---
type: threshold
id: affirmative-action
asset: regulatory-threshold-triggers
title: "Affirmative Action — US federal employment law thresholds by employee count"
sources:
  - https://namely.com/blog/hr-compliance-50-employees/
source_quote: "Affirmative Action Affirmative action plans (AAPs) define a company’s policies and procedures on training programs, outreach efforts, and business practices that promote qualified minorities, women, people with disabilities, and veterans for equal employment opportunities. Organizations with 50 or more employees and $50,000 in government contracts must have an AAP."
generated: true
verified: false
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
law: "Affirmative Action"
full_name: "Affirmative Action Plans (AAPs)"
employee_threshold: "50"
requirement: "Organizations with 50 or more employees and $50,000 in government contracts must have an AAP"
---
**Law:** Affirmative Action

**Full name:** Affirmative Action Plans (AAPs)

**Employee threshold:** 50

**Requirement:** Organizations with 50 or more employees and $50,000 in government contracts must have an AAP

> Affirmative Action Affirmative action plans (AAPs) define a company’s policies and procedures on training programs, outreach efforts, and business practices that promote qualified minorities, women, people with disabilities, and veterans for equal employment opportunities. Organizations with 50 or more employees and $50,000 in government contracts must have an AAP.

Source: <https://namely.com/blog/hr-compliance-50-employees/>