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by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyLorraine McCarthy, staff writer for BNA, reported on May 17, 2010 that the OFCCP has charged AstraZeneca PLC with violating Executive Order 11246 in an administrative complaint filed on...

by David Cohen, President, DCI Consulting GroupAs described in an earlier DCI client update, the Department of Labor released a database summarizing recent OFCCP enforcement activity. One interesting section of that database lists individual...

By David Morgan, DCI Consulting Group

OFCCP began its first of three webinars on Wednesday, September 16, geared toward presenting information on the equal employment opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action (AA) provisions of Federal contracts...

On August 1, 2008 the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) updated their interim guidance document on federal contractors’ use of the newly revised race/ethnic categories in the new EEO-1 report. The revised document further...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsDCI Consulting Group Inc. has noticed a surprising new trend in how OFCCP conducts its adverse impact analyses.David Cohen, President of DCI, says that in working with his clients recently,...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn March 6, 2008, OFCCP held its second in a series of free national webinars to discuss its 2008 policy priorities and answer questions. OFCCP Deputy Director David Frank and the Policy...

The OFCCP has posted interim guidance on its website regarding the use of race and ethnic categories in affirmative action programs.

As stated in part in this interim guidance, in light of the changes made to the EEO-1 Report, OFCCP is drafting...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsA recent survey conducted by The Center for Corporate Equality reports that 29 percent of the companies polled said they will “never” resurvey their workforces under the Equal Employment...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThis is the time of year when federal agencies release their semi-annual regulatory agendas, as required by Executive Order 11286 and the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The agenda lists all...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Executive Director, The Center for Corporate EqualityThe Center for Corporate Equality has announced it will release the results of its EEO-1 Resurvey benchmarking mini-survey within the next few weeks. Survey participants...

Some employers have expressed some confusion about whether the EEOC requires employers to resurvey their workforces for EEO-1 reporting purposes, particularly after the 2007 EEO-1 filing. DCI has confirmed directly with the EEOC that there is no...

The Department of Labor published its semiannual regulatory agenda in the Federal Register (71 Fed. Reg. 73540) on December 11, 2006. OFCCP released the following regulatory items of interest to corporate affirmative action and EEO practitioners....