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On November 30, 2017 the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report on Diversity in the Technology Sector and how federal agencies such as EEOC and OFCCP could improve oversight.  

Recommendations from the report include the...

On November 20, 2017, Employment Law Now released Part 2 of DCI President David Cohen's interview with Michael Schmidt titled: I-19 – Part 2 of Interview on Conducting Internal Pay Equity Audits. This is a follow up to Part 1 of this series. To...

Two recent OFCCP rulings in the Pacific region have clarified information exchange obligations between contractors and OFCCP in audit matters. Although we have summarized the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) rulings in both the Google (OFCCP v....

On November 8, 2017, DCI President David Cohen was featured as a guest expert in Part 1 of Employment Law Now's latest podcast, titled: I-18- DC Update on Joint Employer and OT Issues, and Part 1 of an Expert Interview on Pay Equity Audits. The free...

VETS announced mid-September that the deadline for filing VETS-4212 reports would be extended to November 15, 2017 to accommodate the needs of those companies impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Federal contractors who file by the extended...

DCI Consulting Group, Inc. is pleased to announce the new Client Resource portal, exclusively for DCI Clients. Our portal is a one-stop, centralized library of ‘how-to’ guides for the busy compliance, talent/acquisition, diversity, and...

DCI Principal Consultants Mike Aamodt, Lisa Harpe, and Murray Simpson have authored a white paper with DCI President David Cohen titled The Science, Art, and Whimsy of Making Salary Adjustments Following a Proactive Pay Equity Study. David...

On October 17, 2017, the National Industry Liaison Group (NILG) hosted a webinar for its constituents. This event provided an opportunity for those who could not attend the ILG Conference in San Antonio to hear synopses of the content presented by...

On October 15th, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a pay equity report that would require employers with 500 or more employees to file a statement with the Secretary of State with information on gender wage differentials.

The AB-1209 bill...

One of the things The Institute for Workplace Equality is most well-known for is the Annual OFCCP Enforcement Update, which this year featured DCI’s own David Cohen along with Jon Geier, a partner at Paul Hastings. The recorded webinar is free to...

The proposed merger for fiscal year 2018 is on its last legs. The merger was originally intended to streamline government processes and cut costs as part of the Trump Administration’s new focus, but has encountered several barriers in practice.

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Yesterday the National Women’s Law Center and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed FOIA requests directed at OMB, seeking information to shed light on the decision making process that resulted in its recent decision to halt the...