Trump proposal to merge anti-discrimination agencies falling flat

Employers and labor are opposing President Trump's plan to combine the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and the Equal...

Mickey Silberman, principal, affirmative action practice, Jackson Lewis

Buried in the Trump administration’s 2018 budget proposal is the merger of two agencies. It would take the little-known Office of Federal Contract Compliance Progams, cut its budget, and make it part of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Is this a big deal? For one view we turn to Mickey Silberman, principal in the affirmative action practice at the law firm Jackson Lewis.

 

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