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OFCCP Announces Pending Reviews for Construction Megaprojects

March 22, 2023

By: Bill Osterndorf

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has published a list of 12 major construction projects where the agency expects to conduct compliance reviews. This list comes on the heels of OFCCP’s launch of its Mega...

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OFCCP Requests a $150M Budget for Fiscal Year 2024

March 21, 2023

By: Evan Szarenski 

On March 9, President Biden released his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2024, which will cover October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024. In the days that followed, the U.S. Department of Labor has issued several documents that...

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OFCCP Launches Mega Construction Project Program

March 21, 2023

By: Terri Cordia and Bill Osterndorf 

On March 14, 2023, the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) launched its Mega Construction Project (Megaproject) Program. The Megaproject Program is another step towards OFCCP’s efforts to...

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OFCCP Contractor Portal Certification Begins March 31, 2023

March 20, 2023

By: Cassie Alfheim 

As predicted in DCI’s earlier blog post, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced today that the agency will open its Contractor Portal on March 31, 2023. This is the second year of OFCCP’s requirement...

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OFCCP Contractor Portal 2023 Certification – Coming Soon?

March 14, 2023

By: Cassie Alfheim 

Update as of March 20, 2023:

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced the deadline for federal contractors and subcontractors to certify compliance with affirmative action regulations is June 29, 2023.  This...

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Making the Case for Organizational Justice

March 14, 2023

By: Keli Wilson and Jasmine Beecham  

This is part 4 of our 8-part blog series, Psychological Safety and Advancing Workforce Equity.

Key takeaways associated with establishing psychological safety, as learned in the previous installment of this...

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Establishing Inclusive Environments for Stigmatized Groups to Self-ID

February 28, 2023

By: Chad Peddie and Tyler Wurtz 

This is part 3 of our 8-part blog series, Psychological Safety and Advancing Workforce Equity.

In the previous installment in this series, we discussed how employees, in general, evaluate the risks and potential...

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EEOC Hearing on Employment Discrimination in AI

February 27, 2023

By: Bre Timko and Dave Schmidt 

On January 31, 2023, theEqual Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) had a hearing, entitled “Navigating Employment Discrimination in AI and Automated Systems: A New Civil Rights Frontier. This hearing, which...

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A Risk-Benefit Analysis for Workplace Self-Identification

February 14, 2023

By: Marcelle Clavette and Jasmine Beecham 

This is part 2 of our 8-part blog series, Psychological Safety and Advancing Workforce Equity.

An employee’s perspective on workplace culture plays a particularly important role in self-identification...

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OMB Requests Comments on Proposal for Revising Race and Ethnicity Standards

February 10, 2023

By: Sheryl Harmening

On January 26, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)announcedits proposal for updating the standardsused for collecting race and ethnicity data.OMBmost recently updated these standards in 1997 through Standard ...

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Proposed SEC Ruling on ESG Disclosure for Investment Firms

February 07, 2023

By: Tyler Wurtz 

In June 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) announced a proposalto enhance Environmental, Social, & Governance (ESG) reporting for investment companies and advisors. The proposed rule would amend rules under the...

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OFCCP Provides Last Chance to Object to Release of EEO-1 Data

February 06, 2023

By: Sheryl Harmening 

Update as of February 14, 2023:

On February 14, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) extended the deadline to confirm objections to the release of EEO-1 reports to March 3, 2023, from February 17,...

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California Publishes Updated FAQs on Pay Data Reporting

February 01, 2023

By: Bill Osterndorf 

On Friday, January 20, 2023, the State of California published updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding the pay data reporting that employers must do. These FAQs were meant to respond to questions surrounding changes...

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Certified Contractors on CSAL Eligible for Administrative Closures

February 01, 2023

By: Joanna Colosimo, Cassie Alfheim, and Leilani Seged 

DCI has confirmed with the National Office of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) that,in accordance with the published Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL)...

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Introduction to DCI’s Blog Series: Psychological Safety and Advancing Workforce Equity

January 31, 2023

By: Tyler Wurtz and Marcelle Clavette

This is part 1 of our 8-part blog series, Psychological Safety and Advancing Workforce Equity

Employers are increasingly taking a holistic approach in studying workforce equity, with a goal ofidentifying...

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2022 EEO-1 Filing Delayed Until Mid-July

January 25, 2023

By: Victoria Ungvary and Zach Olsen  

On January 20, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)announcedthe tentative opening of the EEO-1 portal is now mid-July 2023. This change results in athree-month delay from the previous...

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Increased Federal Focus on Artificial Intelligence in Employee Selection

January 25, 2023

By: Dave Schmidt, Amanda Allen, and Bre Timko

Recently, New York City’s law related to the use of automated employment decision tools (where hiring/promotion decisions involve algorithmically-driven mechanisms) has garnered much attention. Other...

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OFCCP Scheduling Letter Series Part 5/5: Other Key Proposed Changes to the Scheduling Letter

January 24, 2023

By: Kristen Pryor and Joanna Colosimo

The proposed changes discussed below focus on OFCCP asking for additional information at the outset of a compliance review, ostensibly to provide clarity to contractors about what is expected but also creating a...

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New Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) Released January 2023

January 20, 2023

By Amanda Bowman and Benjamin Kerner

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released its first Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) for federal fiscal year 2023 today, January 20, 2023. The list includes Supply and...

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OFCCP Proposed Scheduling Letter Series Part 4/5: Compensation Reporting Revisions

January 19, 2023

By: Zach Olsen and Lisa Harpe 

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program’s (OFCCP) proposed scheduling letter makes substantive additions and revisions with regard to reporting compensation for the desk audit submission. In this blog we will...

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Selection Procedure Documentation, Additional Reporting Obligations on Promotions & Terminations

January 19, 2023

By: Kristen Pryor and Zach Olsen 

Some of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program’s (OFCCP) most notable proposed changes to its supply and service (S&S) scheduling letter relate to the new requests for selection procedure documentation...

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Updated Rules Issued for New York City’s Local Law 144 on Automated Employment Decision Tools

January 17, 2023

By: Dave Schmidt and Amanda Allen 

In late December 2022, the New York City (NYC) Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) issued an updated set of proposed clarification rules for Local Law 144 (regulating the use of automated employment...

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OFCCP Proposed Scheduling Letter Series Part 2/5: Reviewing “Campus-Like Settings”

January 12, 2023

By: Bill Osterndorf 

There are manyproposed revisionsin the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) scheduling letter and itemized listing that was released on November 20, 2022. One of the proposed revisions to the scheduling...

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OFCCP Proposed Scheduling Letter Series Part 1/5: Paperwork Reduction Act Primer

January 10, 2023

By: Evan Szarenski and Cassie Alfheim 

On November 20, 2022, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published proposed changes to its Supply & Service scheduling letter and itemized listing. Over the next few weeks, DCI will...

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Illinois Publishes Administrative Rules Regarding Equal Pay Registration Certificate

January 10, 2023

By: Bill Osterndorf and Evan Szarenski 

On January 6, 2023, the State of Illinois published final administrative rules regarding the Equal Pay Registration Certificate that employers must secure. The administrative rules had been published in ...

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