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“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...

The 2015 filing period for EEOC and VETS reporting has now begun and contractors will have until September 30 to complete the annual filing requirements. As you may recall, VETS has implemented the newly revised VETS-4212 report, which has taken the...

The settlement was announced on 8/24/15 in an EEOC news release, which may be read at https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/target-corporation-pay-28-million-resolve-eeoc-discrimination-finding. The EEOC alleged that three employment assessments formerly...

As of this week, both the VETS-4212 and EEO-1 surveys are open to complete your 2015 submissions. If you are a returning filer, your login password will need to be reset for both survey systems.

• EEO-1 password notifications will be sent through...

The 33rd Annual Conference for the National Industry Liaison Group was held July 28-31, 2015 in New York City and brought together members of the federal contractor community, government officials, and EEO/affirmative action practitioners. The...

Beginning August 17^th, many contractors have received an email from OFCCP for an OFCCP Customer Experience Survey, linking to a unique SurveyMonkey link. In the justification to OMB, OFCCP noted the survey would be sent to contractors who have...

Over the past few weeks, OFCCP has released a variety of resources for federal contractors and subcontractors with emphasis on revised Section 503 and VEVRAA regulations.  The resources include the following:

• Infographic to help Veterans determine...

The case is OBERGEFELL ET AL. v. HODGES, DIRECTOR, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, ET AL. and I’m sure the world knows it was a 5-4 ruling to legitimize gay marriage.  It was a combo 14^th/5^th Amendment ruling (equal rights in state agencies on the 14^th,...