Monetary Awards Might Not Be Best Measure for DOL Contractor Audits

Monetary awards collected from federal contractors in discrimination settlements might not be the best measure of the Labor Department’s efficiency or effectiveness, practitioners told Bloomberg BNA.

The DOL’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, which audits contractor locations annually for affirmative action and nondiscrimination compliance, will soon have new leadership and potentially a lower budget.

The agency’s audit strategy under the Trump administration could be influenced by either the tiered “active case management” approach taken by the George W. Bush administration or the deep-dive “active case enforcement” approach of the Barack Obama administration.

Financial remedies collected by the OFCCP ...