{"id":2959,"date":"2013-09-13T14:46:51","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T14:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/affirmativeaction.com\/?p=2959"},"modified":"2020-08-09T15:53:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T22:53:05","slug":"ofccp-section-503-and-vevraa-final-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biddle.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/13\/ofccp-section-503-and-vevraa-final-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"An In-depth Look at OFCCP&#8217;s Section 503 and VEVRAA Final Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nlang: en_US\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"IN\/FollowCompany\" data-id=\"1159707\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>A BCGI Platinum Webinar Presentation on Friday, September 20th<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Join Biddle Consulting Group&#8217;s Executive Vice President, Dr. Patrick Nooren for an in-depth review of the OFCCP&#8217;s Section 503 Final Rule.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2678\" style=\"width: 156px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/pn-s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2678\" class=\"wp-image-2678 size-full\" title=\"Patrick Nooren, Ph.D.\" src=\"https:\/\/biddle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/pn-s.jpg\" alt=\"Patrick Nooren, Ph.D.\" width=\"146\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patrick Nooren, Ph.D.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On August 27, 2013, Vice President Biden announced two new rules that represent an historic advance for veterans and individuals with disabilities.\u00a0\u00a0In conjunction with the announcement, the OFCCP announced that Federal contractors will be required to demonstrate good faith efforts as well as meet certain metrics for hiring rates of veterans and employment percentages for those with disabilities, within a 180 days of final publication of the rules.\u00a0\u00a0It is anticipated that Contractors developing AAPs shortly after the first of the year (approximately March 1) will be required to include such metrics in their annual affirmative action plan.<\/p>\n<p>The Section 503 rule establishes an aspirational 7% utilization goal for the employment of individuals with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the Final Rule on the Department of Labor\u2019s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dol.gov\/ofccp\/503Rule\/\">http:\/\/www.dol.gov\/ofccp\/503Rule\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Webinar Content:<\/h3>\n<p>During this more in-depth webinar, Patrick will review the highlights to the change and provide feedback to the contracting community regarding the best practices in making the transition to new metrics.\u00a0\u00a0This is BCGI&#8217;s follow-up webinar to the initial 503 reviews completed Sept 4. This in-depth presentation will discuss calculations and outline the &#8220;brass-tax\u201d of both the Section 503 and VEVRAA rules.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Platinum Membership Benefit:<\/strong>\u00a0Platinum Members, your\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bcginstitute.site-ym.com\/store\/view_product.asp?ID=2008554\">registration for this event is FREE<\/a>! Please login into your BCGi account before registering. 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