Labour market · 21/05/1996

Government Contractors, Affirmative Action Requirements; Implementation of Executive Order 11246

This proposal would revise certain provisions of the current regulations implementing Executive Order 11246, as amended, to reduce burdens on the regulated community and to improve administration of the Order. The Executive Order prohibits all nonexempt Government contractors and subcontractors, and federally assisted construction contractors and subcontractors, from discriminating in employment, and requires these contractors to take affirmative action to ensure that employees and applicants are treated without regard to race, color, religion, sex and national origin. The proposed revisions to the regulations on obligations of contractors and subcontractors concern record retention, compliance monitoring, and segregated facilities. In addition, the proposal would amend certain provisions of the regulations to parallel provisions included in OFCCP's final rule implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, which was published in the Federal Register on May 1, 1996. The proposal also would transfer some sections of the regulations on contractor evaluation procedures for supplies and services to the regulations on obligations of contractors and subcontractors