OFCCP, EEOC, and Internet Applicants: An Update

Michael M. Harris, Ph.D.
Vice President, Litigation Support Services
mharris@easiconsult.com

In a previous article, I discussed the EEOC's proposed definition of an Internet applicant. What you may not have known is that around the same time, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, or OFCCP (www.dol.gov/esa/ofccp/) as it is usually referred to, announced its own proposed definition of an Internet applicant. Briefly, the OFCCP has defined an Internet applicant as an individual who meets all of the following four criteria: read the full article

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