Earlier this month, the OFCCP began issuing CSAL letters directly to contractor establishments. They are providing this courtesy letter alerting contractors of upcoming OFCCP audit Scheduling Letters (which actually begin an audit) that they "may" be selected for an audit. In our experience, at least 90% of the time, organizations that receive this "heads up" letter will typically be scheduled for an audit within the following few weeks to up to six months or more.
With this round of CSALs, the OFCCP has further reduced the number of audits it seeks to annually undertake to perhaps only 1300 per year, down from the usual 4,300+. The OFCCP has undertaken approximately 500 already started in the first 5 months of this Fiscal Year 2017 and 800 anticipated in the last 7 months of this Fiscal Year.
To spread work more evenly across different OFCCP District Offices, OFCCP had recently begun to have its District Offices audit not only beyond their normal geographical District boundaries, but also across Regional Office lines (i.e. the Portland OFCCP Office may audit in Florida or the Jackson, Mississippi OFCCP District Office may audit in the Mid-west). This round of CSALs continues and expands that "out-of-District" audit approach.
