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On October 29^th, 2015 OFCCP sent its final Discrimination on the Basis of Sex regulations to OMB’s Office Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) for review and approval.  (Note: This does not mean that they are final. All this means is that OFCCP...

In 2013, when the VEVRAA implementing regulations were revised, many contractors were confused by the “active duty wartime or campaign badge” category. The regulations define an “active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran” as a veteran who served...

We have written several blogs (e.g., regarding the recent Apsley v. Boeing case) discussing the influence of sample size on the likelihood of observing statistically significant indicators in adverse impact analyses. As covered in those blogs, the...

On September 24, 2015, OFCCP held a celebratory event in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the 50^th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 11246. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez and OFCCP Director Pat Shiu, accompanied by a panel of distinguished...

The consent decree was approved on September 8, 2015 by Judge Henry M. Herlong of the District of South Carolina and may be viewed here.

A summary of the decree was also issued by the EEOC that may be viewed here.

Briefly, after BMW switched to a...

How to Reduce Turnover Using Selection Techniques

DCI will be hosting the next installment in its Webinar Wednesday series on Wednesday October 14, 2015 from 2-2:30 pm EDT.

Tune in to this Webinar Wednesday for a discussion of the benefits of such...

“Gotta Know When To Fold Em”

The Freeman case has been discussed in prior alerts dated 8/22/12, 9/4/13, 3/3/14 and 3/2/15. In the most recent ruling, decided on 9/4/15, District Court Judge Titus of Maryland ruled that the EEOC owes $938,771.50 to...

OFCCP posted a Mandatory Supplement, revised September 2015, to the EEOC’s “EEO is the Law” poster at the time the final Pay Transparency Rule was posted. The supplement outlines the regulatory updates for federal contractors, which are not yet...

As we previously noted, the EEO-1 reporting deadline has been extended to October 30, 2015. However, the VETS-4212 reporting deadline remains September 30, 2015. The batch upload functionality, which was malfunctioning through last week in the VETS...

The EEO-1 Joint Reporting Committee has extended the filing deadline for all EEO-1 report filers from September 30, 2015 to October 30, 2015. As a reminder, most company logins will have to reset their password for this filing cycle if it has not...

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is publishing a Final Rule that promotes pay transparency by prohibiting federal contractors and subcontractors from discharging, or otherwise discriminating against their employees or job...