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    Bed Bath and Beyond Agrees to $125,000 Settlement for Policy That Automatically Excludes Applicants With Felony Charges

    New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced on 4/22/14 that Bed Bath & Beyond agreed to rescind its policy to automatically...

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    SPLIT 6TH CIRCUIT PANEL OVERTURNS SUMMARY JUDGMENT RULING ON WORKING AT HOME AS A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION

    The case is EEOC v. Ford Motor Company decided by a 2-1 split ruling by the 6th Circuit on 4/22/14 [2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 7502]. The case is important...

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    Compensation Data Collection Tool: EO Survey 2.0?

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    Obama Issues Symbolic Executive Order on Retaliation for Pay Disclosure

    On April 8, 2014, President Obama issued Executive Order 13665—Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information. The Executive Order states,

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    Veteran Hiring Benchmark Updated to 7.2% for 2014 AAPs

    Recently, the OFCCP updated the annual national percentage of veterans on their website from 8% to 7.2%. The initial final regulatory text indicated...

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    The Reality of Disability Survey Nonresponse

    In a recent post, we highlighted some of the problems that may be encountered with collecting and analyzing the disability status of employees. In...

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    Update on OFCCP Enforcement Activity From FY2013

    What is the likelihood of having a conciliation agreement at the end of an OFCCP compliance review? Does this vary by region? Being well into FY2014,...

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    Reminder: Notifications to the States Must Be Submitted Simultaneously With Job Listing

    As previously discussed in this blog post, the revised VEVRAA regulations became effective for Federal contractors on March 24, 2014. Although some...

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    Monetary Fines to Increase for Failure to Comply With "EEO is Law" Poster Requirements

    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that, as of April 18, 2014, the fine for organizations failing to comply with the...

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    EMPLOYEE VOLUNTARY DISABILITY SELF-IDENTIFICATION FORM: WHICH JOHN SMITH?

    The OMB-approved voluntary disability self-identification form allows for employees to provide their name, but no other unique identifying...

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    EEOC Loses Appeal in Kaplan Case

    I reported on district court ruling EEOC v. Kaplan Higher Learning in an Alert dated 3/21/13, in which Judge Patricia A. Gaughan of the District...

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    President Obama Celebrates Equal Pay Day by Signing New Executive Order and Issuing a Memo for Federal Contractors

    Today, April 8, 2014, the White House hosted a press conference in honor of Equal Pay Day. Equal Pay Day symbolizes how far into 2014 women must work...

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