The following post is from a recent conversation I had with Candee Chambers, during which we discussed recent trends in OFCCP audits and the importance of building a good rapport with your OFCCP compliance officer.
JOHN: Candee, I wanted to let you know that I am hearing from many federal contractors from coast to coast that they continue to be upset about the OFCCP “bullying” them in audits. I just heard from a senior Employment Labor Lawyer at a major nationwide company who was calling to get my suggestion about how she should proceed to defend the company’s OFCCP audits going forward now that the last of her HR Managers has asked to be relieved of OFCCP audit responsibilities. She reported that her people are tired of the “abuse” and that the “straw that broke the camel’s back” happened this morning when an OFCCP compliance officer “went off on” the HR Manager by “screaming” at her over the phone and accusing the HR manager, among other things, of altering company documents to hide presumably damaging information. The HR Manager called the senior Labor counsel crying …
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