At the September 8, 2016 Triangle Industry Liaison Group (TILG) Meeting the inaugural TILG EEO-AA Practitioner Award was presented to Maria Hicks-Few. She was recognized as an outstanding TILG member who inspires excellence and dedication in equal employment opportunity and affirmative action programs. Maria Hicks-Few is the Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the City of . . . read more

TILG celebrated 25 years as an ILG at the September 8, 2016 Quarterly Meeting.  As part of our celebration, we presented an EEO/AA Practitioner Award to Maria Hicks-Few, Diversity and Inclusion Office with The City of Greensboro.  Congratulations Maria and Happy Anniversary TILG!! . . . read more

The OFCCP has published the 2016 Annual Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) Benchmark on its Web site based on data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on March 4, 2016.  The benchmark – 6.9 percent – is effective as of that BLS release date.   Contractors who adopted the previous year’s national . . . read more

OFCCP’s Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing have been renewed for three years by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB authorization expires on June 30, 2019. Starting on July 1, 2016, OFCCP will begin using the renewed letter to initiate supply and service compliance evaluations OFCCP made clarifying edits to the Scheduling Letter . . . read more

On June 10, 2016 the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced a Final Rule that sets forth the requirements that covered contractors must meet under the provisions of Executive Order 11246 that prohibit sex discrimination in employment.  The Final Rule replaces the outdated sex discrimination guidelines from 1970 with new regulations that align . . . read more

On Friday, January 29th, the 7th anniversary of the signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the EEOC announced their proposal revision to the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) to include collecting pay data from employers, including federal contractors, with more than 100 employees. This new data will assist the agency in identifying possible pay . . . read more