DCI Consulting Blog

By Cassie Alfheim and Fred Satterwhite

BLOG OVERVIEW: On June 26, 2026, EEOC announced a $2.8 million sex discrimination settlement with LeachGarner, a Berkshire Hathaway metallurgical company, over allegations that it segregated jobs by sex and...

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 Cassie Alfheim and Amanda Bowman

BLOG OVERVIEW: On January 28, 2026, the General Services Administration (GSA) proposed changes to SAM registration requirements that would add a DEI certification for federal financial assistance recipients,...

By Cassie Alfheim

Blog Overview: EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas recently sat down with David Fortney of Fortney Scott to discuss EEOC's new quorum, data collection, and illegal DEI. DCI discusses the key takeaways for employers.

On November 19, 2025,...

By Cassie Alfheim

BLOG OVERVIEW: Employers are facing difficult challenges in order to ensure compliance with Form I-9 requirements. Complex record keeping requirements, the prevalence of remote work, increased enforcements, and the potential for...

By Cassie Alfheim & David Cohen

Blog Overview: Late last month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a memorandum emphasizing that discrimination by recipients of federal funds will no longer be tolerated. Notably, this memo introduces the...

By Cassie Alfheim

On May 6, 2025, President Donald Trump nominated Brittany Bull Panuccio to be a Commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). If confirmed, Panuccio would serve as a member of the Commission until July 1,...

By Cassie Alfheim

Recently, many federal government websites, including several Department of Labor (DOL) pages, have undergone significant changes. In February, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website featured only a...

By: Cassie Alfheim

We conclude our blog series regarding the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program’s (OFCCP) Technical Assistance Guide (TAG) for supply and service contractors and subcontractors by diving into OFCCP’s compliance review...

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...

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...

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...