During the National Industry Liaison Group (NILG) conference in Hawaii, OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu and agency staffers spoke, via video conference, about their
agency's priorities with a focus on how they work with contractors to ensure
compliance with equal opportunity requirements.
"In the past three years,
I've learned that the overwhelming majority of contractors do want to succeed
in building diverse workforces. And, I've learned that employment
discrimination is still far too common in our country, that we still need affirmative
action to make sure that vulnerable workers have the opportunity to find,
secure and succeed in meaningful jobs," said Shiu during a video-taped
welcome to the conference. "That's why we have to update regulations that
have sat on the shelf for nearly 40 years and, in some cases, aren't working as
they were intended. That's why we have to modernize the way we collect and
disseminate data about the workforce and about our enforcement activities.
That's why we have to change the way we conduct compliance reviews, to enforce
the entirety of the law and not just one narrow aspect."
For
information on the affirmative action services offered by THOMAS HOUSTON associates, inc., please call (800) 330-9000 or click here to schedule a convenient time to receive a call from a member of
our Sales Team.
