OFCCP Publishes Proposal to Rescind “Problematic” Trump Administration Religious Exemption Rule

Jackson Lewis – Dating to 2017, the administration of former President Trump took steps to ensure the religious freedoms of employers in the face of what the administration perceived as curtailments of those freedoms, including by OFCCP.  Those efforts culminated in the final Rule to clarify the contours of the EO 11246 religious exemption. OFCCP stated that the Rule was “intended to correct any misperception that religious organizations are disfavored in government contracting by setting forth appropriate protections for their autonomy to hire employees who will further their religious missions, thereby providing clarity that may expand the eligible pool of federal contractors and subcontractors.” OFCCP has now announced a proposal to rescind that Trump-era final rule.