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Will Your Method of Identifying Underutilization be Accepted by OFCCP?
As shared in an earlier blog, OFCCP released an updated Federal Contractor Compliance Manual (FCCM) in August 2013. The FCCM does not create new law,...
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OFCCP Financial Settlements: FY2013 Trends
Oct 29, 2013, 12:33:00 PM
The US Department of Labor makes enforcement data collected by the OFCCP searchable to the public. Although the recent government shutdown has...
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UGESP Series Post #5: Suitable Alternatives and Reasonable Effort: What is an Alternative and What is Reasonable?
Oct 29, 2013, 12:30:00 PM
We are back! After a brief hiatus, we continue our UGESP Series by exploring the UGESP concept of suitable alternative selection procedures addressed...
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Schuette v. Coalition
Oct 22, 2013, 1:46:00 PM
Oral arguments were held on October 17, 2013. In a nutshell, the case is about a Michigan law (Proposal 2) than bans preferential treatment based on...
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Three Judge Panel of the 6TH Circuit Affirms District Court Ruling in EEOC V. PeopleMark in 2-1 Ruling
Oct 22, 2013, 1:44:00 PM
The case is EEOC v. Peoplemark, an appeals ruling decided on 10/7/13 [2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 20408]. We previously reported the district court ruling...
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Status Update on VETS-100a and EEO-1 Filings
Oct 22, 2013, 1:43:00 PM
Now that federal employees are back to work after the government shutdown, what is the status of the EEO-1 and VETS-100A annual required filings? The...
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Government Shutdown: What it Means For OFCCP
Oct 15, 2013, 9:12:00 AM
At the time this blog was written, the federal government has been closed for close to two weeks. In an earlier blog DCI staff suggested that federal...
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Medtronic Settles With OFCCP On Wage Discrimination Charges
Oct 8, 2013, 9:13:00 AM
In a news release dated 9/23/13, the OFCCP announced a $290,000 settlement with Medtronic Interventional Vascular Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of...
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Dukes V. Wal-Mart “Subclass” Plaintiffs Suffer Yet Another Loss
Oct 8, 2013, 9:11:00 AM
The case is Love v. Wal-Mart, decided on 9/4/13 by District Court Judge Robert N. Scolar, Jr. of the Southern District of Florida. The class is yet...
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En Banc Panel of 5th Circuit Supports Verdict of Same-Sex Harassment
Oct 8, 2013, 9:08:00 AM
The case is EEOC v. Boh Brothers, decided by a 10-6 vote by an en banc panel of the 5th Circuit on 9/27/13 [2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 19867]. The facts in...
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Business as Usual for the Contractor Community
Oct 1, 2013, 12:28:00 PM
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is a part of the government shutdown occurring today. It is important for federal...
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Choose Your Own Comparator: The Importance of Race Coding Strategy in Compensation Equity Analyses
Oct 1, 2013, 10:29:00 AM
In a prior blog post, we indicated that OFCCP has taken a position that the specific strategy for dummy coding races in a regression analysis does...