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Annual VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark Has Been Updated to 6.7 Percent

Today, March 31, 2017, the annual Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark was updated on the VEVRAA Benchmark...

President Trump Issued Executive Order Revoking Fair Pay & Safe Workplaces

On March 27, 2017, President Trump signed new legislation revoking Executive Order 13673 – Fair Pay & Safe Workplaces. As a result, federal...

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Predictions for the OFCCP 2018 Budget

President Trump recently released two items of interest to this industry: 1) an Executive Order on March 13th directing the Director of the Office of...

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Third Circuit Rules In Favor Of Subgroup Comparisons In ADEA Adverse Impact Claims

The case is Karlo v. Pittsburgh Glass Works, a class action ADEA ruling handed down on 1/10/17 [849 F.3d 61]. Pittsburgh Glass Works (the Company)...

OFCCP Begins Mailing Scheduling Letters

DCI has just learned that OFCCP began to send out audit scheduling letters on March 17th. At this time we are not certain how many were sent out, but...

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Diversity Challenges in the Tech Industry

With the recent news on diversity and inclusion challenges surfacing at Uber, CEO Travis Kalanick shared workforce diversity data related to...

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Recent Trend for 2017 OFCCP CSALs

As noted in a recent blog, 800 Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSAL or courtesy letter) were sent to contractor establishments on February...

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What the Revised Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision Means

As outlined in the Pay Transparency rule, federal contractors who enter into a new or modified contract of $10,000 or more on or after January 11,...

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Why Alexander Acosta might be a good pick for Secretary of Labor position

On February 16, Alexander Acosta, Dean of Florida International University (FIU), was nominated for Secretary of Labor, after the first nominee...

Geale Appointed Acting Solicitor of Labor

Last week, a Bush administration attorney, Nicholas Geale, was quietly named the Acting Solicitor of Labor. His name and contact information has been...

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CSAL letters are being issued as of February 17th

DCI has confirmed with OFCCP that a new round of CSAL letters were officially mailed as of February 17th. The letters were sent directly to...

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The OFCCP Institute Writes to EEOC requesting information on revised EEO-1 report

Through our previous blog posts, we have kept our readers updated on changes to EEO-1 reporting scheduled to go into effect March 2018. Recently,...