The Department of Labor is sending a clear message to government contractors:  Fail to follow anti-discrimination mandates at your peril.  A recent blog post from the Kilpatrick law firm summarized the issue nicely.  Two companies, including a commercial item contractor, recently found this out the hard way.  The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) found that subsidiaries of Boeing and Kimball International violated Executive Order 11246 which prohibits federal contractors from engaging in employment discrimination.  The companies paid a combined fine of $635,000, in addition to legal fees.  They must also put new procedures in place to ensure that they are compliant with the Executive Order and any other contractual requirements mandating non-discrimination in Read more