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CCE Releases Survey Results From Leading Experts and Contractors Regarding Rescission of the Compensation Standards and Guidelines

March 08, 2011

Shortly after the publication of OFCCP’s Notice of Proposed Rescission, the Center for Corporate Equality (CCE) conducted two surveys to determine the reactions of the contractor community to OFCCP’s proposal. The first survey was sent to...

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ALJ Rules on OFCCP's Desk Audit Screen of Item 11

March 04, 2011

by David Cohen, President, DCI Consulting GroupA recent ruling by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) regarding Item 11 requests has some important implications for both contractors and the OFCCP. The case, OFCCP v. United Space Alliance LLC, DOL,...

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OFCCP Plans to Rescind its 2006 Compensation Standards

March 04, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyAs noted in several recent DCI Blogspots, the OFCCP is proposing to rescind the Standards written in 2006 for evaluating systematic discrimination in compensation cases. As noted in...

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OFCCP Submits Compensation Data Collection Tool ANPRM to OMB

February 22, 2011

by Fred Satterwhite, Senior Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupOFCCP submitted its Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for "Non Discrimination In Compensation: Compensation Data Collection Tool" to the Office of Management and Budget's...

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OFCCP Introduces New Active Case Enforcement Directive

February 18, 2011

by Keli Wilson and Marcelle Clavette, DCI Consulting GroupOut with the old “Active Case Management” (ACM) and in with the new “Active Case Enforcement” (ACE) imposed by Patricia A. Shiu, Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs...

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The New OFCCP Tipping Point Test

February 18, 2011

by Jana Moberg, DCI Consulting GroupAs most of you are aware, Item 11 of OFCCP’s scheduling letter requests that compensation data be submitted with the desk audit submission. Item 11 reads: “Please provide annualized compensation data (wages,...

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OFCCP SETTLES GENDER HIRING CASE WITH GREEN BAY DRESSED BEEF FOR $1.65 MILLION

February 04, 2011

OFCCP announced on February 3 that the agency had reached a settlement agreement with Green Bay Dressed Beef LLC that will pay $1.65 million in back wages, interest, and benefits to 970 women who were rejected for general laborer positions at the...

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CCE Systemic Compensation Discrimination Survey

January 24, 2011

As you probably are aware, OFCCP has released a notice to rescind its Interpretive Standards for Systemic Compensation Discrimination and Voluntary Guidelines. In support of this notice, OFCCP has stated that most contractors are not using the...

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TOM DOWD joins OFCCP as Director of the Division of Program Operations

January 20, 2011

Thomas M. Dowd joins OFCCP as Director of the Division of Program Operations where he will oversee the Functional Affirmative Action Program Unit and DPO’s three branches: Enforcement and Appeals, Field Liaison Operations and Technical Assistance,...

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Class Certification Denied Despite Prior OFCCP Audit

January 18, 2011

The case is Randall v. Rolls Royce, decided on March 12, 2010. The facts of this case are hardly extraordinary. Two named plaintiffs at Rolls Royce sued for systemic sex discrimination under Title VII and unequal pay for equal work under the Equal...

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EEOC Reports Record High Private Sector Claims in FY 2010

January 18, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a press release on 1/11/11, the EEOC reported a record number of discrimination claims in the private sector for FY 2010, which ended on September 30, 2010. The actual number was...

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Classic Example of Sex-Plus Discrimination

January 18, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a settlement announced by the EEOC with Denver Hotel Management Co., the company agreed to a $105,000 settlement for failure to promote Renate Rivelli for sex-plus discrimination in...

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