CWC has updated a resource members can use to help them understand the equal employment opportunity and affirmative action obligations imposed on state contractors by the State of Wisconsin.

Our updated disability and veterans AAP template is designed to assist CWC’s federal contractor members with meeting their OFCCP compliance obligations toward individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

The EEOC has asked for permission to remove the EEO-1 reporting option for employees that self-identify as non-binary. Employers will likely be required to report all employees as either male or female in the next reporting cycle.

CWC is pleased to provide members with a new resource that covers AAP development and submission requirements imposed on contractors by state and local jurisdictions.

With Executive Order 11246 now rescinded, OFCCP has formally terminated all FAAP agreements that were maintained between the agency and federal contractors. The agreements permitted contractors to structure their AAPs by function rather than location

MEMBER ROUNDTABLE SCHEDULED. President Trump has rescinded Executive Order 11246. While there are still more questions than answers about this major policy shift, our memo summarizes what we know thus far and outlines many of the contractor complianc

Employers with a federal construction contract or subcontract or federally assisted construction contract or subcontract in excess of $10,000 must submit monthly Form CC-257 reports to OFCCP starting April 15, 2025.

OFCCP’s latest Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) puts some 2,000 federal contractor entities on notice that they’ve been flagged for an upcoming compliance audit.

A group of religious broadcasters is seeking to keep the FCC from collecting race and ethnicity data from broadcasters. The court’s ruling could have implications for similar data collections like the EEO-1 Report.

OFCCP recently received two FOIA requests for all EEO-1 Type 2 Reports held by the agency for the 2021 filing year. Contractors have until December 9 to file objections before OFCCP discloses the requested information.

The EEOC has proposed revising its regulations related to the undue hardship exemption for EEO-1 reporting requirements and delegating the authority to grant requests to the agency’s Chief Data Officer.

OFCCP has received approval to begin collecting monthly reports from construction contractors detailing employee count and work hours by race/ethnicity, sex, and construction trade.

Our updated template is designed to assist CWC’s federal contractor members with meeting their OFCCP compliance obligations toward individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Earlier this year, the EEOC sued multiple employers for failing to file mandatory EEO-1 reports. Those lawsuits are now settling with detailed agreements by the employers on steps they will take to comply.

Our updated template is designed to assist CWC’s federal contractor members with meeting their OFCCP compliance obligations.

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.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. The interagency entity that coordinates federal government procurement policy wants to reinstate a reporting requirement applicable to covered federal contractors obligating them to notify the government of executive compen

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.

Illinois is contacting employers that have an Equal Pay Registration Certificate (EPRC) to remind them that they must apply for a recertification every two years. However, the state’s reminders included the wrong date for the employee-level data that

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

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.

The White House Office of Management and Budget has given approval to the Labor Department to continue using the current version of the mandatory VETS-4212 report through the 2026 filing season.

In a heads up to all entities that are required to file annual EEO-1 reports, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued 15 employers for failure to comply.