Insight Archive
Discover our Collection of Archived Blogs and Articles
This area lists useful blogs, articles, and news stories from our archives prior to 2025. It is intended for education and research purposes only and not for use and implementation in your specific case, as many of the regulations may have been updated since the beginning of 2025.
Posters and Notices Federal Contractors Must Provide to Applicants
Federal contractors have many posters and notices that must be accessible to employees on the worksite, employee handbooks and/or some type of internal company portal. This article addresses posters and notices federal contractor must make accessible to applicants, ideally on their careers site or on individual job postings. Most federal contractors simply provide a link to each poster and notice on their careers site. Below are the required posters and notices: Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster "EEO is [...]
What To Consider When Selecting And Evaluating An Outreach Vendor
Given all of the OFCCP requirements that organizations need to adhere to, many federal contractors use third-party vendors to assist in their diversity outreach and job postings to the state workforce agencies. Using a third-party vendor takes a lot of the admin work involved in compliance off your hands and gives you peace of mind in the event of an audit. Below are a handful of things to consider when selecting and evaluating an outreach vendor. 1. Pricing: Ask about pricing upfront. This is especially [...]
Military Spouses Are Protected Too
According to the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) under 41 CFR §60‐300.21(e) - “Relationship or association with a protected veteran. It is unlawful for the [federal] contractor to exclude or deny equal jobs or benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against, a qualified individual because of the known protected veteran or pre-JVA veteran status of an individual with whom the qualified individual is known to have a family, business, social or other relationship or association.” This regulation includes military spouses. Many [...]
What’s Involved in an OFCCP Evaluation?
OFCCP regulations are complex, so avoiding violations during a routine evaluation requires your organization to be knowledgeable on the OFCCP’s expectations. It’s important to note that evaluations are scheduled and routine – the OFCCP performs these periodic evaluations to ensure federal contractors are complying with the OFCCP regulations. In this post, we’ll cover the evaluation process at a high level. This is a complex process that varies greatly based on the contractor and the OFCCP’s findings during the process, so [...]
The Importance of Record Keeping in Case of an OFCCP Audit
Record keeping can be extremely confusing for federal contractors and subcontractors and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has been increasingly pursuing violations. Record-keeping violations were one of the most cited violations during the 1,200 compliance evaluations that the OFCCP completed in 2021. It is imperative to make sure your record-keeping, support documentation, Affirmative Action Plans (AAPs), hiring procedures, and salary and pay information meet regulations. To avoid and reduce severe financial penalties and contact terminations during an [...]
What is a Pay Equity Audit?
To further the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)’s commitment to ensuring pay equity in the workplace, the OFCCP issued Directive 2022-01, which provides clarity on how the OFCCP will hold federal contractors and subcontractors accountable for avoiding potential pay inequities. Under the directive, the OFCCP explains how it will review existing contractors’ compliance with internal pay equity audit requirements and the submission of their assessment results to the OFCCP. Here, we provide a basic overview of pay equity and [...]