Pre-enforcement Notice and Conciliation Procedures

Document 2023-16098 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Labor in the Federal Register on August 4, 2023, with an effective date of September 5, 2023. The U.S. Department of Labor publishes this final rule to modify procedures and standards the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs ("OFCCP" or "the agency") uses when issuing pre-enforcement notices and securing compliance through conciliation. This final rule strengthens OFCCP's enforcement by rescinding the evidentiary standards and definitions codified in 2020 ("the 2020 rule"), which hindered the agency's ability to pursue meritorious cases. OFCCP is instituting a streamlined, effective, and flexible pre- enforcement and conciliation process that promotes greater consistency with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VII"). View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/08/04/2023-16098/pre-enforcement-notice-and-conciliation-procedures.

No. Document 2023-16098 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.