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Organizational Profile 101: Who’s The Boss?

During a recent audit experience, a compliance officer insisted that the workforce analysis was incorrect because a supervisor (including name) was...

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4TH CIRCUIT FIRST TO RULE ON ADAAA PROVISION RELATED TO TEMPORARY IMPAIRMENTS

The case is Summers v. Altrium Institute [2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 1252] decided on 1/23/14 by the 4th Circuit. Summers was a senior analyst at Altrium...

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9TH CIRCUIT ENDORSES LARGE AWARD FOR ATTORNEY FEES FOR RELATIVELY PUNY AWARD FOR PLAINTIFF CLAIM

The case is Muniz v. United Parcel Service [738 F.3d 214], decided on 12/5/13. The facts are that Kim Muniz, who was first promoted to division...

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SUMMARY JUDGMENT OVERTURNED IN RACE & SEX CLAIM FOR BLACK FEMALE REPLACED BY HISPANIC FEMALE

The case is Shazor v. Professional Transit Management decided by the 6th Circuit on 2/19/14 [2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 2943]. The facts of the case are...

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Federal Magistrate Orders Voluntary Remand In ARB Ruling Against Frito-Lay

The ruling, which was handed down on 2/11/14 by US Magistrate Judge David L. Horan in and for the District Court of the Northern District of Texas.

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EEOC V. Freeman Round 3: EEOC Appeals Summary Judgment

This is our third Alert on EEOC v. Freeman, in which the EEOC has charged that Freeman’s use of background checks and criminal records adversely...

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OFCCP’S Version of Item 11 Compensation

Since OFCCP’s compensation Directive 307, federal contractors are experiencing more intense scrutiny of their compensation systems during OFCCP...

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4 Months Later... So What Exactly is a Hiring Benchmark?

A little over four months ago, we asked the question, “ Exactly what is a hiring benchmark”? In that blog, we reviewed the VEVRAA regulatory...

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New OFCCP Regulations Going Live: Are You Ready?

As previously featured on this blog, the Department of Labor’s OFCCP published the revised Section 503 and VEVRAA regulations on September 24, 2013....

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OFCCP Courtesy Notifications Release

DCI Consulting Group has been informed by a reliable source that OFCCP's courtesy notification (previously, the Corporate Scheduling Announcement...

COMING SOON: COURTESY NOTIFICATIONS

The OFCCP provides an advanced courtesy notification to those federal contractors and subcontractors that have an identified establishment(s) for a...

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The New and Improved Disability Self-Identification Form

Last week, we announced that the disability self-identification form had been approved by OMB, but was not yet available on the OFCCP website. This...