Beginning August 17th, many contractors have received an email from OFCCP for an OFCCP Customer Experience Survey, linking to a unique SurveyMonkey link. In the justification to OMB, OFCCP noted the survey would be sent to contractors who have...
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August 18, 2015
August 18, 2015
Over the past few weeks, OFCCP has released a variety of resources for federal contractors and subcontractors with emphasis on revised Section 503 and VEVRAA regulations. The resources include the following:
- Infographic to help Veterans determine...
In accordance with the revised Section 503 regulations, federal contractors are required to invite applicants and employees to voluntarily disclose disability status from employees and applicants and including these figures in their affirmative...
Nearly one year has passed since the signing of the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order (EO 13673) by President Obama on July 24, 2014. On May 28, 2015, a news release announced the publication of the proposed guidance issued by the...
The 30th Annual Conference for the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) was held April 22-25, 2015 in Philadelphia, PA. This conference brings together members of the I/O community, both practitioners and academics, to discuss...
May 07, 2015
According to a recent BNA report, the New York City Council, controlled by the Democratic Party, voted 47 to 3 to make credit history checks illegal under the city’s Human Rights Law. Council leaders noted that consumer credit information is often...
April 21, 2015
OFCCP updated the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) Benchmark Database on its website, based on 2014 end-of-year data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Now, the Annual National Benchmark is 7 percent – a slight drop...
The 30th annual conference of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology (SIOP) will take place in Philadelphia, PA April 23rd-25th. Once again DCI staff are well represented across a number of interesting sessions related to EEO/AA...
April 14, 2015
The comment period for the proposed sex discrimination rule ends today, April 14, 2015. The original March 31st deadline was extended, due to the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Young v. United Parcel Service. On March 25th, the U.S. Supreme...
April 10, 2015
On April 8, 2015, updates to Executive Order (EO) 11246 per EO 13672 took effect, prohibiting discrimination by all covered federal contractors and subcontractors on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. To better inform the federal...
April 02, 2015
On March 18, 2015, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a news release providing the most up-to-date facts and figures on national veteran employment. Using 2014 employment data from the Current...
In accordance with the revised Section 503 regulations, Federal contractors are now collecting voluntary self-identifications of disability status from employees and applicants and including these figures in their affirmative action plans. This...
