On December 3, 2014, the Department of Labor (DOL) released its final rule implementing Executive Order (EO) 13672, “Further Amendments to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, and Executive Order 11246, Equal Employment Opportunity.” President Obama signed EO 13672 on July 21, 2014. The final rule implements EO 13672 by replacing the words “sex, or national origin” with the words “sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin” wherever they appear in the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) regulations implementing EO 11246.1 With the changes announced in the final rule, the DOL has codified new protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity that will apply to federal government contractors.
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