Office of Civil Rights

What this funds

The External Enforcement unit willassess, investigate, and/or adjudicate complaints alleging discrimination and/or violations of equal opportunity requirements by recipients of financial assistance under Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA); American Job Centers partners listed in Section 121 ofWIOA that offer programs or activities through the public workforce development system; for disability-related matters only, state and local governments and other public entities operating programs and activities related to labor and the workforce, regardless of whether they receive federal financial assistance; and any recipients of financial assistance from, or programs conducted by, DOL that are not included in the categories above.Public job referral and job training programs, includingUnemployment Insurance (UI), are examples of the programs over which External Enforcement has jurisdiction. In addition, External Enforcement may conduct compliance reviews of the same entities listedabove, including reviewing State Governors' implementation of required nondiscrimination plans (NDPs); and provide training and technical assistance forstakeholders. The consolidated office will also monitor contractor compliance with the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) activities previously performed by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). VEVRAA requires contractors to take affirmative action to recruit, hire, and promote "protected veterans," prohibiting discrimination against them in employment. Shifting VEVRAA enforcement responsibilities to the Office of Civil Rights will enhance operational efficiency, optimize resource allocation, and improve Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act: The consolidated office will also monitor contractor compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a law that prohibits federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating in employment against individuals with disabilities and requires employers take affirmative action to recruit, hire, promote, and retain these individuals. These activities were previously performed by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). As the Department's existing Civil Rights Center (CRC) conducts enforcement and compliance activities stemming from Sections 501, 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, shifting Section 503 enforcement responsibilities to the consolidated Office of Civil Rights will enhance operational efficiency, optimize resource allocation, and improve service delivery to Non-Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) whistleblower investigations / laws will also shift to this new office. As Congress passes new Whistleblower laws designating the responsibility of the Department, DOL has, in turn, shifted that responsibility to OSHA. Currently, OSHA is enforcing 25 whistleblower laws protecting employees from retaliation. Responsibility for non-OSHA related matters has led to a significant increase in case processing

Extracted from Departmental Management, p. 10. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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130 linked contracts. These are obligations — lifetime awarded money — and they are not comparable to the request above and are never added to it. No total is shown: an award linked to several lines is counted in full on each, so the sum would not be a fact.

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