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Goodbye to Sixty Years of Government Contractor Equal Employment Requirements
Centre Law & Consulting – On September 24, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed Executive Order 11246, prohibiting employment discrimination by federal contractors and subcontractors based on race, color, sex, or national origin, and mandating that contractors undertake affirmative action programs. The basic tenets of Executive Order 11246 have been part of the employment requirements imposed on federal contractors for almost sixty years. But on January 21, 2025, President Trump repealed Executive Order 11246. On July 1, OFCCP issued three proposed rules to eliminate affirmative action requirements related to race and sex in federal contracting.