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The 32nd Annual Conference for the National Industry Liaison Group was held August 5-8, 2014 in Washington, DC. This conference brings together members of the federal contractor community, government officials, and EEO/affirmative action...

Steering is the policy or practice of directing applicants or employees to certain jobs (or departments) based on stereotypes and biases. The result of steering is a concentration of one group (e.g. women and minorities) into certain jobs (or...

OFCCP has posted Directive 2014-02, Gender Identity and Sex Discrimination (DIR 2014-02).

On June 30, 2014, the Secretary announced that DOL is updating its enforcement protocols and nondiscrimination guidance to reflect that DOL provides the full...

Underutilization Trends 

This webinar will address recurring goal areas. Included in this session will be a discussion of subgroup breakout analyses to refocus recruitment strategies. Click here to register for this webinar. For a complete list of...

This is a reminder that the EEO-1 and VETS-100/100A filing deadline is September 30, 2014.

What is the EEO-1 report?

The Employer Information Report (EEO-1) is an annual report mandated by the government which asks private employers and Federal...

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...