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by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe revision is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on 12/9/11. At issue are regulations relating to affirmative action provisions, and specifies actions contractors and...

OFCCP Releases Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination Obligations of Contractors and Subcontractors Regarding Individuals with DisabilitiesBy David Cohen, President, DCI Consulting Group On December 8th, 2011 OFCCP...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe complaint was filed on 11/29/11 with OFCCP’s Office of Administrative Law Judges (see http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ofccp/OFCCP20111648.htm). It alleges that Cargill...

The government is responding to the return of our military service members with various initiatives to increase veterans’ employment opportunities in the civilian workforce. One initiative that will directly affect the federal contractor community...

DCI has learned that Bradley A. Anderson will become the Director of OFCCP’s Midwest Regional Office. Director Anderson has been with the agency for 16 years and was most recently the director of the Charlotte District Office in North Carolina. The...

by Eric Dunleavy, Ph.D., DCI Consulting GroupOn November 16th the EEOC held their last public meeting of calendar year 2011. I was able to attend the meeting, which focused on (1) ADEA regulations and (2) disabled veteran equal employment...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn an unusual show of bipartisan support, the Senate voted 95-0 on 11/10/11 to pass the “Vow to Hire Heroes Act” (or simply the “Act”). The Act is designed to help unemployed veterans...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyA new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the EEOC and OFCCP was signed on 11/7/11 by EEOC Director Jacqueline A. Berrien and Patricia A. Shui and may be viewed at ...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe refusal to grant certiorari in this case was handed down on 11/14/11 (2011 U.S. LEXIS 8265). Ordinarily, refusal to grant certiorari is no big deal … indeed, it’s the norm, not the...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe proposed rules (or simply “Rules”) were published on 2/18/10, as reported in an Alert on 3/2/10. The Rules may be viewed at https://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-3126.htm. The...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a ruling on 10/26/11, Judge John E. Conway of the District Court of New Mexico ordered the EEOC to pay $140,000 in attorneys’ fees to Tricore Reference Labs for “frivolous,...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a ruling by Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Linda S. Chapman, the law firm of O’Melevny & Myers (or simply the “Firm”) was deemed a federal contractor subject to the provisions of...