DCI Consulting Blog

Art Gutman recently summarized the ruling in Lopez v. City of Lawrence, a police promotion disparate impact case. In this case, a district court judge ruled in favor of the employer along multiple dimensions, and rejected aggregation of test-taker...

The case is Marcum v. Dolgencorp (E.D. Va., No. 12-108, 10/16/14) and the reason for the settlement has nothing to do with adverse impact. The basis of the settlement is the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The following is a brief overview of...

The requirement to list job openings with the appropriate employment service delivery system (ESDS) where the opening occurs is not new. However, contractors have questioned how to interpret and comply with this requirement for flexible “remote...

Following the President’s Executive Order 13672signed on July 21, 2014, there has been anticipation of how the Department of Labor will address the President’s charge to create new legislation within 90 days covering sexual orientation and gender...

The Recruiter’s Role in Compliance

DCI will be hosting the next installment in its Webinar Wednesday series tomorrow, October 29th at 2:00PM EST. This webinar will outline the critical role recruiters play in compliance. This session will also...

The Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) of the U.S. Department of Labor has issued the final rule to revise reporting requirements for federal contractors and subcontractors under the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Act of 1974, as...

Recent lawsuits filed by the EEOC related to transgender discrimination illustrate what is a growing focus of the government and enforcement agencies. Two recent cases in particular serve as the tipping point for collective efforts to extend...

Statistical Analysis Part III: Compensation Analysis

DCI will be hosting the next installment in its Webinar Wednesday series this upcoming Wednesday, October 15th, at 2:00PM EST. In the last segment of the statistical analysis series, we will...

Similar to previous years, the end of the Federal fiscal year was busy for the OFCCP. The OFCCP settled six cases in September for which a press release was issued, showing clear motivation to settle up cases before the end of the year. This is a...

The new OFCCP scheduling letter and itemized listing have officially been released at reginfo.gov, and are effective immediately (starting October 1, 2014).  As previously mentioned by DCI, there were substantial changes to the scheduling letter...

Statistical Analysis Part II: Personnel Activity Analyses

DCI is hosting the next installment in its Webinar Wednesday series tomorrow, October 1st, at 2:00pm EST. An overview of conventional methods for detecting adverse impact in personnel...

A settlement amount of $1.5 million accompanying the conciliation agreement between OFCCP and Westat, Inc. certainly should have captured the attention of the federal contractor community. However, if you missed the news release with a quote from...