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House Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on OFCCP Actions

April 12, 2012

by Fred Satterwhite, Principal Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupThe U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Education and the Workforce has scheduled a hearing entitled "Reviewing the Impact of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs'...

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7TH CIRCUIT Ruling on Adverse Impact, Pattern or Practice, and Class Certification

April 10, 2012

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe case Puffer v. Allstate Ins. Co. was handed down on March 27, 2012 [2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 6213]. The headline reads that the 7th Circuit upheld a lower court ruling rejecting class...

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CONGRESSMAN MEEKS CITES ROMNEY IN PROPOSED BILL ON DISCLOSURE OF MINORITIES AND WOMEN IN VARIOUS PAY BRACKETS

January 30, 2012

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn 1/18/12, Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) introduced H.R. 3791 requiring public companies to disclose their pay brackets and how many women and minorities fall within them. This bill would...

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Obama Signs National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

January 11, 2012

The NDAA was signed into law on December 31, 2011. Critically, Section 715 of the NDAA exempts TRICARE providers from coverage as federal contractors (see link below).

TRICARE is the healthcare program that covers active duty soldiers, retired...

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OFCCP NAMES NEW DIRECTOR OF THE MIDWEST REGION

November 18, 2011

DCI has learned that Bradley A. Anderson will become the Director of OFCCP’s Midwest Regional Office. Director Anderson has been with the agency for 16 years and was most recently the director of the Charlotte District Office in North Carolina. The...

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EEOC & OFCCP UPDATE THEIR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

November 18, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyA new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the EEOC and OFCCP was signed on 11/7/11 by EEOC Director Jacqueline A. Berrien and Patricia A. Shui and may be viewed at ...

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PROPOSED CHANGES TO CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY (CPS) DISABILITY SUPPLEMENT

October 21, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a release dated 10/19/11, the DOL announced proposed changes to the CPS Disability Supplement survey. The proposed changes are in accord with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995...

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Employee Misclassification Prevention Act Reintroduced in House of Representatives

October 18, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyFollowing closely on the heels of the joint DOL-IRS announcement to improve efforts to identify employer practices of misclassification (9/19/11 – see alert posted on 10/18/11),...

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DOL Announces Memorandum to Address Misclassification of Employees

October 18, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a news release dated September 19,2011, DOL Secretary Hilda Solis announced an agreement between the DOL and IRS to improve efforts to identify employer practices of misclassification...

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OPM & EEOC LAUNCH INITIATIVE TO REDUCE SEX-BASED PAY DISPARITIES IN GOVERNMENT

August 26, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology On August 16, 2011 OPM Director John Berry and EEOC Chair Jacqueline A. Berrien issued a memorandum to all civilian federal employees during EEOC's Examining Conflicts in Employment Law...

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DCI Staff Attend 29th ILG Annual Conference Held In New Orleans

August 08, 2011

The 29th Annual National Conference for the Industry Liaison Group (ILG) was held July 25 – 29, 2011 in New Orleans, LA. This annual conference brings together members of the federal contracting community to discuss affirmative action and equal...

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UNIFORM GUIDELINES EXTENDED WITHOUT CHANGES

August 05, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe EEOC announced on July 28 that it gave notice of its intention to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) its intent to submit the recordkeeping requirement in the...

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