OFCCP Rescinds Guidance on Enforcement of Executive Order 11246 Prohibition of Compensation Discrimination | Practical Law
The Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued a notice of final rescission rescinding two guidance documents on enforcement of the Executive Order 11246 prohibition on compensation discrimination. The guidance documents, which are commonly known as the Standards and the Voluntary Guidelines, were originally issued in 2006. Their rescission will permit the OFCCP to conduct investigations of contractor pay practices consistent with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), allowing it to better identify and remedy the varied forms of compensation discrimination that occur. The notice of final rescission is effective February 28, 2013.