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CHANGES FOUND IN OFCCP’S COMPENSATION SCREEN IN MID-ATLANTIC REGION

May 30, 2007

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsDavid Cohen, President of DCI Consulting Group Inc. reports that contractors have noticed a change in the compensation screen used by OFCCP at the desk audit stage in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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EEOC Reaches Settlement on Race and National Origin Harassment

May 30, 2007

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsEEOC reached a $450,000 settlement with Professional Transit Management (doing business as Springs Transit) in a lawsuit alleging the company maintained a work environment hostile to...

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WILL EMPLOYERS RESURVEY THEIR WORKFORCES UNDER EEOC’S NEW EEO-1 CATEGORIES?

May 23, 2007

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsA recent survey conducted by The Center for Corporate Equality reports that 29 percent of the companies polled said they will “never” resurvey their workforces under the Equal Employment...

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EXPERTS PLAY HARDBALL AT ILG NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEMIC COMPENSATION BEST PRACTICES

May 23, 2007

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsDavid Cohen, President of DCI Consulting Group Inc., and other well known experts will participate on a lively and highly interactive systemic compensation panel at the ILG National...

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MORGAN STANLEY TO PAY MILLIONS TO SETTLE SEX DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT

May 02, 2007

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsMorgan Stanley & Inc. and plaintiffs’ law firms announced a multi-million dollar settlement of a discrimination lawsuit on behalf of approximately 2,700 female Financial Advisors and...

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EEOC and DOL Release Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda

May 02, 2007

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThis is the time of year when federal agencies release their semi-annual regulatory agendas, as required by Executive Order 11286 and the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The agenda lists all...

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HOUSE PASSES BILL BANNING WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION BASED ON GENETIC INFORMATION

May 02, 2007

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe House overwhelmingly passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (H.R. 493) on April 25 by a 420-3 vote. The bill was introduced January 16, 2007 by Rep. Louise Slaughter...

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BILL BANNING DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE

May 02, 2007

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on April 24 by Reps. Barney Frank (D-MA), Deborah Pryce (R-OH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and...

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House Bill Would Reinstate OFCCP Pay Grade Methodology

April 25, 2007

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe Committee on Education and Labor Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing on April 24, 2007 on the proposed “Paycheck Fairness Act” (H.R. 1338), which was introduced...

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EEOC ANNOUNCES $900,000 SETTLEMENT OF RACE BIAS, NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION, RETALIATION

April 25, 2007

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe EEOC has announced settlement of a class race and national origin discrimination lawsuit brought against Flushing Manor Geriatric Center, Inc., a New York geriatric center, for $900,000....

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“Best Place to Work” Ratings Rank Federal Agencies

April 25, 2007

Private employers make significant investments to be employers of choice. Their accomplishments are featured in a variety of business and trade publications on various “best” lists.

If you’d like to find out how the federal government fares as an...

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THE CENTER FOR CORPORATE EQUALITY TO RELEASE RESULTS OF WORKFORCE EEO-1 RE-SURVEY BENCHMARKING

April 25, 2007

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Executive Director, The Center for Corporate EqualityThe Center for Corporate Equality has announced it will release the results of its EEO-1 Resurvey benchmarking mini-survey within the next few weeks. Survey participants...

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