Corporate Scheduling Letter (CSAL) Back on the Radar

In a surprise “about-face,” the OFCCP has announced that the Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letter (CSAL) will, in fact, be distributed for the upcoming OFCCP fiscal year which ends in September, 2010. There was much discussion in the industry that the CSAL was being removed from the agenda for 2009, largely due to a statement from the national office of the OFCCP itself in October of this year that it would not be issuing the letter.

However, on Wednesday, November 18th, the chairs of the respective ILG groups around the country received an e-mail from the Chair of the NILG Constituency Information Committee, stating that the head of the OFCCP, Patricia Shiu, has confirmed that the CSAL will continue through this fiscal year.

Now that the CSAL is already more than a month overdue, there is no indication as to when exactly a new list will be released other than to say “soon”. It will be very interesting to see if the previous release of the letter will continue to serve as the audit list for 2009 or if a new list will be generated. While knowing who will be audited in the coming fiscal year would be of great benefit to contractors, BCG is very curious to see if the new desk-audit list will be significantly expanded with a large number of sites being identified for audit. If the ARRA initiative is any indication of the direction of the new OFCCP administration, contractors will be in for a very busy new year.

Stay tuned,

BCG