An Minnesota electrical and electronics manufacturing company with federal contracts has agreed to provide required information on its employment practices to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).
Rosemount Inc. of Chanhassen, Minn., and its subsidiary Rosemount Specialty Products LLC of Wenatchee, Wash., entered into a consent decree with the OFCCP on Dec. 21, the U.S. Department of Labor announced at the time. The decree requires the federal contractor "to provide documents and information necessary to complete a scheduled compliance review of the company’s equal employment opportunity practices," the announcement states.
Rosemount Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Emerson Electric Co. in St. Louis, and its subsidiary, Rosemount Specialty Products have contracts with the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), according to the announcement.
"On July 2, 2021, OFCCP requested Rosemount provide required information on its Affirmative Action Programs and supporting data information in a scheduling letter," the report states. "In late August 2021, Rosemount submitted the company’s policy and procedure statements about its equal opportunity practices but did not submit the supporting data requested."
Rosemount continued to ignore repeated requests to provide the missing information, according to the report, leading the agency to issue a Show Cause Notice to the company in November 2021, "demanding it either submit the outstanding information and data or demonstrate why enforcement proceedings should not be initiated," the report states. When the company didn't respond, the DOL filed a lawsuit in September 2022 to compel the company to comply with document requests.
Carmen Navarro, director of the OFCCP in Chicago, said the DOL "will take all necessary steps" to ensure federal contractors meet contractual requirements regarding nondiscrimination and equal employment opportunity.
“Failure to provide required documentation for a compliance review is a clear violation of the legal obligations of a federal contractor,” Navarro said in the report. “By entering a federal contract, employers are agreeing to such reviews."
