DCI Consulting Blog

The Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes interesting research that often provides useful data to employers. If you haven’t already caught these recent reports, here are a few that you might find interesting.

1. Wages...

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has signed into law legislation that requires employers to provide uncompensated time, and make a reasonable effort to provide private space for women to express milk or nurse their children for a period of up to...

The OFCCP has posted interim guidance on its website regarding the use of race and ethnic categories in affirmative action programs.

As stated in part in this interim guidance, in light of the changes made to the EEO-1 Report, OFCCP is drafting...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe Washington University School of Law in St. Louis has announced a National Science Foundation award to support an empirical research project to collect and analyze data on federal court...

Don’t miss the informative article, “A Test! A Test! My Kingdom for a Valid Test!” written by Michael Aamodt, Ph.D., Vice President with DCI Consulting Group. Mike is an industrial psychologist specializing in employee selection, test validation,...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe EEOC voted August 10, 2007 to replace its National Contact Center (NCC) pilot with an in-house phone system using federal employees.The NCC contract expires September 20, and...

by David Cohen, President and Patricia Schaeffer-Vice President Regulatory AffairsSmall single establishment companies, which may not have received much scrutiny from OFCCP in the past, may now find themselves receiving scheduling letters from the...

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...