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New Process for EEO-1 Data File Uploads in 2016
The filing period for the 2016 EEO-1 and VETS-4212 reports is quickly approaching, and the 2016 Survey for EEO-1 reports is expected to open at some...
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EEO-1 Report Pay Reporting Revision Now in Federal Register!
Jul 14, 2016, 7:02:28 AM
Today, July 14, the EEOC published an update of the EEO-1 pay data reporting proposal in the Federal Register, announcing a second public comment...
$7.2 Million Sex Discrimination Case Settled
Jul 14, 2016, 6:22:22 AM
Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation, owned by Valeant, will pay $7.2 million to settle a gender discrimination class action claim. The allegations...
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OFCCP’s Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing Renewed by OMB for Three Years
Jul 6, 2016, 11:50:57 AM
OFCCP announced on July 1, 2016 that the Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing has received OMB approval, and has been renewed through June 30, 2019...
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Updated Sex Regulations Require No New Imposed Policy Changes
Jul 5, 2016, 9:31:36 AM
On June 15, 2016, OFCCP published its final rule updating the sex discrimination guidelines (41 C.F.R. part 60-20) from their period of dormancy...
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Testing Settlements are Alive and Well: Investigate and Validate
Jun 30, 2016, 9:28:38 AM
Two recent OFCCP settlements emphasize the importance of monitoring adverse impact throughout all steps of the hiring process: Gordon Food Service...
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OFCCP Audit Trends: Follow-up Requests before the Desk Audit Submission
Jun 28, 2016, 9:25:21 AM
DCI has recently seen an increase of audit “pre-requests,” in which a compliance officer requests that a contractor submit additional items to those...
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Supreme Court Supports University in Fisher v. University of Texas
Jun 27, 2016, 11:51:33 AM
The majority ruling was written by Justice Kennedy (for Breyer, Ginsburg & Sotomayor). Justice Thomas wrote a one-page dissent in which he opined...
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Veteran Hiring Benchmark Updated to 6.9%
Jun 24, 2016, 1:21:09 PM
OFCCP has updated the annual Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) Benchmark, which is based on 2015 end-of-year data from the...
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Bank of America Ruling: Win Against Data Aggregation
Jun 7, 2016, 6:45:00 AM
In OFCCP v. Bank of America (BOA), the Administrative Review Board (ARB) overturned OFCCP’s allegation that BOA discriminated against Blacks in...
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Statistical Significance is Not Enough to Prove Discrimination
Jun 6, 2016, 6:36:00 AM
In an earlier blog in this alert, Art Gutman summarized the April 21, 2016 Department of Labor Administrative Review Board (ARB) ruling related to a...
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Bank of America Fights Back
Jun 3, 2016, 10:25:13 AM
As reported previously, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) found Bank of America (BOA) (previously Nations Bank) guilty of a pattern or practice of...