OFCCP has forwarded the following information on their upcoming Town Hall session in Chicago.

Please join OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu and OFCCP Regional Director Sandra Zeigler as they host a Town Hall Session to provide a critical opportunity for stakeholders to provide suggestions to enhance the agency’s existing regulations and improve compliance.  Further details and registration information are listed below.

 AGENDA

Thursday, February 4, 2010
Location:  Union League Club, 65 West Jackson, Main Lounge, Chicago, IL 60604                   

10am-12pm                 

Affirmative Action & Nondiscrimination Obligations of Contractors and Subcontractors under the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
Presenter:   Regional Director Sandra Zeigler

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
Presenter:  Timothy Soderlund, U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS)  

2pm-4pm                    
Town Hall Session on amending the VEVRAA regulations   
Presenter:        OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu

Friday, February 5, 2010
Location:  Metcalfe Federal Building, 77 W. Jackson, GSA Conference Center, Rm. 331, Chicago, IL 60604

10am-12pm                 
Town Hall Session on amending Affirmative Action & Nondiscrimination Obligations of Contractors and Subcontractors under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act
Presenter:        OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu

2pm-4pm                    
Town Hall Session on amending the regulations for Construction Contractors’ Affirmative Action Requirements  
Presenter:        OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu

REGISTER:        Please call Henrietta Brinson at (312) 596-7011 or register via email at MW-LISTENING-SESSION@dol.gov.  If you require an accommodation, please advise at the time of registration.