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Religious Directive: What is a Contractor to Do?

September 09, 2018

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 has released a flurry of directives (sub-regulatory guidance) and guidance related to compliance and...

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Target Settles Law Suit Regarding Criminal History Screening

April 06, 2018

Target Corp. entered into a preliminary settlement on April 5th to resolve charges of discrimination in using criminal history records in making hiring determinations for hourly and entry-level non-exempt positions. This settlement comes the same...

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Application of Human Capital Theory to the Analysis of Pay Equity

February 11, 2018

Recently, in some OFCCP audits and private litigation, the Agency and plaintiffs’ statistical experts have applied a Human Capital Theory (Becker, 1975) approach when evaluating compensation disparities between different subgroups. According to...

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A Look at the Annual DOL Report

February 08, 2018

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.

The report highlights OFCCP’s switch from active case management to active case enforcement, and a broader...

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Audit Poker: When Federal Contractors Call, OFCCP Must Show Cards

November 16, 2017

Two recent OFCCP rulings in the Pacific region have clarified information exchange obligations between contractors and OFCCP in audit matters. Although we have summarized the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) rulings in both the Google (OFCCP v....

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Reminder: VETS-4212 Extended Filing Deadline is November 15

November 06, 2017

VETS announced mid-September that the deadline for filing VETS-4212 reports would be extended to November 15, 2017 to accommodate the needs of those companies impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Federal contractors who file by the extended...

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FY2017 OFCCP Enforcement Update

October 12, 2017

One of the things The Institute for Workplace Equality is most well-known for is the Annual OFCCP Enforcement Update, which this year featured DCI’s own David Cohen along with Jon Geier, a partner at Paul Hastings. The recorded webinar is free to...

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OFCCP/EEOC Merger Dead For Now, and Likely For Good

September 26, 2017

The proposed merger for fiscal year 2018 is on its last legs. The merger was originally intended to streamline government processes and cut costs as part of the Trump Administration’s new focus, but has encountered several barriers in practice.

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Takeaways from Texas: 2017 NILG Recap

August 21, 2017

The Industry Liaison Group’s National Conference was held August 1-4th in San Antonio, Texas. This conference brings together federal contractors, Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCCP), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and...

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Department of Labor proposes HIRE Vets Medallion Award Program

August 19, 2017

On August 18, 2017, Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS), an agency of the Department of Labor, released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to propose regulations implementing the Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing...

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Video Blog: Top 3 Tips for Outreach and Recruitment Efforts

August 16, 2017
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CLARIFIES EEO-1 AND VETS-4212 DATA COLLECTION AND FILING PERIOD

July 28, 2017

In June, The Institute for Workplace Equality sent a letter to the Department of Labor (DOL) requesting that the filing period for VETS coincide with the EEO-1’s March 2018 filing. The Institute pointed out that this would allow contractors to use...

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