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Will the Real Protected Veteran Please Stand Up?

November 24, 2015

In light of some recent buzz centered on OFCCP’s infographic for determining protected veteran status, we wanted to clarify our lastpost and confirm that OFCCP did not change the definition of any veteran categories. As OFCCP and the Solicitor’s...

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Is OFCCP’s Equal Pay Report Doomed?

November 23, 2015

In the summer of 2014, OFCCP released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for collecting compensation data through an Equal Pay Report (EPR) as part of their initiative to combat pay discrimination. The EPR was slated to be final in November of...

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OFCCP Proposes New Language on Interagency Collaboration to be Included in Scheduling Letter

November 17, 2015

The OFCCP Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing - used to initiate OFCCP supply and service compliance evaluations - is set to expire March 31, 2016. In anticipation of this coming date, OFCCP must obtain approval through Office of Management and...

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OFCCP’s new voluntary poster – is it misleading?

November 13, 2015

OFCCP has released a new voluntary poster: Opening Doors of Opportunity for ALL Workers. The poster emphasizes the agency’s goals of diversity and equal opportunity, as well as expectations that federal contractors “must treat workers fairly and...

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EEOC Prevails in Age Discrimination Case Against Darden Restaurants

November 11, 2015

The case is EEOC v. Darden, decided on November 9, 2015 by Judge Joan A. Lenard of the Southern District of Florida [2015 U.S. Dist. Lexis 1498970]. The defense issued a motion to dismiss, which Judge Lenard denied. Judge Lenard also ordered Darden...

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Workplace Advancement Act – Redundant to the Equal Pay Act?

November 09, 2015

On October 22, 2015, Senior Senator Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska) introduced S.2200, the Workplace Advancement Act, in the United States Senate. The stated purpose of the bill is to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to strengthen equal pay...

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Female Fails to Prove Wage Discrimination Based on Prior Salary

November 05, 2015

The case is Muriel v. SCI Arizona Funeral Services decided October 30, 2014 by District Court Judge Douglas L. Rayes of the District Court of Arizona (2015 U.S. Lexis 147510). The case is not important so much for the outcome, which was summary...

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Governor Jerry Brown Signs the California Fair Pay Act (CFPA) Into Law

November 03, 2015

The CFPA was signed into law on October 6, 2015 and may be read in its entirety here. It is a relatively short statute and an easy read. The CFPA is an amendment to a prior statute written in 1949 and has many of the key features of the Federal...

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Dissecting the CFPA

November 02, 2015

In another blog, Art Gutman provides an overview of the California Fair Pay Act (CFPA). The CFPA prohibits California employers from paying employees differently due to sex. This is not new, given existing law; however, some of the specifics...

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California Fair Pay Act – Validating Factors Used in Compensation

November 02, 2015

The new California Fair Pay Act (CFPA) is summarized in depth in a previous blog in this series. The CFPA includes strict stipulations for employing “[a] bona fide factor other than sex, such as education, training, or experience” to explain wage...

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The California Fair Pay Act: Does $0 Really Mean $0?

November 02, 2015

Prior to the recently enacted California Fair Pay Act (CFPA), federal and state laws and regulations allowed employers to justify sex differences in salaries by using statistical methodologies to control for legitimate pay factors such as education,...

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California Fair Pay Act: A Letter of Clarification?

November 02, 2015

As discussed in this blog series, the California Fair Pay Act (CFPA) was recently signed into law and provides for bona fide factors other than sex to explain wage differentials.  Separate from the final law, it should be noted that a letter from...

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