Effective March 31, 2021, the national percentage of veterans in the civilian labor force, as published on the OFCCP website, is now 5.6% (down from 5.7% last year). If your organization adopts the national percentage as the annual protected veteran benchmark, and your AAP start date is on or after March 31, you should use the new 5.6% Continue Reading...
Can CA Employers Still Implement Federal AAPs?
The short answer is, YES. Several BCGi members have inquired recently about the defeat of Proposition 16 in California, which would have repealed a California constitutional amendment in place since 1996 that has been characterized as “prohibiting affirmative action” in government employment. The question on some California government employers’ Continue Reading...
OFCCP COVID-19 “Exemption” Clarification
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...
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...
OFCCP Reports Progress Toward AAP “Monitoring” (Annual Submission)
According to a follow-up/status report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has made significant progress toward implementing a GAO recommendation to “monitor” federal contractors’ affirmative action programs (AAPs) by requiring contractors to annually Continue Reading...
