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OFCCP onsite visits had previously been on the decline, and were virtually non-existent as recently as fiscal year end 2013. However, onsite visits appear to be back, and OFCCP is focusing on compensation. This is not surprising given the agency’s...

Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez released President Obama’s FY 2015 budget on March 4, 2014, including a request for over $107 million for OFCCP. The total increase in the budget amount this fiscal year is almost $3 million, including 710 FTE...

In a letter addressed to Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, 19 Democrats from the House of Representatives inquired about the extent to which the Department of Labor (DOL) plans to include lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals in...

The March 13, 2014 memorandum from President Obama to the DOL Secretary, Thomas Perez, sets the stage for additional revisions to the Fair Labor Standards Act. While no specific action is addressed, the Secretary is directed to propose revisions to...

On February 12, 2014, President Obama issued Executive Order 13658, increasing the hourly minimum wage paid by federal contractors from $7.25 to $10.10. The minimum wage for tipped workers will also increase from $2.13 to $4.90 per hour. These rates...

We first reported on this case in an Alert on August 12, 2010. The case is interesting because it is a long-running adverse impact case that ultimately morphed into a disparate treatment case. Originally, the DOJ challenged two entry-level exams...

One interesting and unanswered question, related to the new 503 and VEVRAA regulations, concerns what information would be required for submission to OFCCP as part of the desk audit. Because OFCCP’s scheduling letter defines what is required as part...

It has been more than a year since OFCCP rescinded its Compensation Standards and issued Directive 307. As a result of this protocol change, OFCCP adopted a new method for grouping individuals for the purposes of reviewing compensation data. These...

The Veteran’s Employment and Training Service (VETS) recently published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the reporting requirements under VEVRAA, currently known as the VETS-100 and VETS-100A reports.

The most significant change is the...

The case is Nickel v. Staples Contract and Commercial, Inc. (Shegerian and Associates) decided on 2/27/14 in Los Angeles County Superior Court. A summary of the case may be viewed here.

As reported by the plaintiff’s attorneys (Shegerian and...

The case is Gulliver Schools v. Snay decided in the Florida District Court of Appeals on February 26, 2014.

Snay, a former headmaster at Gulliver Schools, sued for age discrimination under Florida State law after his contract was not renewed. The...