Jennie-O Turkey Store, Inc., a subsidiary of Hormel Foods Corporation, will pay nearly $492K and extend 53 employment offers to resolve hiring discrimination allegations. An audit at the company’s Willmar, Minnesota facility by the Office […]
While there has definitely been an emphasis in audits on analyzing compensation in recent years, we are now seeing OFCCP take some additional steps with regard to how they are looking at your […]
Current OFCCP audits that have resulted in a conciliation agreement seem to have a common theme in terms of the violations that are being cited. Violations that were typical in years’ past seem to be resurfacing in recent audits despite the fact that they diminished for […]
There seems to be a misconception among contractors with regard to what is considered acceptable in terms of outreach efforts towards the employment of females, minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. The misconception stems from the notion of quantity vs. quality. Many federal contractors believe […]
As a federal contractor, when recruiting, you have the obligation to comply with specific requirements. The following recruitment activities could be implemented to facilitate appropriate representation of minorities and women at all levels of the contractor’s workforce and to remove barriers […]
What is an Impact Ratio Analysis?An impact ratio analysis compares applicants to hires using various statistical tests in order to identify adverse impact (a substantially different selection rate for members of a protected group) as required by […]
As a federal contractor, you have the obligation to notify your subcontractors, vendors, and suppliers that you are a federal contractor/subcontractor and that they may need to comply with Executive Order 11246. This notification must be […]
The purpose of an affirmative action plan (AAP), by design, is to ensure equal opportunity. As a management tool, a company can utilize an AAP to identify barriers to employment, adverse selection practices, concentrations of […]
We anticipate that the OFCCP will continue to focus on the issue of steering for the next few years.“Steering” refers to the placement of individuals from certain groups (i.e. minorities, […]
We want to ensure that all federal contractors are aware that the revised regulations for Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act, as amended (VEVRAA) […]
