DCI Consulting Blog

By: Dave Schmidt and Bre Timko

On May 18, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published a press release in which they link to new guidance they have provided on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in selection procedures....

By: Cassie Alfheim, Amanda Bowman and Evan Szarenski

On April 18, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a revised version of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program’s (OFCCP’s) proposed scheduling letter and itemized l...

By: Keli Wilson and Jon Geier

This is the final part of our blog series, Psychological Safety and Advancing Workforce Equity.

Throughout this series, DCI has shared many benefits to workplace equity gained by sustaining or improving a candidate’s or...

By: Bobbie Burton and Marcelle Clavette 

Recently published research suggests that transparency in information disclosures from organizations influence efficiency, effectiveness, and trust.¹ Given this knowledge, the increasing trend of public human...

By: Joanna Colosimo

This article was originally published in WorldatWork's #evolve Magazine and has been modified for the DCI blog. 

A growing number of organizations have experienced pressure (often from corporate and activist shareholders) to...

By: Joanna Colosimo and Zach Olsen

On April 17, 2023, aggregated company race/ethnicity and sex counts by EEO-1 category as a part of the EEO-1 consolidated reports from 2016-2020 were released for federal contractors and subcontractors that did not...

By: Bre Timko and Dave Schmidt

Federal leaders, including Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Burrows, U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...

By: Jair Portillo

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published an updated Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form (CC- 305) on April 26, 2023. Federal contractors and subcontractors must begin using the new form by...

By: Chad Peddie and Jon Geier

This is part 7 of our 8-part blog series, Psychological Safety and Advancing Workforce Equity.

This blog series has focused on how an employer can create psychological safety for its workforce. In recent blogs, we...

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...