The much-anticipated ILG SWARM Conference is back and just around the corner. We are fired up to join the convergence of passionate professionals, visionary speakers, and transformative ideas at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel, in Fort Worth, TX, October 16-19, 2023. This year's event “Compliance & DEI: Welcome to the Rodeo” promises to be more Continue Reading...
Supreme Court Strikes Down College Admissions Affirmative Action
In a pair of rulings that surprised no one, the U.S. Supreme Court has prohibited the use of race as a factor in college admissions decisions, regardless of the reason. Seen as a broader attack on the concept of affirmative action, the federal contracting community needs to know what impact these decisions will have, if any, on their mandated Continue Reading...
OFCCP’s Revised Complaint Form(s) Go to OMB for Final Approval
As previously reported, the OFCCP is proposing to overhaul the agency’s complaint intake process with a revised complaint form and a new “pre-complaint” intake form. The changes to the “official” complaint form are relatively minor. It’s the creation of the new “pre-complaint” process that raised a few eyebrows. When an employee files an Continue Reading...
Time to Swap Out Your Disability Self-ID Form
Federal contractor employers subject to the OFCCP’s affirmative action requirements for individuals with disabilities now have until Tuesday, July 25, 2023 to replace their disability self-identification forms with the new, updated Form CC-305. As of this writing, the form is only available in English. The website states that “other languages” Continue Reading...
Veteran Self-Identification Stable For Now
A few years ago the OFCCP effectively closed the gap between “protected” and “non-protected” veterans by defining a term in the VEVRAA veteran categories more broadly than everyone thought. In doing so, the agency not only helped federal contractor employers with their “numbers,” but also their messaging, and simplified the veteran Continue Reading...