DCI Consulting Blog

President Trump has selected Janet Dhillon to serve as the next EEOC Chair and Commissioner. Dhillon was the general counsel of Burlington Stores and spent 13 years at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP. If confirmed, Dhillon would replace...

The month of June is typically when federal contractors begin preparations to pull data for the VETS 4212 and EEO-1 report filings. However, with the new March 2018 filing due date for the revised EEO-1 reporting, contractors are facing a unique...

The 43^rd annual national conference for the American Association for Access, Equity, and Diversity (AAAED) was held June 7-9, 2017 in Scottsdale, Arizona. This conference brings together diversity professionals from across the country, including EO...

The Department of Labor’s Fiscal Year 2018 (FY2018) budget proposal was released May 23, 2017.  The budget outlines the initiatives and priorities of the new administration, and as predicted by DCI, recommends merging the Office of Federal Contract...

The 32nd Annual Conference for the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) was held April 26-29, 2017 in Orlando, Florida. This conference brings together members of the I/O community, both practitioners and academics, to discuss...

Today, May 2nd, 2017, DCI Consulting Group announced the release of EEOPay, the latest version of DCI’s industry leading pay equity analysis software. Developed in response to expanded state laws, activist investors, international and U.S....

On April 27, 2017, the U.S. Senate confirmed Alexander Acosta as the 27^th U.S. Secretary of Labor. He was sworn in the next day, April 28^th. In the 60 to 38 vote, eight Democrats voted in favor of Acosta. In addition, the confirmation occurred just...

A private compensation discrimination case alleging Allsteel discriminated against three former female managers in pay was brought to the attention of the Eighth Circuit Court.  The court’s ruling on Dindinger v. Allsteel, Inc. deemed OFCCP’s...

Today, April 4, 2017, people across the United States will observe a national day to bring awareness around the gender pay gap. This date symbolizes how far into 2017 women must work to earn what men made in 2016, based on national pay averages.

On...

Trending in the technology industry is the Atlassian 2017 State of Diversity Report released publicly on the Atlassian website. The report highlights key outcomes of a survey that reached 1,400 technology workers across the United States without a...

As United States employers see increasing legislative requirements for eliminating the gender pay gap, companies around the world are seeing similar trends coming from their national governments.

On April 6, 2017, the UK’s Equality Act 2010 (Gender...

Today, March 31, 2017, the annual Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark was updated on the VEVRAA Benchmark Database.  The benchmark – 6.7 percent – is effective March 31, 2017.

Contractors who adopted the...