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by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe EEOC has announced a favorable jury verdict of $166,500 in a disability harassment lawsuit filed against a Subway restaurant franchise on behalf of a female manager who was discriminated...

This is an update to yesterday’s blog posting regarding the pending release of OFCCP’s final rule covering Veterans.

In that posting, we provided a summary of the new requirements on contractors’ mandatory job posting obligations as outlined in an...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn Wednesday, August 8, 2007, OFCCP will publish in the Federal Register its final rule implementing the amendments to the affirmative action provisions of the Vietnam Era Veterans’...

UPDATE: The final rule was published in the Federal Register on August 8, 2007.DCI has learned that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) completed its review on August 1, 2007 of OFCCP’s proposed final rule implementing the amendments to the...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThis is a follow-up to yesterday's article on the vote on H.R. 2831 that was scheduled for Monday, July 30, 2007.The U.S. House of Representatives debated H.R. 2831 (The Lilly Ledbetter Fair...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsUPDATE: The bill passed on July 31, 2007.The House of Representatives is reportedly scheduled to vote on “The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007” on Monday, July 30, 2007. This bill, H.R....

David Cohen, DCI Consulting Group, Inc., will serve on a panel with other well known compensation experts on Friday, August 24, 2007 at the ILG Conference in New York. The panel session is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Other compensation...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsUPDATE: The House bill passed on July 31, 2007.On July 20, 2007, a bipartisan group of fourteen Senators introduced a bill (“The Fair Pay Restoration Act”) to overturn the Supreme Court’s...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn July 11, 2007, the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing on The Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 1338). This bill, which was introduced by Rep. Rose DeLauro (D-CT), now...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn July 20, 2007, the Department of Labor’s Employment Standards Administration published a notice in the Federal Register soliciting comments on the proposed extension of OFCCP’s Complaint...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsDepartment of Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao marked the 17th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act today by announcing that the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsLegislation has been introduced in the House and Senate that would eliminate mandatory arbitration of employment claims unless pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.The Arbitration...