http://www.elinfonet.com/fedindex/1 Employment law articles discussing topics related to affirmative action. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:02:47 EST en-us http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=11782 Article: 11782 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced that it is extending the time to submit comments on its proposed amendments to its regulations implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. The proposed rule was published on December 9, 2011 and the comment period was set to end on February 7, 2012. The OFCCP has extended the comment period by 14 days and will now end on February 21, 2012. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=11770 Article: 11770 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) The OFCCP, the arm of the US Department of Labor, handles affirmative action obligations for federal contractors. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=11741 Article: 11741 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) The OFCCP has proposed regulations which would dramatically expand the obligations of federal contractors and subcontractors towards individuals with disabilities. On February 1, 2012, The Kullman Firm submitted comments to the OFCCP regarding their newly proposed regulations. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=11699 Article: 11699 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) The National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”), signed by President Barack Obama on December 31, 2011 exempts from Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) jurisdiction those medical providers who participate in the Department of Defense (DoD) TRICARE program, DoD’s health care program for active and retired military personnel. This legislation is intended to overturn a 2010 U.S. Department of Labor administrative law judge’s ruling that a Florida hospital providing medical services on behalf of a federal contractor that had contracted with the DoD to establish a medical provider network for DoD TRICARE beneficiaries was a covered federal subcontractor subject to OFCCP jurisdiction. Thus, under the NDAA, medical providers that participate solely in the TRICARE program will no longer be deemed federal subcontractors subject to OFCCP jurisdiction. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=11616 Article: 11616 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) On December 9, 2011, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a proposed new rule that would require federal contractors and subcontractors to set a hiring goal of having seven percent (7%) of their workforces be comprised of individuals with disabilities. The proposed rule incorporates the expanded definition of “disability” under the final regulations to the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) and imposes major new requirements for applicant self-identification, data collection and recordkeeping, written reasonable accommodation request procedures, and increased recruitment efforts. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=11599 Article: 11599 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) The U.S. Department of Labor has again extended the filing deadline for the 2011 VETS-100/100A reports because technology issues continue to plague the electronic filing system used by federal contractors to submit the compulsory reports. The filing deadline is now January 15, 2012. This is the third extension of the 2011 filing deadline caused by technical problems. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=11579 Article: 11579 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) In a move aimed to divest the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs of jurisdiction over hundreds of potential federal subcontractors, Congress passed Section 715 of the National Defense Authorization Act on December 15, 2011, and President Obama signed it into law on December 31, 2011. This portion of the NDAA provides as follows: http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=11572 Article: 11572 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) The Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Services Division (VETS) has again extended the deadline for applicable federal contractors to file a VETS 100/VETS 100A report. VETS recently issued a special announcement on its website indicating that the filing deadline had been extended from December 30, 2011 to January 15, 2012. The special announcement states that after January 15, 2012, VETS-100/VETS-100A applications will be removed from public service until further notice. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=11568 Article: 11568 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Just several months after the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that sought significant revisions to the regulations implementing the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) of 1974, the OFCCP issued another NPRM. This new NPRM will drastically affect federal contractors' affirmative action obligations to individuals with disabilities. The most significant revisions are discussed briefly below. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=11555 Article: 11555 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has sent out a new round of Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs) to federal contractors with establishments slated for compliance review during OFCCP’s current fiscal year, ending September 30, 2012. The CSALs provide employers advance notice of the locations slated for OFCCP audit. Departing from past practice, it appears OFCCP has addressed the letters to the individual who certified the employer’s EEO-1 report filing, rather than the “Chief Executive Officer” or other designated point of contact.