To be clear, the OFCCP is still open for business. The agency is still auditing and still expects contractors to complete, implement, and maintain their AAPs. BCGi has been getting several questions that appear to be prompted by incomplete and potentially misleading headlines regarding the OFCCP’s coronavirus relief exemption. The “exemption” Continue Reading...
A Message from BCGi Director, Matt Nusbaum
Everyone: Like all of you, the Biddle Consulting Group and BCGi have been working hard to respond to the developing crisis stemming from the spread of the novel coronavirus. Our first priority is to support the health and safety of our people. A close second is to minimize business disruption because, for now at least, work does go on. As of Continue Reading...
OFCCP Issues National Interest Exemption for Coronavirus Relief
Much as the agency has done in response to past crises, the OFCCP has granted a three-month “exemption” for federal contracts pertaining to coronavirus relief. What does that mean? First, let’s be clear that this does not have any significant impact on existing federal contractors. If you are already obligated to prepare AAPs, you still have to Continue Reading...
DOL Launches “Public-Facing Guidance Website”
As we reported earlier, Executive Order 13891 ordered all Executive Branch agencies to review agency guidance documents, rescind or modify them as necessary, and make them available to the public in a single, searchable online database. The EEOC and the Department of Defense launched theirs before or by the February 28, 2020 deadline. Now the Continue Reading...
EEOC to Launch New “Guidance Portal” in Response to Executive Order 13891 – More to Come
The EEOC will publish a notice in tomorrow’s Federal Register announcing the launch of a new “searchable, indexed database containing all EEOC guidance documents currently in effect.” EEOC guidance documents have not historically been difficult to find, but this new, centralized database is in response to Executive Order 13891 issued by President Continue Reading...