Partnerships for Compliance Assistance - Agreement Template

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Partnerships for Compliance Assistance Program (PCAP)
Template

PCAP Agreement between the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Compliance Assistance Policy
and
<ORGANIZATION NAME(S)>

The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Compliance Assistance Policy (DOL/OCA) and <ORGANIZATION NAME(S)> share an understanding of the importance of providing clear, accurate and easy-to-access compliance assistance for employers and other DOL stakeholders in order to protect the wages, health benefits, retirement security, safety and health of America’s workforce. Therefore, DOL/OCA and <ORGANIZATION NAME(S)> are establishing a collaborative partnership to ensure that members of <ORGANIZATION NAME(S)> are aware of compliance assistance resources available to assist them in fulfilling their responsibilities under the various employment laws administered by the Department of Labor.

In particular, DOL/OCA and <ORGANIZATION NAME(S)> will collaborate to achieve the following goals designed to help ensure that <EMPLOYERS/MEMBERS/OTHERS> understand their legal rights and responsibilities under employment laws administered by DOL:

• Develop and disseminate information through print and electronic media, including [CHOOSE THOSE THAT APPLY]:
  • Distribute DOL educational materials or develop educational materials about DOL’s compliance assistance tools and resources for distribution to <ORGANIZATION NAME(S)> members;
  • Publish articles on DOL’s compliance assistance efforts and DOL compliance assistance tools and resources in <ORGANIZATION NAME(S)> electronic and/or print membership publication(s);
  • Ensure that members of <ORGANIZATION NAME(S)> have easy access to information about DOL’s compliance assistance tools through the <ORGANIZATION NAME(S)> Web site;

• Participate in DOL/OCA’s or <ORGANIZATION NAME(S)> conferences, meeting or other special events, including [CHOOSE THOSE THAT APPLY:
  • Participate in seminars and/or workshops for <ORGANIZATION NAME(S)> members about DOL compliance issues;
  • Coordinate speaking/presenting engagements at <ORGANIZATION NAME(S)> conferences and other special events;
  • Exhibit/distribute DOL/OCA and aforementioned educational materials at <ORGANIZATION NAME(S)> conferences and other special events.

The purpose of DOL/OCA’s partnerships is to foster activities designed to raise employers’ and others’ awareness of the DOL’s laws and regulations and the DOL compliance assistance tools available to them, thereby helping protect the wages, health benefits, retirement security, safety and health of America’s workforce. By entering into a partnership with an organization, DOL/OCA is not endorsing nor promoting any of that organization’s products or services nor their legislative agenda.

Representatives of both DOL/OCA and <ORGANIZATION NAME(S)> will meet to develop an action plan and timeline, determine procedures for working together and identify roles and responsibilities of participants in implementing the partnership. They will then meet as needed to track and share information on partnership activities and results in achieving the goals of the partnership.

This partnership agreement goes into effect on the date accompanying the signatures below and will remain in effect for <MUTUALLY AGREED UPON TIME PERIOD>. Either signatory may terminate the partnership agreement for any reason at any time with 30 days written notice. Also, this partnership agreement may be modified at any time with the concurrence of both signatories.

 

_____________________ Name Title DOL/OCA

___________ Date

_____________________ <Name>  <Title> <Organization Name>

___________ Date

Revised November, 2005