form, which provides federal contractors a tool to more efficiently obtain Continue Reading...
2020 NILG National Conference is Back! BCGi July Special Summit is Cancelled.
We are delighted to report that the National Industry Liaison Group (NILG) has announced that the 2020 National Conference, which was previously cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic, is being re-imagined as a virtual webinar event to run in July and August! Accordingly, the alternative BCGi July “Special” Summit is cancelled. As noted in the Continue Reading...