The OFCCP reiterated its commitment to enforcing pay equity compliance today with the release of Directive 2022-01: Pay Equity Audits. This directive emphasized that the OFCCP will request evidence that companies have conducted their required compensation analyses in desk audits pursuant to the regulations at 41 CFR 60-2.17(b)(3), which require an [...]
Making sure your company's compensation plan is fair is critical to maintaining employee satisfaction, preventing morale issues and avoiding costly settlements with the OFCCP. A well-executed compensation plan will attract the best employees, keep them motivated, and ultimately increase productivity. Navigating the compensation systems is not easy, to say the least. To [...]
All federal contractors and subcontractors are required to prepare AAPs annually, but what are the key components of an affirmative action plan?
The short answer is the federal contractor community overwhelmingly failed to prove their compliance with affirmative action regulations enforced by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). The Long Answer Enforcement statistics from the OFCCP’s compliance evaluations, reported by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in 2016, strongly suggested that federal contractors and subcontractors [...]
Per our previous communications, the OFCCP officially opened registration for the Contractor Portal today. At this time federal contractors can create a Login.gov account and register their company on the OFCCP Contractor portal, verifying and/or updating whether their information is correct. If not already in your calendar, please take note of the following [...]
The OFCCP Contractor Portal What happens if I certify but I am not fully compliant (not conducting the self-audit, compensation analysis, etc.)? Maintaining an AAP means more than checking off the box once a year– there are requirements, such as those described above, which require more action on your [...]
What is the OFCCP Contractor Portal and AAP certification? Federal Regulations at 41 CFR § 60-1 give the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) the ability to require covered contractors to annually certify that they are meeting their affirmative action obligations under Executive Order 11246. The OFCCP Contractor Portal has been created as [...]
Required by the US Department of Labor, certain businesses must abide by affirmative action, but which businesses need to have an affirmative action plan?
What is the OFCCP Contractor Portal and AAP certification? Federal Regulations at 41 CFR § 60-1 give the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) the ability to require covered contractors to annually certify that they are meeting their affirmative action obligations under Executive Order 11246. The OFCCP Contractor Portal has been created as an online [...]
The California pay data report filing requirements are part of the recently enacted California law that requires all private employers that have over 100 employees or have 100 or more labor contractors to annually report their pay and other workforce data, such as demographics, to the state’s Civil Rights Department (CRD). To report [...]
