Item 21 on the Itemized Listing that accompanies OFCCP’s Scheduling Letter has generated confusion regarding how to respond. Our memo offers some guidance.

The federal appeals court has thrown out the Biden Administration’s 2021 rule governing how tipped employees should be paid, finding that the rule is contrary to the statutory language of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Our comments to the White House Office of Management and Budget argue that it should not give permission to OFCCP to reinstate a burdensome form that OFCCP discontinued decades ago because it was marginally useful and put a strain on agency resources

The Labor Department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) has opened the annual filing system for the mandatory VETS-4212 Report. The submission deadline is September 30. Our memo provides the details.

CWC is pleased to provide our members with an updated template to assist in meeting their employment service delivery system (ESDS) notice obligations required under OFCCP regulations.

As Congress moves forward with setting funding levels for the federal government in FY 2025, it is looking increasingly likely that workforce enforcement agencies such as OFCCP and the EEOC will end up being funded at current FY 2024 levels.

The White House Office of Management and Budget has given OFCCP the go-ahead to begin using a new and expanded version of the Scheduling Letter used to notify federal construction contractors of a compliance audit.

OFCCP’s new directive retains many of the components of the prior administration’s “early resolution conciliation” procedures. Whether it signals a change in OFCCP’s current enforcement philosophy remains to be seen.

Our comments to the White House Office of Management and Budget urge that agency to require OFCCP to make revisions to its proposed construction contractor scheduling letter before OMB gives approval to OFCCP to use it.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. OFCCP is asking OMB for approval to reinstate a burdensome reporting requirement on federal construction contractors that the agency originally abandoned in 1995 as putting a strain on OFCCP resources.

OFCCP has announced 16 formal settlements of enforcement actions against federal contractors during the first three quarters of the fiscal year. Our memo provides details.

The new minimum weekly salary of $844 for a white-collar employee to qualify for exemption from federal overtime coverage has taken effect except for employees of the state of Texas, based on a federal court’s preliminary injunction.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. OFCCP has asked OMB for approval to use a more detailed scheduling letter and itemized listing for compliance reviews of construction contractors. While the agency rejected our recommendations, its response provides some in

As the July 1 certification deadline approaches, technical issues have once again frustrated OFCCP’s Contractor Portal certification process.

Our comments to the Office of Management and Budget argue that OFCCP’s Contractor Portal remains overly burdensome to federal contractors, and that changes should be made before it is extended for another three years

In what could be a precedent for other federal whistleblower protection laws, Congress has added substantial monetary penalties as a remedy for whistleblower retaliation related to aviation safety violations.

OFCCP’s latest Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) puts some 500 federal contractor establishments on notice that they’ve been flagged for an upcoming compliance audit.

A recent lawsuit filed by the Labor Department against an auto manufacturer and its supplier and the supplier’s staffing company suggests a return to the controversial “fissured workplace” theory, putting employers on notice that the agency is closel

The Department of Labor has published a guidance document containing eight “principles” that developers and employers are encouraged to follow regarding the use of AI in the employment context.

The Labor Department’s brief argues that a lower court got it wrong in ruling that the Freedom of Information Act required OFCCP to release the EEO-1 data of federal contractors that objected to disclosure on grounds that the data were protected comm

Our updated Talking Points are designed to educate your managers and supervisors on the Department of Labor’s 2024 revisions to its “white collar” overtime regulations, and to help them answer questions they may receive about the new requirements.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. OFCCP has filed a formal request with the White House Office of Management and Budget to continue using its Contractor Portal for another three years. OMB is accepting comments on OFCCP’s request, and CWC intends to comment

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. CWC recently held a Members Only web workshop on the Labor Department’s new white collar overtime regulations, which are currently scheduled to go into effect beginning on July 1, 2024. Our memo summarizes a number of compl

Federal contractors may find helpful a new guidance document published by OFCCP that outlines the risks and obligations that are potentially triggered by the use of AI and other automated systems in the workplace.

Our written comment letter to OFCCP urges the agency to back off on expansive changes it is proposing to the construction contractor Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing, arguing that all parties would be better served by limiting detailed informat