DCI Consulting Blog

By: Sheryl Harmening

On April 14, 2023, California’s Civil Rights Department (CRD) updated itsFrequently Asked Questions (FAQs) with additional information on upcoming pay reporting requirements. According to CRD, employers can now request an ...

By: Evan Szarenski

As previously covered by the DCI Blog, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is working to revise the letter it uses to schedule compliance reviews of supply and service federal contractors and subcontractors....

By: Kermit Olson

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in employment decision making is receiving ever increasing attention from governmental agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Office of Federal Contract...

By: Dave Schmidt and Bre Timko

On April 6, 2023, the New York City (NYC) Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) issued the final set of rules for enforcing Local Law 144, regulating the use of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs)...

By: Chad Peddie and Bobbie Burton

This is part 6 of our 8-part blog series, Psychological Safety and Advancing Workforce Equity.

In a world increasingly demanding of employee attention and time, the challenge for organizations to effectively engage...

By: Dave Schmidt and Bre Timko

If you have been following the state of New York City’s Local Law 144, which is intended to regulate the use of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs) used to make or substantially assist hiring decisions, you may...

By: Brittany Dian-Hansell

On Friday, March 31, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) updated the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark to 5.4 percent, slightly down from 5.5 percent in...

By: Joanna Colosimo

Update as of March 30, 2023:

On March 30, Jenny Yang sent a personal message to the OFCCP stakeholder community discussing her new role and reflecting on her time at OFCCP.

March 29, 2023:

As reported yesterday in various...

By: Sheryl Harmening

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is proposing changes to the agency’s Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability form. The current version of the form is set to expire on May 31, 2023. The proposed changes...

By: Bobbie Burton and Keli Wilson

This is part 5 of our 8-part blog series, Psychological Safety and Advancing Workforce Equity.

Implementing organizational policies and practices that increase employee perceptions of fairness and justice is...

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...

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...