By: Dave Schmidt and Bre Timko
If you have been following the state of New York City’s Local Law 144, which is intended to regulate the use of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs) used to make or substantially assist hiring decisions, you may...
By: Brittany Dian-Hansell
On Friday, March 31, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) updated the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark to 5.4 percent, slightly down from 5.5 percent in...
By: Joanna Colosimo
Update as of March 30, 2023:
On March 30, Jenny Yang sent a personal message to the OFCCP stakeholder community discussing her new role and reflecting on her time at OFCCP.
March 29, 2023:
As reported yesterday in various...
By: Sheryl Harmening
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is proposing changes to the agency’s Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability form. The current version of the form is set to expire on May 31, 2023. The proposed changes...
By: Bobbie Burton and Keli Wilson
This is part 5 of our 8-part blog series, Psychological Safety and Advancing Workforce Equity.
Implementing organizational policies and practices that increase employee perceptions of fairness and justice is...
By: Evan Szarenski
On March 9, President Biden released his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2024, which will cover October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024. In the days that followed, the U.S. Department of Labor has issued several documents that...
By: Terri Cordia and Bill Osterndorf
On March 14, 2023, the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) launched its Mega Construction Project (Megaproject) Program. The Megaproject Program is another step towards OFCCP’s efforts to...
By: Cassie Alfheim
As predicted in DCI’s earlier blog post, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced today that the agency will open its Contractor Portal on March 31, 2023. This is the second year of OFCCP’s requirement...
By: Keli Wilson and Jasmine Beecham
This is part 4 of our 8-part blog series, Psychological Safety and Advancing Workforce Equity.
Key takeaways associated with establishing psychological safety, as learned in the previous installment of this...
By: Chad Peddie and Tyler Wurtz
This is part 3 of our 8-part blog series, Psychological Safety and Advancing Workforce Equity.
In the previous installment in this series, we discussed how employees, in general, evaluate the risks and potential...
