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Illinois Equal Pay Registration Certificate Deadline is March 23

February 15, 2024

By Sally Makreff and Bill Osterndorf

Employers subject to the Equal Pay Registration Certificate (EPRC) portion of the Illinois Equal Pay Act must submit application materials to the State of Illinois by March 23, 2024, to obtain an EPRC. The Equal...

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OFCCP Announces Additional Reviews for Construction Megaprojects

October 12, 2023

By: Bill Osterndorf

On Friday, October 6, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced that there would be 12 additional compliance reviews of construction megaprojects. The agency had previouslyprovided a list of 12...
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OFCCP Sends Flood of Scheduling Letters

October 02, 2023

By: Bill Osterndorf and Joanna Colosimo

During the week of September 25, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) sent a flood of scheduling letters to federal contractors and subcontractors. It is...
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What Happens to OFCCP During a Government Shutdown?

September 27, 2023

By: Bill Osterndorf

The end of the federal fiscal year is rapidly approaching. As of September 26, Congress has yet to pass a budget for the 2024 federal fiscal year that starts October 1, 2023If Congress fails to find a way to fund the...
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New Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL)

September 08, 2023

By: Mitchell Chamberlin

Today, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published its latest Corporate Scheduling Announcement List(CSAL), which includes 973 unique companies and is comprised of 922Supply and Service...
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EEO-1 Filing Deadline Announced

September 01, 2023

By: Mitchell Chamberlin

On September 1, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced the 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection will open on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. The deadline for employers to file their EEO-1 reports is...
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OMB Approves OFCCP’s Scheduling Letter

August 25, 2023

By: Joanna Colosimo, Bill Osterndorf, Amanda Bowman

On August 24, 2023, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) posted an “Approved with Change” action for OFCCP’s proposed revisions to its ...
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EEO-1 Form Approved for 1 year Only; Fall Collection Likely

August 24, 2023

By: Zach Olsen

Earlier this month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC)’s request was approvedto renew a slightly streamlined version of its EEO-1 data collection form. This was expected, as EEOC (like other government agencies),...
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EEOC Settles First AI Hiring Bias Lawsuit

August 24, 2023

By: Bre Timko, Dave Schmidt, Grace Boudjalis

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) settled its first lawsuit concerning artificial intelligence (AI) bias in hiring with iTutorGroup Inc. (now known as Fullmind), an organization that...
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Kotagal Sworn in as EEOC Commissioner

August 15, 2023

By: Grace Boudjalis and Sarah Layman

On August 9, 2023, Kalpana Kotagal was sworn in as a Commissioner for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).President Biden nominated Kotagalfor her current post in April 2022; she was ...
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OFCCP Continues to Focus on Construction Companies

June 15, 2023

By: Bill Osterndorf

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) continues to focus on the affirmative action initiatives of construction companies. The agency’s latest action in this regard was the release ...

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Illinois Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Pay Scale Disclosures

June 06, 2023

By: Bill Osterndorf

On May 17, 2023, the Illinois legislature passed a bill requiring various pay scale disclosures in job postings. This bill, House Bill (HB) 3129, amends the Illinois Equal Pay Act. If HB 3129 is signed into law by Illinois...

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