In its recent report on Diversity in the Technology Sector, the GAO made three recommendations related to OFCCP’s audit procedures. The report outlines detailed recommendations to both EEOC and OFCCP, but our focus in this blog are the...
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December 06, 2017
October 16, 2017
On October 15th, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a pay equity report that would require employers with 500 or more employees to file a statement with the Secretary of State with information on gender wage differentials.
The AB-1209 bill...
September 20, 2017
Yesterday the National Women’s Law Center and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed FOIA requests directed at OMB, seeking information to shed light on the decision making process that resulted in its recent decision to halt the...
September 14, 2017
In order to accommodate the needs of those impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Federal contractors who file their VETS-4212 Reports by November 15, 2017 will not be cited for failure to file a timely Report or failure to comply with Federal...
September 01, 2017
On August 31, 2017, the Department of Labor issued a press release in support of Texas’s response to Hurricane Harvey. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is temporarily suspending select federal contractor requirements,...
August 18, 2017
At the 2017 National ILG (NILG) conference held in San Antonio, TX, Thomas Dowd, acting Director of OFCCP, and Debra Carr, Director of Policy, Planning and Program Development, discussed what to expect from the agency in the near future.
Some key...
August 03, 2017
A private compensation discrimination case alleging Allsteel discriminated against three former female managers in pay was brought to the attention of the Eighth Circuit Court. The court’s ruling on Dindinger v. Allsteel, Inc. deemed OFCCP’s...
April 04, 2017
Today, April 4, 2017, people across the United States will observe a national day to bring awareness around the gender pay gap. This date symbolizes how far into 2017 women must work to earn what men made in 2016, based on national pay averages.
On...
February 22, 2017
Last week, a Bush administration attorney, Nicholas Geale, was quietly named the Acting Solicitor of Labor. His name and contact information has been updated on the DOL key personnel website as both the Acting and Deputy Solicitor.
Geale previously...
January 12, 2017
LexisNexis Risk Solutions, the computer-assisted legal research service, will pay over $1.2 million to resolve systemic pay discrimination against women after the result of two OFCCP compliance reviews in the southeast region.
The company settled...
On January 9, 2017, Governor Cuomo of New York proposed a progressive agenda for the state which included signing two state Executive Orders designed to eliminate the wage gap.
New York Executive Order 161 prohibits asking applicants about their...
