What Does an OFCCP Scheduling Letter Look Like?

Every compliance evaluation that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) conducts begins with a scheduling letter. The letter notifies the contractor that it has been selected for an audit and identifies the contractor establishment to be audited. The letter is accompanied by an Itemized Listing of data to be submitted to OFCCP for review concerning the contractor’s affirmative action compliance. The scheduling letter was last renewed in July of 2016, and it will remain in effect until June 30, 2019.

Courtesy copies of the scheduling letter may be forwarded to contractors via email. However, OFCCP must provide contractors with a copy of the letter via certified mail, return receipt requested. Contractors have 30 days from receipt of the certified letter to submit their response materials.

EFCA Introduced In Congress

Though Stalled By Specter Opposition, Battle Is Not Over After much speculation, the Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 (EFCA) was introduced in the 111th Congress on March 10. The bills introduced in both the House of Representatives, H.R. 1409, and Senate, S. 560, are identical to last year’s measure, which passed the House but

Massachusetts Federal Court Preliminarily Requires Employer to Allow Employee’s Teleworking

On September 16, 2020, in Peeples v. Clinical Support Options, Inc., No. 3:20-cv-30144, a federal district court in Massachusetts took the unusual step of precluding an employer from discharging an employee who claimed an inability to work in the office due to a disability, and ordered the employer to allow the employee to telework for at least 60 days.

Hold on No-Match Regulation Extended

U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer has extended the temporary restraining order preventing the Department of Homeland Security from implementing its No-Match Regulation for up to 10 days. Judge Breyer will rule on a preliminary injunction by October 11. If granted, the preliminary injunction would further delay implementation of the regulation until trial. According to

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