On August 19, 2022, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) received a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from a journalist with the Center for Investigative Reporting. This request was for disclosure of EEO-1 Type 2 Consolidated Report data filed by federal government contractors and subcontractors between 2016-2020. The OFCCP is offering covered … Read more
Many employers implement drug-free workplace policies. Often they invoke the federal Drug-Free Workplace Act in doing so. But only a subset of U.S. employers is subject to that law. Here we’ll examine what this law actually requires and consider what it doesn’t directly address. Covered Employers The Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 only applies to federal … Read more
On September 24, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Executive Order 11246, which continues to impose anti-discrimination and affirmative action requirements upon federal contractors. The Executive Order came just a year after Congress enacted (and President Johnson signed into law) the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII of that act created the first national … Read more