OFCCP updated the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) Benchmark Database on its website, based on 2014 end-of-year data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Now, the Annual National Benchmark is 7 percent – a slight drop...
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April 21, 2015
The 30th annual conference of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology (SIOP) will take place in Philadelphia, PA April 23rd-25th. Once again DCI staff are well represented across a number of interesting sessions related to EEO/AA...
April 14, 2015
The comment period for the proposed sex discrimination rule ends today, April 14, 2015. The original March 31st deadline was extended, due to the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Young v. United Parcel Service. On March 25th, the U.S. Supreme...
The facts of the case are that Peggy Young, a part-time truck driver for UPS, became pregnant and was restricted by her doctor from lifting more than 20 pounds (the standard UPS requirement being 70 pounds). UPS offered Young unpaid pregnancy leave...
April 10, 2015
On April 8, 2015, updates to Executive Order (EO) 11246 per EO 13672 took effect, prohibiting discrimination by all covered federal contractors and subcontractors on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. To better inform the federal...
April 02, 2015
On March 18, 2015, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a news release providing the most up-to-date facts and figures on national veteran employment. Using 2014 employment data from the Current...
In accordance with the revised Section 503 regulations, Federal contractors are now collecting voluntary self-identifications of disability status from employees and applicants and including these figures in their affirmative action plans. This...
March 20, 2015
As outlined in 41 CFR 60-3, contractors are required to analyze personnel activity to determine if there are barriers to equal employment for protected classes. One method of determining whether these barriers exist for applicants is to evaluate...
March 03, 2015
The final rule for prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity was published December 9, 2014. This rule becomes effective on April 8, 2015. Many contractors are wondering what actions need to be taken to comply with...
March 02, 2015
We have discussed the Freeman case in several Alerts (8/22/12, 9/14/13 & 3/3/14). The challenge was to Freeman’s use of background checks and criminal records adversely impacted blacks, Hispanics, and males. The EEOC also charged Freeman with a...
February 27, 2015
The case is Williamson v. Lowe’s, decided on 2/24/15 by Judge Susan Oki Mollway of the District Court of Hawaii [2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13170]. The case was decided under Hawaii State Law (Section 378-2 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes). Williamson...
The case is EEOC v. Allstate, decided by the 3rd Circuit on 2/13/15 [2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 2330]. Historically, Allstate agents worked through Sears and/or company owned offices via employment contract. Subsequently, in one reorganization, new agents...
