DCI Consulting Blog

By Cassie Alfheim and Fred Satterwhite

BLOG OVERVIEW: On June 26, 2026, EEOC announced a $2.8 million sex discrimination settlement with LeachGarner, a Berkshire Hathaway metallurgical company, over allegations that it segregated jobs by sex and...

By Fred Satterwhite

BLOG OVERVIEW: Federal regulators have extended approval for employers to continue collecting applicant race, ethnicity, and sex self-identification data under the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP)...

By Kristen Pryor and Cassie Alfheim

BLOG OVERVIEW: In EEOC v. Psychological Dimensions, LLC, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued administrative subpoenas to a third-party pre-employment assessment vendor, not the public employers...

By Joanna Colosimo

BLOG OVERVIEW: On June 4, 2026, EEOC adopted a new National Enforcement Plan (NEP) for Fiscal Years 2025–2029, replacing the prior FY2024–2028 Strategic Enforcement Plan and marking one of the most significant shifts in federal...

By Keli Wilson

BLOG OVERVIEW: Following President Trump's Executive Order 14173, federal contractors face significant changes to equal employment opportunity compliance requirements. While federal agencies continue submitting annual MD-715 reports...

By Cassie Alfheim

Blog Overview: EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas recently sat down with David Fortney of Fortney Scott to discuss EEOC's new quorum, data collection, and illegal DEI. DCI discusses the key takeaways for employers.

On November 19, 2025,...

By Joanna Colosimo

Blog Overview: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released new guidance on discrimination against American workers. This guidance includes examples of potential discrimination and additional information for employers,...

By Fred Satterwhite

Brittany Panuccio, President Trump’s nominee to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), was confirmed by the U.S. Senate by a 51-47 party-line vote on October 7, 2025, as part of a bloc of 108...

By Lily Kerr

BLOG OVERVIEW:The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has entered into a consent decree with Battleground Restaurants, Inc. and Battleground Restaurant Group, Inc. regarding discriminatory practices towards males. Notably,...

By Lily Kerr, M.S.

In a press release published July 24, 2025, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas announced the recent appointments of three top officials at the agency: Sharon Rose, serving as Chief Operating...

By Amanda Bowman and Emily Kimble

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has officially opened the2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection portal as of today, May 20, 2025. All private-sector employers with 100 or more employees are now...

By Dave Cohen and Joanna Colosimo

Recently, there have been many questions regarding the collection of demographic data from employees and applicants by employers. Executive Order 14173 and other executive and agency actions by the Trump...