The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) has released its 2025 Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (“VEVRAA”) national benchmark. Effective July 30, 2025, the new benchmark is 5.1%, a slight decrease from 2024’s 5.2% benchmark. This is OFCCP’s tenth reduction of the national benchmark, which has steadily declined since its inception in 2014. The VEVRAA benchmark is...| Government Contractor Compliance & Regulatory Update
On July 1, 2025, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) released three notices of proposed rulemaking that, if adopted, will change federal contractors’ affirmative action obligations. With respect to EO 11246 regulations (specifically, 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-1, 60-2, 60-3, 60-4, 60-20, 60-40, and 60-50 ), OFCCP explains that “it must rescind” those regulations...| Government Contractor Compliance & Regulatory Update
On July 7, 2025, Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer issued Order 08-2025 (the “Order”) impacting OFCCP’s enforcement of Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act (“Section 503”) and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (“VEVRAA”). Here is what you need to know about this development, based on the OFCCP’s bulletin detailing the Order (the “Bulletin”)....| Government Contractor Compliance & Regulatory Update
On June 27, 2025, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) Director Catherine Eschbach issued a letter announcing that OFCCP is “providing all federal contractors withthe opportunity to volunteer informationin narrative form about what actions they have taken” in response to Executive Order (“EO”)14173, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” The “content, format, and...| Government Contractor Compliance & Regulatory Update