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    OFCCP Releases Directive 310 Providing Guidance on Back Pay Calculations

    OFCCP has released Directive 310 to provide guidance on calculating back pay as a part of make whole relief for victims of employment discrimination...

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    UGESP Series Post #4: Implementation of Selection Systems – A Key Piece of The Validation Puzzle

    In this installment of our UGESP series, we address an aspect of the validation process that presents significant EEO enforcement risk if overlooked:...

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    Initial Effects of Directive 307 During OFCCP Audits

    In light of the recent OFCCP Directive 307, DCI has noted trends during audit situations related to how OFCCP staff are interpreting and enforcing...

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    Subgroup Analyses Under Directive 307: Awaiting an Update From OFCCP

    Since its release in February 2013, Directive 307 has certainly been on the mind of federal contractors. This blog has covered a number of issues...

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    OFCCP Settles With TUFTS Associated Health Plans on Race-Based Claims of Discrimination and Retaliation

    In a press release dated July 17, 2013, the OFCCP announced that Tufts Associated Health Plans has agreed to a $372,739 settlement related to charges...

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    UPDATE TO OFCCP’s ONLINE CSAL LIST

    In yesterday’s client alert, we announced that OFCCP has released its CSAL online. However, an official with OFCCP has stated that the release of...

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    Supreme Court Adopts Stricter Test for Proving Retaliation in Title VII Cases

    The case is University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar, decided on June 24, 2013 [2013 U.S. LEXIS 4704]. Excuse my delay … I have been...

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    OFCCP Begins Posting CSAL Notices Online

    At last year's Industry Liaison Group (ILG) National Conference in Hawaii, OFCCP Deputy Director Tom Dowd announced that the agency would begin...

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    OFCCP'S Disability and Protected Veteran Regulations: Are They Imminent?

    In our last update on the proposed Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities regulations, we discussed the delayed publication of the...

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    UGESP Series Post #1: Defining Employment Decisions and Selection Procedures Under UGESP

    In our last set of blog posts, we promised a series of posts attending to specific compliance issues related to the Uniform Guidelines on Employee...

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    UGESP Series Post #2: Analyzing Selection Decisions

    In selection systems that leverage more than one procedure and/or tool to make employment decisions, evaluation of disparities becomes complicated,...

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    Criminal Background Checks: Guilty Until Proven Valid

    EEOC recently sued BMW Manufacturing and Dollar General alleging that their use of criminal background checks resulted in discrimination against...

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