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Former OFCCP Acting Director Craig Leen Formally Announced as Director
On December 26, 2018, the Department of Labor formally announced that Craig Leen, formerly Acting Director of OFCCP, was named the Director of OFCCP....
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DCI Among 2018 Human Resources Today MVP Winners
Dec 13, 2018, 2:25:12 PM
On December 5, 2018, DCI won second place in the 2018 Human Resources MVP Awards for Employment Law. The MVP Winning Post, The New Compensation...
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Directive 2019-03: Opinion Letters and Help Desk
Nov 30, 2018, 2:30:00 PM
Directive 2019-03 aims to enhance the established, and well utilized, OFCCP Help Desk. Last year, Help Desk received over 2,600 inquiries and OFCCP...
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Directive 2019-02: Easy Resolution Procedures
Nov 30, 2018, 2:30:00 PM
Directive 2019-02 establishes OFCCP’s Early Resolution Procedures (ERP) and outlines general guidelines for implementation. The ERP is intended to...
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Directive 2019-01: Evaluation Procedures
Nov 30, 2018, 2:15:00 PM
With the release of Directive 2019-01, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) rescinded the previously used Active Case...
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Directive Friday: Clarifying OFCCP’s Compliance Procedures
Nov 30, 2018, 2:00:00 PM
OFCCP issued 3 new policy directives today, November 30, 2018. All directives were announced under the purview of ‘advancing clear and efficient...
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2019 Looks to be A Busy Year for OFCCP (and Contractors)
Nov 20, 2018, 11:30:00 AM
In 2018, under the leadership of Acting Director Craig Leen, OFCCP began its journey of transparency. We saw it reflected in the release of a...
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EEOC Holds Public Meeting to Discuss Harassment Prevention
Nov 5, 2018, 11:46:00 AM
On October 31st, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held a public meeting at agency headquarters on the topic of harassment. Titled...
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Help Is Here! Task Force Releases Documents to Enhance Compliance with California Equal Pay Act
Oct 26, 2018, 11:22:00 AM
California is leading the country in its momentum to address gender pay inequity—as evident by the passing of the California Fair Pay Act (CFPA) in...
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Rewarding Employers who Recruit, Employ, and Retain Veterans
Oct 22, 2018, 11:34:00 AM
DOL has announced its new HIRE Vets Medallion Award Program that allows employers to be publicly recognized for their commitment to recruiting,...
OFCCP Releases Notice for Public Comment on Leadership in Equal Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award
Oct 20, 2018, 11:44:00 AM
On October 19, 2018, OFCCP released a notice asking for public comment on its proposed Leadership in Equal Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award. The...
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Affirmative Action in District Court: SFAA v. Harvard
Oct 16, 2018, 11:07:00 AM
Affirmative Action in the educational admissions process is in the spotlight again. On October 15th, arguments began in the case of Students for Fair...
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Recent OFCCP Settlements: The Hiring Trend Continues
Oct 13, 2018, 11:15:00 AM
On October 12th, OFCCP announced eight settlements that totaled approximately $1.5 million. Six of the settlements were related to hiring practices....
OFCCP Offers Compliance Relief for Contractors Affected by Hurricane Michael
Oct 12, 2018, 11:38:00 AM
Craig Leen, Acting Director of OFCCP, authored a memorandum granting federal contractors a limited exemption & waiver from some required compliance...
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Memorandum of Understanding between OFCCP & NILG
Oct 8, 2018, 11:48:00 AM
OFCCP has a released a “Memorandum of Understanding” (MOU) detailing the respective commitments that OFCCP and the National Industry Liaison Group...
David Cohen and Joanna Colosimo Published in Law360 Article
Oct 1, 2018, 4:00:00 PM
On October 1, 2018, DCI President David Cohen and Director of EEO Compliance Joanna Colosimo were published in Law360. Their expert analysis "A...
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Transparency on Audit Trends
Sep 25, 2018, 1:10:21 PM
In line with the current objective of transparency, OFCCP has publicly shared with federal contractors the scheduling methodology for identifying...
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VETS-4212 Deadline Fast Approaching
Sep 24, 2018, 10:04:00 AM
The deadline for filing your 2018 VETS-4212 reports is fast approaching, on September 30th. At this time, federal contractors and subcontractors with...
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Another Day Another Directive (or Two)
Sep 19, 2018, 2:51:10 PM
OFCCP released two new directives today, bringing the total number of directives issued since August 10, 2018 to seven. OFCCP had only issued 14...
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Texas v EEOC: DOJ Weighs in on Technicalities
Sep 17, 2018, 12:57:00 PM
Briefly, the Department of Justice (DOJ) weighed in on the appeal to the State of Texas v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) district...
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OFCCP Seeks to Simplify Process For FAAP Agreement Requests
Sep 14, 2018, 10:14:00 AM
In an effort to increase contractor participation in the functional affirmative action program (FAAPs), OFCCP proposed a new directive simplifying...
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What to Expect in a Focused Section 503 or VEVRAA Review
Sep 13, 2018, 10:09:00 AM
OFCCP regularly audits federal contractors for compliance with Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Vietnam Era...
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OFCCP Releases 750 CSAL Letters – What You Need to Know
Sep 10, 2018, 9:53:00 AM
On September 7, 2018, OFCCP announced the release of 750 Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs).
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Religious Directive: What is a Contractor to Do?
Sep 9, 2018, 9:58:00 AM
When President Trump took office almost two years ago, one of his first acts was to issue a freeze on new and pending regulations. Since then, OFCCP...
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New Round of CSALs Sent Out – Be on the Lookout
Sep 7, 2018, 3:20:44 PM
The following information was published on the OFCCP website today, September 7, 2018: https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/faqs/csalfaqs.htm
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The New Compensation Directive: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Aug 30, 2018, 2:28:31 PM
In light of the new OFCCP compensation Directive released on Friday August 24, 2018, DCI has done a deep dive into the specifics outlined in the...
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OFCCP Releases Directives on AAP Verification Initiative and Contractor Recognition Programs
Aug 24, 2018, 3:14:42 PM
In addition to its new directive on compensation, today OFCCP released a directive on its Affirmative Action Program Verification Initiative and its...
OFCCP Releases New Compensation Directive 2018-05
Aug 24, 2018, 2:53:22 PM
Today, August 24, 2018, OFCCP released a new compensation directive to outline its standard procedures for reviewing contractor compensation...
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New Directive by OFCCP
Aug 10, 2018, 3:15:26 PM
OFCCP releases a new directive on focused reviews. Read the directive here.
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VETS-4212 Website is Active for 2018 Filing Season
Aug 9, 2018, 10:17:00 AM
The Department of Labor has opened the VETS-4212 reporting website for the 2018 filing season, which officially started on August 1st and continues...
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OFCCP’s ‘Contractor Bill of Rights’ Released
Aug 3, 2018, 9:31:00 AM
OFCCP Acting Director Craig Leen announced the release of a fact sheet on ‘What Federal Contractors Can Expect’ at the opening ceremony of the...
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Contractor Certification Program Announced by Craig Leen
Aug 3, 2018, 9:00:00 AM
On Friday August 3, 2018, Acting OFCCP Director Craig Leen announced OFCCP’s development of a contractor certification during the closing remarks of...
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Ondray T. Harris is Leaving OFCCP
Jul 26, 2018, 2:27:13 PM
Ondray T. Harris, Director of OFCCP at the U.S. Department of Labor, is stepping down as of July 27th, 2018 according to Bloomberg Law. The reason...
DCI Consultants Lisa Harpe, Ph.D. and Sarah Gilbert, M.S., Published in Law360
Jul 18, 2018, 2:28:05 PM
On July 18, DCI Consultants Lisa Harpe, Ph.D. and Sarah Gilbert, M.S., were published in Law360 for their co-written article "Employee Performance...
DCI Consultant Cliff Haimann, Ph.D. Published in Law360 Article
Jul 3, 2018, 11:12:02 AM
On July 2, 2018, DCI Consultant Clifford Haimann, Ph.D. was published in Law360 for his article "Limitations Of Human Capital Theory In Pay Equity...
OFCCP Extends TRICARE Moratorium
May 18, 2018, 4:53:12 PM
Today the U.S. Department of Labor issued a press release about the publication of a new OFCCP Directive extending the enforcement moratorium...
Trust. Communication. Training. - OFCCP's New Action Plan
May 1, 2018, 2:35:07 PM
OFCCP recently released its action plan to address three common themes identified during multiple meetings with the contractor community: Trust,...
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The Secret Sauce: OFCCP Releases Methodology for Scheduling List
Apr 25, 2018, 12:00:00 AM
As previously reported, Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs) were released in February, with a wave of scheduling letters from certain...
EEO-1 Deadline Has Been Extended
Apr 24, 2018, 12:00:00 AM
The filing deadline for the 2017 EEO-1 Report had been extended to Friday, June 1, 2018. At this time, federal contractors and subcontractors should...
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DCI’s Kayo Sady Publishes Book Chapter on Pay Equity
Apr 19, 2018, 12:00:00 AM
Dr. Kayo Sady, Associate Principal Consultant at DCI, is lead author of a recently published pay equity chapter in an edited volume on wage and hour...
Introducing DCI's New Pay Equity Resource
Apr 18, 2018, 1:59:27 PM
As pay equity issues have gained traction in the media, it has become more important now than ever to have access to the most recent state and...
DCI Speakers at the 2018 SIOP Annual Conference
Apr 17, 2018, 3:55:29 PM
Planning on attending the 2018 Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Annual Conference? See below or click here to download a...
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UK Gender Pay Gap Results
Apr 12, 2018, 12:00:00 AM
In April 2017, the “Gender Pay Gap 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017” legislation was enacted in the UK, requiring employers with at...
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FranklinCovey to Provide Sexual Harassment Training
Apr 11, 2018, 2:42:00 PM
Following several high profile sexual harassment allegations amongst members of Congress, in November 2017, the House and Senate passed a resolution...
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DOL Violated Contractor’s 4th Amendment Rights
Apr 9, 2018, 3:13:00 PM
Last year, DCI blogged about a case involving Baker LLC and the Department of Labor in which the court ruling favored OFCCP’s audit strategy of...
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Target Settles Law Suit Regarding Criminal History Screening
Apr 6, 2018, 12:00:00 AM
Target Corp. entered into a preliminary settlement on April 5th to resolve charges of discrimination in using criminal history records in making...
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OFCCP Scheduling Letters are Starting to be Received
Mar 30, 2018, 4:44:20 PM
In February, OFCCP issued 1,000 CSAL letters for contractor establishments, with the expectation that scheduling letters would be mailed starting...
Annual VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark lowered to 6.4 Percent
Mar 30, 2018, 3:55:30 PM
Today the 2018 Annual Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark was updated on the VEVRAA Benchmark Database....
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New Sheriff in Town: Ondray T. Harris Speaks at Institute Conference
Mar 23, 2018, 12:00:00 AM
The Institute for Workplace Equality (IWE) held a Compliance Conference in San Francisco last month in which representatives participated from the...
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President Trump Announces Nomination for EEOC General Counsel
Mar 20, 2018, 2:41:48 PM
On March 19, 2018, President Trump Nominated Sharon Gustafson as General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for a term of...
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OFCCP Issues Directive on Consistent Use of the Predetermination Notice (PDN)
Mar 14, 2018, 10:55:24 AM
On February 27, 2018, OFCCP Director Ondray Harris issued OFCCP Directive 2018-01. The directive is intended to provide guidance to OFCCP staff on...
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Interested in Pay Equity Benchmarking? Take our Pay Equity Research Survey
Mar 13, 2018, 12:16:48 PM
Over the past few decades, pay equity has become a hot topic and priority for social justice advocates, enforcement agencies, and savvy employers....
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EEO-1 Filing Locations: Client Sites Required?
Feb 23, 2018, 9:51:30 AM
In recent weeks, guidance was released by the EEOC’s Joint Reporting Committee detailing that employers with employees who “regularly report” to...
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Split Decision on EEOC Background Check Guidance Case in Texas
Feb 16, 2018, 10:12:15 AM
On February 1, 2018, a federal court judge issued a split decision in Texas v. the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regarding...
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OFCCP Releases Its FY 2019 Budget Justification – What can we Learn?
Feb 14, 2018, 5:23:42 PM
On Monday February 11th, the Trump Administration released its proposed FY 2019 budget. In addition, OFCCP released its FY 2019 Congressional Budget...
DOL Budget Released - EEOC and OFCCP Merger is Officially Dead
Feb 13, 2018, 1:39:33 PM
According to the proposed FY 2019 U.S. government budget, the proposed merger between OFCCP and EEOC is officially dead. The FY 2019 Budget proposes...
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Application of Human Capital Theory to the Analysis of Pay Equity
Feb 11, 2018, 1:55:50 PM
Recently, in some OFCCP audits and private litigation, the Agency and plaintiffs’ statistical experts have applied a Human Capital Theory (Becker,...
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Help Is On The Way! Task Force Approves Draft Documents to Enhance Compliance with California Equal Pay Act
Feb 10, 2018, 11:12:01 AM
On January 10th, the California Pay Equity Task Force approved the substance of several draft documents that provide guidance to employers on...
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U.K. and Germany: Combatting the Pay Gap
Feb 9, 2018, 10:54:28 AM
Pay equity continues to be a topic to discuss! For example, numerous states have recently issued new pay equity laws or strengthened their existing...
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A Look at the Annual DOL Report
Feb 8, 2018, 9:48:53 AM
The Department of Labor has released its plan for Fiscal Year 2018, including a look at where the OFCCP intends to go over the coming year.
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CSAL Letters Issued on February 1, 2018
Feb 6, 2018, 9:29:07 AM
OFCCP has released 1,000 Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs) on February 1st, according to an update and Frequently Asked Questions on...
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Bank of America Creates Policy Banning Prior Salary Interview Question
Feb 2, 2018, 11:18:33 AM
Bank of America (BoA) sent a memo recently to its employees stating that all employees will be prohibited from asking job candidates about their...
DOL Releases FY 2017 Agency Financial Report
Jan 26, 2018, 2:03:07 PM
Today, January 26th, the Department of Labor (DOL) released its FY 2017 Agency Financial Report. This report provides fiscal data and summary...
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New Year, Same EEO-1 Report
Jan 22, 2018, 11:04:15 AM
Now that the new year is in full swing, we hope that your company is planning for, or already working on, your 2017 EEO-1 report filing. As...