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On July 16, 2014, the second release of the FY 2014 Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs) was sent out by OFCCP. These letters serve as an advanced courtesy notification to federal contractors and subcontractors that one or more of their...

Which Employees  Should be Covered  in Your AAP and  EEO-1 and VETS  Reports?

DCI will be rebroadcasting the webinar held on July 30th. In this webinar we will define covered employees and discuss considerations involving the inclusion of casual and/or...

The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the “Requirement to Report Summary Data on Employee Compensation (Compensation Data Collection)” from OFCCP is now available (RIN: 1250-AA03). The Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information...

The July 31, 2014 Executive Order entitled Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces specifically lists out 15 labor laws and executive orders, violations of which contractors will be required to report to contracting officers beginning in 2016 on contracts...

Yesterday, July 31, 2014, the President signed another Executive Order, this one titled “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces.” There are three major prongs, expected to begin phasing in during 2016: 1) contractors bidding on a contract over $500,000 will...

Determining Availability 

DCI will be hosting the next installment in its Webinar Wednesday series this upcoming Wednesday, August 6th at 2:00 PM EST. This session will explore the components used to set up and calculate availability and discuss...

The amendments were issued on July 21, 2014 amid controversy regarding who is who is not exempted. The first amendment includes gender identity and sexual orientation as protected groups in EO 11246, which applies to federal contractors, and the...

The case is EEOC v. Grane Healthcare Company, which has three iterations, all at the district court level. These include an initial ruling on March 15, 2013 [2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35869], and two rulings on July 7, 2014 [2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28477...

The case is Booth v. Pasco County, Florida and Association of Firefighters Local 4420 decided on July 3, 2014 [2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 12838]. The facts of the case are that Anthony Booth filed a grievance against the captain of his fire station citing...

Beginning tomorrow, July 9th, DCI will host a series of complimentary webinars to provide the federal contractor community with the most up-to-date guidance and tips for ensuring EEO compliance. Register for our Webinar Wednesdays and allow us to...

During a recent release of the revised Section 503 and VEVRAA FAQs on the OFCCP website, the agency outlined their interpretation of how non-responses to the invitation to self-identify as an individual with a disability should be treated in an...

Among the new FAQs released on June 18, 2014, OFCCP responded to the following contractor question:

“If an individual self-identifies as a protected veteran at the pre-offer stage of the application process, but does not self-identify again at the...