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$7.2 Million Sex Discrimination Case Settled

July 14, 2016

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation, owned by Valeant, will pay $7.2 million to settle a gender discrimination class action claim. The allegations include disparate compensation and bonuses on the basis of sex, and also include a sexually hostile...

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Pay Equity on Center Stage

April 12, 2016

Today marks Equal Pay Day, which symbolizes the extra days of the year, on average, women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. Pay equity is attracting a lot of attention in the news, in particular with the tech industry. Facebook...

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What’s the theory behind base pay discrimination?

April 04, 2016

Recently DCI has noted a new trend in OFCCP enforcement of alleged base pay discrimination. Specifically, upon identifying statistical disparities in base pay, OFCCP has proceeded to enforcement under a theory of disparate impact rather than the...

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Paid Sick Leave Requirements for Federal Contractors

March 08, 2016

On February 25, 2016, a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) was published in light of President Obama’s Executive Order 13706. The Executive Order, which was signed on September 7, 2015, requires organizations that enter into covered federal...

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New Year’s Resolutions: What to Expect in 2016 with OFCCP?

January 18, 2016

As contractors prepare for 2016, we want to share some reminders on what to be prepared for in the New Year with OFCCP and EEO compliance. 

1.)    First full year of 503/VEVRAA analytics under Subpart C

Contractors were required to come into...

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DCI Releases White Paper on Outreach and Recruitment for IwDs and Veterans

December 09, 2015

Nearly two full years have passed since the release of the revised Section 503 and VEVRAA which introduced a number of new requirements for federal contractors involving affirmative action for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities...

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Workplace Advancement Act – Redundant to the Equal Pay Act?

November 09, 2015

On October 22, 2015, Senior Senator Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska) introduced S.2200, the Workplace Advancement Act, in the United States Senate. The stated purpose of the bill is to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to strengthen equal pay...

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EEO-1 Filing Deadline Extended to October 30, 2015!

September 10, 2015

The EEO-1 Joint Reporting Committee has extended the filing deadline for all EEO-1 report filers from September 30, 2015 to October 30, 2015.  As a reminder, most company logins will have to reset their password for this filing cycle if it has not...

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Contractors Take Note: OFCCP Customer Experience Survey

August 18, 2015

Beginning August 17th, many contractors have received an email from OFCCP for an OFCCP Customer Experience Survey, linking to a unique SurveyMonkey link. In the justification to OMB, OFCCP noted the survey would be sent to contractors who have...

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OFCCP releases 503/VEVRAA tools for contractors

August 18, 2015

Over the past few weeks, OFCCP has released a variety of resources for federal contractors and subcontractors with emphasis on revised Section 503 and VEVRAA regulations.  The resources include the following:

  • Infographic to help Veterans determine...
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OFCCP Pumps Gas on Steering: Comcast Signs Conciliation Agreement for Sex and Race Discrimination

May 15, 2015

On a news release dated April 30, 2015, OFCCP announced that Comcast Corporation’s Everett, WA location entered into a conciliation agreement to resolve allegations of sex and race discrimination. OFCCP’s review determined that Comcast steered 96...

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Sex Discrimination NPRM - A Focus on Compensation Enforcement

February 06, 2015

Proposed section 60-20.4 “Discriminatory Compensation” in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Sex Discrimination Guidelines addresses the OFCCP’s enforcement of the prohibition of compensation discrimination as dictated by E.O. 11246....

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