JiiHiULi, Labor's OFCCP Seek To Streamline Enforcement Efforts
Special To The Poet
Washington - The Equal
Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC) and
the Department of Labor
proposed this week a new
comprehensive agreement
which realigns their rela
tionship in enforcing anti
discrimination and affirm
ative action requirements. β
The agreement, a Memo
randum of Understanding
between EEOC anrf the
Department's Office of Fe
deral Contract Compliance
Programs gOFCCP),
would streOTiline equal
employment opportunity
enforcement and is expect
ed to reduce cost and dupli
cation experienced by busi
ness.
Key provisions of the
agreement include:
-a revised process for
transferring most indivi
dual job bias complaints to
EEOC for investigation;
an improved system for
information exchange on
current and projected en
forcement actions to pre
vent duplication in select
ing businesses for enforce
ment actions;
an inter-agency commit
tee in Washington, D C., to
develop joint standards for
data collection, case analy
sis, training, and other
areas of enforcement act
ivity.
Once in effect, the agree
ment will coordinate many
of the critical operations of
both agencies and establish
a mechanism for develop
ment of joint standards in
areas of equal employment
enforcement.
The proposed agreement
was developed as part of a
larger program of im
proving coordination in the
government's equal em
ployment programs, man
dated by President ea
ter's Civil Right Reorgan
ization Plan of 1978. The
agreement was published
for comment today in the
Federal Register.
Both EEOC and OFCCP
investigate job bias based
on race, sex, color, religion
or national origin. EEOC
enforces Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act, among
other statutes, while
OFCCP enforces Executive
Over 11246 which covers
employers doing business
with the Federal govern
ment.
Under the agreement,
most complaints filed with
OFCCP would be consider
ed jointly filed with EEOC,
and would be investigated
by EEOC alone, provided
that they fall under the
authority of Title VII or
other statutes enforced by
the EEOC.
OFCCP would focus pri
marily on class-wide or
"systemic" discrimination
by Federal contractors.
In addition, OFCCP
would continue enforce
ment of the statutes not
affected by the agreement
which protect the job rights
of handicapped persons,
Vietnam-Era and disabled
veterans on Federal con
tract work-Section 503 of
the 1973 Rehabilitation
Act; and Section 402 of the
1974 Vietnam-Era Veterans
Readjustment Assistance
Act.
The proposed agreement
allows for a 60-day public
comment period Interest
ed persons may submit
before June 21, 1980 their
comments to:
Marie Wilson, Executive
Officer
U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
2401 "E" Street, NW
Washington, D C. 20506
(202 ) 634-6750
or
Dir. Division of Program
Policy
Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs
Room C3324
U.S. Dept. of Labor
200 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20210
202 ) 523-9426
The EEOC is responsible
for enforcing Title VII of
the Civil Rights Act of 1974,
as amended, which prohi
bits employment discrim
ination based on race, sex,
color, religion or national
origin; the Age Discrimin
ation in Employment Act;
the Equal Pay Act; and in
the Federal sector onJy, the
prohibitions against dis
crimination because of
handicap.
Apartment Association Endorses Energy Plan
npanmeni aweiiers will
soon be able to lower their
power costs by as much as
$50.40 a year, thanks to an
imaginative Duke Power
plan. The Charlotte Apart
ment Association Board of
Directors has voted unan
imously to endorse Duke's
Load Control Program.
The Load Control Pro
gram, known as LCD, has
up to now been offered only
to single family home
owners. The Apartment As
sociation move is a joint
effort to make the benefits
of the program available to
apartment residents as
well.
LCD is a voluntary pro
gram wun an incentive.
The participating power
customer gets a credit on
his bill of $12 a year if he
has electric hot water ser
vice. Another credit, if
there is a central air condi
tioning unit, varies with the
size of the unit and applies
in the four-month cooling
season. For an air condi
tioning system of 2400
watts, that credit would
run $4 80 per month Based
on this example the com
bined credit would be $31.20
for the year. Credit on
larger apartments might
run as much as $50 a year.
To earn this credit the
resident gives permission
ιυ uie power company to
install remote controll
switches on the water heat
er and the central air con
ditioning unit. The apart
ment owner must also give
consent to the installation.
Then, during emergency
power situation, the power
company can interrupt the
service to either or both of
these appliances until the
emergency is over An
emergency of this nature
would exist if the overall
demand for electricity
should exceed the Duke
system capacity.
It is thought that emer
gencies of this nature
would normally be of short
duration. The number of
interruptions should be
few, and in many instances
will go unnoticed.
The Load Control Pro
gram is valuable to Duke
Power because, if used
widely, the number of
generating plants in the
future could be reduced,
thus lowering total electri
city costs for the entire
community. Meanwhile,
those participating in the
program would have addi
tional, and immediate, sa
vings from the credits
earned in the LCD plan
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