DCI Consulting Blog

By Fred Satterwhite

BLOG OVERVIEW: Federal regulators have extended approval for employers to continue collecting applicant race, ethnicity, and sex self-identification data under the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP)...

By Emily Kimble and Victoria Ungvary

BLOG OVERVIEW: California’s SB 464, signed in October 2025, overhauls the state’s pay data reporting requirements and most notably replaces the 10 EEO-1 job categories with 23 SOC-based categories beginning with...

By Joanna Colosimo

BLOG OVERVIEW: On June 11, 2026, the National Partnership for Women & Families, Equal Rights Advocates, and The 75 Million Project released a report urging Congress to codify and expand the protections formerly provided under...

By Victoria Ungvary

BLOG OVERVIEW: Colorado's new HB26-1207 requires private employers with 100 or more employees doing business in the state to file EEO-1-style demographic data, including race/ethnicity, sex, and job category information, with the...

By Ben Kerner and Yesenia Salguero

BLOG OVERVIEW: On May 22, 2026, the European Commission reaffirmed that the EU Pay Transparency Directive will proceed on its original timeline, declining member state requests to delay or renegotiate ahead of the...

By Murray Simpson and Brittany Dian-Hansell

BLOG OVERVIEW: The EU Pay Transparency Directive (Directive (EU) 2023/970) required all 27 member states to transpose it into national law by June 7, 2026, but only four met the deadline. EU Member States...

By Don Lustenberger

BLOG OVERVIEW: Malta has transposed the EU Pay Transparency Directive (2023/970) through the Equal Pay (Transparency and Reporting) Regulations, 2026 (L.N. 173 of 2026), becoming one of only four Member States alongside Italy,...

By Loi Tan

BLOG OVERVIEW: Bulgaria has published a draft law transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive (2023/970), implemented through amendments to the Protection Against Discrimination Act (PADA) and Labour Code. The proposal introduces...

By Kristen Pryor and Cassie Alfheim

BLOG OVERVIEW: In EEOC v. Psychological Dimensions, LLC, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued administrative subpoenas to a third-party pre-employment assessment vendor, not the public employers...

By Joanna Colosimo

BLOG OVERVIEW: On June 4, 2026, EEOC adopted a new National Enforcement Plan (NEP) for Fiscal Years 2025–2029, replacing the prior FY2024–2028 Strategic Enforcement Plan and marking one of the most significant shifts in federal...

By Grace Boudjalis

BLOG OVERVIEW: Connecticut’s Artificial Intelligence Responsibility and Transparency Act (CART Act), signed into law on May 27, 2026, is one of the broadest state AI laws to date and imposes new compliance obligations on employers...

By Kate Hayek

BLOG OVERVIEW: Maine has enacted LD 54, a pay transparency law signed by Governor Janet Mills on April 24, 2026, and expected to take effect July 29, 2026. Employers with 10 or more employees must include a pay range in job postings...