FCC Waiver of Recruitment for Station Re-Hires due to Covid-19 Lay-offs

FCC Waiver of Recruitment for Station Re-Hires due to Covid-19 Lay-offs


Under FCC EEO rules, broadcast station units employing five or more full-time employees and multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) employing six or more full-time employees are required to engage in broad recruitment outreach for all full-time job vacancies. The FCC has issued the attached waiver as follows:

“broadcast licensees and MVPDs may re-hire full-time employees who were laid off due to circumstances related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic without first conducting broad recruitment outreach, if they re-hire such employees within nine months after the date they were laid off. This partial waiver of the outreach requirement pertains only to employees who were released due to circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic.”