By: Mitchell Chamberlin
On November 30, 2022, the State of Washington issued its Administrative Policy for the state’s Equal Pay and Opportunities Act.The law, which is meant to prevent discrimination and promote pay equity for workers, takes...
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December 23, 2022
December 13, 2022
By: Dave Schmidt
On December 9, 2022, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection issued an update on the status of Local Law 144 that will regulate the use of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs), wherein hiring decisions...
December 06, 2022
By: Evan Szarenski and Joanna Colosimo
OFCCP began notifying contractors, that did not object to release of EEO-1 Type 2 reports,of a data release after January 2, 2023. However, there is aproblem: contractors who did object have also received...
November 22, 2022
By: Mitchell Chamberlin
On November 20, 2022, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) proposed major changes to the scheduling letter and itemized listing it uses to initiate compliance reviews of covered federal supply and...
November 16, 2022
By: Deborah Fashole-Luke and Rosemary Cox
This year is the inaugural year of the Office of Federal Contractor Program’s (OFCCP) Contractor Portal. Throughout a months-long registration and certification period, federal contractors and...
November 09, 2022
By: Benjamin Kerner and Evan Szarenski
On November 4, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a draft of its strategic plan for the next five years (2022-2026) and gave the public an opportunity to comment. The plan...
By: Dave Schmidt and Sara Hendrick
December 9, 2022 UPDATE: The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) is delaying enforcement of Local Law 144 until April 15, 2023 due to the high volume of public comments. The DCWP is planning a...
By: Evan Szarenski and Chad Peddie
The reporting of sexual orientation and gender identity data has been on the minds of federal contractors for a long time.Currently, there is no reporting requirement and there is limited guidance on how to treat...
September 23, 2022
By: Jair Portillo, Evan Szarenski
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has released its third revision to Directive 2013-01. This directive provides guidance on entering into a Functional Affirmative Action Plans (FAAP)...
September 06, 2022
By: Bill Osterndorf
With the likely passage of SB-1162, new California pay reporting requirements are coming. SB-1162 is a final version of a law that would add new provisions to the existing requirements California has on reporting pay data.
The...
September 06, 2022
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) data website now states that the 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection is tentatively scheduled to open in April 2023.
This indicates a departure from the typical filing deadline of March 31...
OFCCP Reiterates Intent to Provide List of Non-Compliant Contractors to Federal Contracting Officers
August 30, 2022
August 19, 2022
By Cassie Alfheim, Evan Szarenski
On August 18, 2022, OFCCP released Directive 2022-01 Revision 1 - Advancing Pay Equity Through Compensation Analysis. The revised Directive comes on the heels of several months of discussion and debate regarding...
By Haley Fisk
The deadline to certify compliance with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program’s (OFCCP) affirmative action program requirements at OFCCP’s Contractor Portal was June 30, 2022. OFCCP commended the federal contractors and...
July 28, 2022
By Bill Osterndorf
On July 28, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) shared a report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (National Academies), which studied EEOC’s collection of pay data from...
By Sheryl Harmening
This was the first year that federal contractors and subcontractors were required to use the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program’s Contractor Portal. The requirement to certify compliance with the laws and regulations...
July 13, 2022
By Rosemary Cox
Time is moving quickly so we wanted to take a moment to remind you that VETS-4212 Reports must be filed between August 1 and September 30.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) and Office...
June 30, 2022
By Evan Szarenski
On Tuesday, June 21, the Biden Administration published its semi-annual regulatory agenda. The regulatory agenda reports on regulatory actions that executive agencies plan to take in both the near and long term.
The full spring...
By Evan Szarenski
On Friday, May 27, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a new proposed Functional Affirmative Action Programs (FAAPs) Directive for public comment. OFCCP is proposing to make several changes to the...
By Rosemary Cox
On Thursday, May 26, 2022, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report, GAO-22-104599, which outlined seven recommendations where the Office of Federal Contract and Compliance Programs (OFCCP) could substantially...
On May 20, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released its first Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) for federal fiscal year 2022. The 2022 federal fiscal year runs from October 1,...
Today, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published its latest Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL), which is comprised of 376 Supply and Service establishment-based traditional compliance reviews, 12 Corporate...
DCI Consulting Group, Inc. (DCI) is pleased to announce that Evan Szarenski has joined DCI’s Audit Strategy & Regulatory Affairs team as a Senior Consultant. The addition of Mr. Szarenski is a strategic hire for DCI, enhancing their commitment of...
By: Amanda Bowman
The Institute for Workplace Equality (The Institute) Annual Summit opened with a Fireside chat between OFCCP Director Jenny Yang and DCI Consulting’s David Cohen. A lot of great information was shared, including an update on the...
April 07, 2022
As expected, OFCCP has released an updated Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) benchmark effective March 31, 2022.
The new benchmark has been set at 5.5%, continuing the downward trend in benchmark percentages over the past...
April 04, 2022
By Amanda Bowman, Rosemary Cox, Bill Osterndorf
On March 31, 2022, OFCCP opened the certification portion of the agency’s new Contractor Portal. OFCCP developed the Contractor Portal as a means to ensure that federal contractors and subcontractors...
By Bill Osterndorf, Joanna Colosimo
OFCCP has released its Congressional Budget Justification for the fiscal year (FY) 2023. It can be found in full on the U.S. Department of Labor website.
In the overview section, OFCCP highlighted the following...
March 31, 2022
By Joanna Colosimo, Bill Osterndorf
On March 31, 2022, OFCCP released their second directive under the Biden administration, Directive 2022-02. This Directive explicitly rescinds and replaces DIR 2018-06 (Contractor Recognition), DIR 2018-08 ...
DCI Consulting Group, Inc. (DCI) is pleased to announce that Andrew J. Cook, Ph.D. has joined DCI’s HR and EEO Analytics team as a Principal Consultant. The addition of Dr. Cook is a strategic hire for DCI, enhancing their commitment to be a...
March 28, 2022
Written By: DCI President David Cohen
On March 15, 2022, OFCCP released its first directive under the Biden administration. Directive 2022-01 reinforces OFCCP’s commitment to pay equity. One of the main goals of the directive is to remind federal...
March 28, 2022
In late 2021, New York City (NYC) passed a law addressing the use of Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT) in selection processes. The law defines an AEDT as “any computational process, derived from machine learning, statistical modeling, data...
March 24, 2022
On March 22nd, 2022, EEOC updated the EEO-1 Component 1 Online Filing System (OFS) The OFS now provides access to helpful resources including the 2021 EEO-1 Component 1 Instruction Booklet and frequently asked questions (FAQs), by visiting the ...
Today, March 21, 2022, OFCCP released an unpublished notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), Pre-enforcement Notice and Conciliation Procedures. The unpublished NPRM is currently available in full for public inspection in the Federal Register and is...
March 17, 2022
On Wednesday, March 16, President Biden signed an executive order regarding pay equity and pay transparency. The Executive Order: Advancing Economy, Efficiency, and Effectiveness in Federal Contracting by Promoting Pay Equity and Transparency comes...
March 15, 2022
Today, March 15, on Equal Pay Day 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released a new compensation directive.
This new directive is available in full on the Department of Labor website.
The...
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced in an email that Samuel Maiden will serve as Mid-Atlantic Regional Director, effective today, March 14, 2022.
Maiden has years of experience...
March 14, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is working to meet one of its goals for this year as it begins compliance reviews of construction companies. In the last month, the agency has begun sending...
February 03, 2022
On February 1, 2022, registration for the Contractor Portal for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) opened. The Contractor Portal will be used for covered supply and service federal contractors and subcontractors to certify...
February 02, 2022
On February 1, 2022, registration for the Contractor Portal for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) opened. The Contractor Portal will be used for covered supply and service federal contractors and subcontractors to certify...
January 07, 2022
On Thursday, January 6, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published an announcement on the EEO-1 site about 2021 EEO-1 filings. In this statement, EEOC announces the discontinuation of type 6 reports and a May 17, 2022,...
