The Three Certification Layers Every Federal Contractor Must Know

“VERIFY BEFORE YOU CERTIFY” — 3-MINUTE BRIEF, PART 2 OF 4 Part 1 covered what changed. This brief: the three layers contractors certify today. Recap: Executive Orders 14173 and 14398 replaced the old EO 11246 affirmative-action framework with a certification-based model, enforceable through the False Claims Act. Here’s how that model actually works, layer by…
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Opinion | Abandoning EEO Data Collection Will Not Eliminate Discrimination, It Will Make It Harder to Detect

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) recent proposal to rescind the EEO-1 through EEO-6 reporting requirements marks one of the most significant shifts in federal equal employment policy in decades. The Commission argues that these reports are inconsistent with equal employment law, potentially unconstitutional, unnecessarily burdensome, and no longer needed to enforce anti-discrimination laws. While…
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The EEOC’s Title VII Enforcement Transformation: Why Employers Must Reevaluate Their Employment Practices Now

Part I of II: Understanding the New Enforcement landscape and Its Impact on Employers For decades, employers generally viewed Title VII enforcement through the lens of protecting historically underrepresented groups from workplace discrimination. While Title VII itself has not changed, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has signaled a significant shift in how it approaches…
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Can the EEOC Eliminate the EEO-1 Report?

Why Employers Should Closely Watch the Growing Debate Over Workforce Data Collection For nearly six decades, the EEO-1 report has served as one of the federal government’s primary workforce data collection tools in the fight against workplace discrimination. Employers with 100 or more employees, including many federal contractors, have long been required to submit demographic…
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EEOC Performance Report (Part I): From Policy to Proof – The New Standard for Workplace Compliance

Employers are entering a new era of enforcement—one in which compliance is no longer judged by policy, but by proof. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s latest performance report signals a clear shift. Enforcement activity remains high, monetary recoveries continue to climb, and the agency’s focus on systemic discrimination is intensifying. For employers, particularly federal…
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