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The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is part of the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration. OFCCP is responsible for ensuring that employers doing business with the Federal government comply with the laws and regulations requiring nondiscrimination and affirmative action. This mission is based on the underlying principle that employment opportunities generated by Federal dollars should be available to all Americans on an equitable and fair basis.
Federal Contractors and subcontractors ~ please review complete details at:
http://www.dol.gov/esa/ofccp/
Summary from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 4, 2006:
The OFCCP made a ruling in Oct 2005 requiring Federal government contractors to collect and retain records about gender, race, and ethnicity of each "Internet Applicant" for employment. The ruling became effective Feb 6, 2006 but the OFCCP granted a 90 day grace period from this effective date for contractors to comply with the new record keeping requirements. Note: The requirement to retain records regarding the hiring process is not a new obligation for contractors. The new requirement to retain records applies more broadly than the requirement to solicit demographic information from "Internet Applicants." The OFCCP essentially performs the following: (1) administers and enforces equal employment opportunity, (2) monitors compliance through evaluations, and (3) investigates complaints filed by individuals alleging discrimination.
The OFCCP rule became effective February 6, 2006. However, under OFCCP's enforcement discretion, for a period of 90 days following this effective date, OFCCP will not cite a contractor for purely technical recordkeeping violations for failure to comply. The grace period holds provided that the contractor (1) demonstrates they are taking reasonable steps to update their system to comply with the rule, and (2) collects and maintain records according to the established procedures consistent with OFCCP's recordkeeping requirements that preexisted to the Internet Applicant final rule.
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