DCI Consulting Blog

by Eric Dunleavy, Ph.D., Senior Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupFor those of you looking for an excellent and current EEO/AA reference, the newest edition of Art Gutman’s EEO Law and Personnel Practices is now available.This edition, co-authored by...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyBased on published reports, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which enforces the National Relations Labor Act (NLRA), has accused American Medical Response of Connecticut of...

by David Cohen, President, DCI Consulting GroupAs described in a previous post, on October 20th EEOC held its first commissioner’s meeting of the year. The topic of interest was the use of credit checks to make employment decisions. The meeting was...

Applicant Tracking Systems have become a great tool for recruiting, they are used widely throughout the federal contractor community and have revolutionized the hiring practice. While assisting our clients, DCI has encountered numerous ATS vendors...

I wanted to make sure that readers of our DCI client alert were aware of another great EEO/AA resource. Dr. Rich Tonowski, Chief Psychologist at EEOC, is also the legal chair of the Personnel Testing Council of Metropolitan Washington D.C. (PTC/MW),...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyAs reported by several sources on 9/14/10, including BNA, Senate Majority Harry Reid, along with 13 co-sponsors, reintroduced the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA) (S. 3772), meaning the...

WASHINGTON D.C. - The Center for Corporate Equality (CCE) has released its expert Technical Advisory Report on Adverse Impact Analysis.

Overview

Although determining whether selection, promotion, and termination decisions result in adverse impact...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn his recent invited address to the International Personnel Assessment Council (IPAC) (July 2010), SIOP Fellow Dr. Michael A. McDaniel gave seven specific reasons (or flaws) for...

by David Cohen, President, DCI Consulting GroupOn July 10, 2010 Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis announced that the OFCCP will publish an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPM) early next year that will seek input from stakeholders on how to...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyArt Gutman reviewed the administrative law judge ruling in favor of OFCCP/against Bank of America here in February 2010. Gutman and Dunleavy have written a more detailed review of the...

At a White House Middle Class Task Force forum today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced new initiatives aimed at addressing pay equity and wage discrimination.

Of particular interest to Federal contractors was the announcement that...

by David Cohen, President, DCI Consulting GroupThe landscape of Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity has changed in recent years due to updated EEO laws and innovative new enforcement agency strategies.One recent change that has had...