The OFCCP Digest Volume 2, Issue 8

Recruitment and hiring processes are changing, and they are changing fast. Similar to how fast the internet changed public lives in the 1990’s, elaborate internet tools such as social media, job boards, online diversity associations and job posting requirements are changing the lives of recruiters and Federal contractors right now. In turn, contractors have a lot of questions about how to keep pace with their recordkeeping policies and data collection processes to meet evolving Affirmative Action compliance requirements. read more

What is a test? While we commonly think of tests as either a series of questions to be answered and scored or a set of actions to be performed and scored, from the EEO perspective, the definition of test is much broader. Any part of a selection procedure where candidates are considered and some are chosen, while others are not, is subject to the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP) (41 CFR 60-3) and, for all intents and purposes, are tests. read more

From the advent of the eight-factor analysis, availability analyses have been a central part of all federal affirmative action plans. The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) changed from an eight-factor analysis to a two-factor analysis (i.e. an analysis examining only external populations and internal populations that may be able to enter jobs) more than ten years ago. read more

By convention and practice (not by Executive Order, statute, regulation or guideline), OFCCP has never required covered federal contractors and subcontractors to prepare Affirmative Action Plans for minorities for their establishments in Hawaii or Puerto Rico. OFCCP has nonetheless always required federal contractors with establishments in Hawaii and Puerto Rico to create AAPs for Women. read more

The 2012 Industry Liaison Group National Conference is fast approaching. The Local JobNetwork™ will be in attendance as well as a number of contributors to The OFCCP Digest. We look forward to meeting you.

If you are unable to attend, next month's edition of The OFCCP Digest will provide you with a full recap of the conference.

In The OFCCP Digest, industry leaders from throughout the country share their expertise on a range of topics including affirmative action, equal employment opportunity, and government compliance. Would you like to share your expertise with affirmative action employers and Federal contractors by contributing to a future issue? Interested authors are encouraged to contact us at OFCCPDigest@localjobnetwork.com. We value your input.

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