Final rules on the “Discrimination on the Basis of Sex” developed by the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) are effective August 15, 2016.1 The following is an overview and summary on how these rules (41 CFR Part 60-20) impact safety and health among the Federal government contractor workforce.
Labor Secretary Thomas Perez says these new rules against sex discrimination bring compliance “into the 21st century.” The OFCCP has not updated sex discrimination rules since 1970 and “there have been dramatic changes in women’s participation in the workforce since then.”