What do the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP) have to do with the Internet Applicant final rule?
Nondiscrimination laws require employers to solicit race, gender, and ethnicity data from “applicants” under the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP). UGESP Q&As assist employers in implementing UGESP. On March 4, 2004, the four UGESP agencies (the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, the Department of Labor, the Department of Justice, and the Office of Personnel Management) published a proposed supplemental Q&A document in the Federal Register seeking comments under the Paperwork Reduction Act (69 FR 10152). That document has not been finalized and is still under consideration. In the coming months, the UGESP signatory agencies will continue to coordinate interagency discussions concerning the Q&As. In the Preamble to the March 4, 2004 document, the UGESP agencies expressly contemplated that “each agency may provide further information, as appropriate, through the issuance of additional guidance or regulations that will allow each agency to carry out its s
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- What are OFCCPs procedures for evaluating Internet Applicant recordkeeping under the final rule (section 60-1.12) and UGESP?
- What do the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP) have to do with the Internet Applicant final rule?
- Does the Internet Applicant final rule change the text of the UGESP or Executive Order 11246, as amended?
