21 Jan 2014 Contractors Await Ruling On Legal Challenge to OFCCP’s New Disability Regulations
Employment Discrimination | BT CurrentsAs federal contractors prepare to comply with new “Section 503” disability regulations adopted by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), the enforceability of those regulations has come under a significant legal challenge. Although those regulations are set to take effect in March 2014, a legal challenge to the enforceability of those regulations – which now has the support of the HR Policy Association – may delay that deadline for all contractors. On Sept. 24, 2013, the OFCCP published its new regulations in the…