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    OFCCP Webinar- Online Application System

    by Sul-Kee Kim, Consultant, DCI Consulting Group, Inc. On January 8, 2009, OFCCP held a webinar to discuss its online application system directive...

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    E-VERIFY REMINDER FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS

    by Keli P. Wilson, Consultant, DCI Consulting Group, Inc. The final E-Verify rule was to become effective on January 15, 2009; however, due to recent...

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    Obama Selects Rep. Hilda Solis As Secretary of Labor

    On December 19, 2008, President-Elect Barack Obama named Rep. Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor. Speaking at a press conference that named her and...

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    LA Weight Loss Center to Pay $20 Million to Settle Sex Bias Lawsuit

    On December 2, 2008, the EEOC announced that it had resolved its pattern or practice sex discrimination lawsuit against LA Weight Loss Centers, Inc....

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    FRED MEYER STORES TO PAY $485K TO SETTLE HARASSMENT LAWSUIT

    On December 11, 2008, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that Portland-based Fred Meyer Stores will pay $485,000 to three female...

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    EEOC AND CRACKER BARREL SIGN UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT TO MEDIATE

    On December 18, 2008, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the signing of a Universal Agreement to Mediate (UAM) with Cracker Barrel...

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    EEOC Holds Meeting On Employers’ Use Of Criminal Records in Employment Decisions

    On November 20, 2008, the EEOC held a meeting regarding views on employment discrimination faced by individuals with arrest and conviction records...

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    BILL INTRODUCED TO CAP EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION FOR TARP-AIDED FIRMS

    On November 19, 2008, a bill entitled “Stop the Greed on Wall Street Act” (S. 3693) was introduced in the Senate. The bill would cap executive...

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    HHS ISSUES FINAL ‘CONSCIENCE’ RULE

    On December 19, 2008, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a final rule in the Federal Register that the agency said is...

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    Business Coalition Files Lawsuit Against Federal Contractor E-Verify Mandate

    On December 23, 2008, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced that it had filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland...

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    Final DOL Rules Gives Priority to VETS and Some Spouses for DOL Services

    On December 19, 2008, a final rule was published in the Federal Register giving veterans of the U.S. armed services and spouses of some veterans’...

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    EEOC Issues FY 2008 Performance and Accountability Report; Charges Spike 15.2%

    On November 17, 2008, the EEOC released its 2008 Performance and Accountability Report with preliminary enforcement statistics for FY 2008. The...

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