A long-awaited decision on the jurisdiction of Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) over health care providers was released this week. The decision, UPMC Braddock v. Seth Harris(Acting Secretary of Labor), by Judge Paul Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, upholds broad and deep OFCCP jurisdiction – meaning that hospitals and other health care providers will be required to write affirmative action plans, track and report the race and sex of applicants, and be subjected to ...
It should be an easy matter for an employer to determine which federal laws apply to it. Not so, however, given the way in which the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) administers and enforces the federal affirmative action laws (Executive Order 11246, the Rehabilitation Act, and the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act).
In the last sixteen months, OFCCP has (a) issued an expansive and controversial new “Directive 293,” asserting broad and deep jurisdiction over health care providers who participate in TRICARE, FEHBP ...
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