Employment and Labor Law

Contact: Monica Fanning; Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP (Missouri, USA) 

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) recently announced a Final Rule that makes changes to the regulations implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act (“Section 503”) (for a discussion of the OFCCP’s recently revised VEVRAA rules issued on this same date, click here ). Section 503 prohibits federal contractors and subcontractors (“contractors”) from discriminating in employment against individuals with disabilities (“IWDs”) and requires the employers to take affirmative action to recruit, hire, promote, and retain these individuals. The OFFCP maintains the Final Rule strengthens the affirmative action provisions of the regulations to aid contractors in their efforts to recruit and hire protected IWDs and improve job opportunities for individuals with disabilities. The Final Rule also includes revisions to the nondiscrimination provisions of the regulations to bring them into compliance with the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 ("ADAAA").

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