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Is OFCCP’s Equal Pay Report Doomed?

November 23, 2015

In the summer of 2014, OFCCP released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for collecting compensation data through an Equal Pay Report (EPR) as part of their initiative to combat pay discrimination. The EPR was slated to be final in November of...

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OFCCP Proposes New Language on Interagency Collaboration to be Included in Scheduling Letter

November 17, 2015

The OFCCP Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing - used to initiate OFCCP supply and service compliance evaluations - is set to expire March 31, 2016. In anticipation of this coming date, OFCCP must obtain approval through Office of Management and...

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OFCCP’s new voluntary poster – is it misleading?

November 13, 2015

OFCCP has released a new voluntary poster: Opening Doors of Opportunity for ALL Workers. The poster emphasizes the agency’s goals of diversity and equal opportunity, as well as expectations that federal contractors “must treat workers fairly and...

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Dissecting the CFPA

November 02, 2015

In another blog, Art Gutman provides an overview of the California Fair Pay Act (CFPA). The CFPA prohibits California employers from paying employees differently due to sex. This is not new, given existing law; however, some of the specifics...

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California Fair Pay Act – Validating Factors Used in Compensation

November 02, 2015

The new California Fair Pay Act (CFPA) is summarized in depth in a previous blog in this series. The CFPA includes strict stipulations for employing “[a] bona fide factor other than sex, such as education, training, or experience” to explain wage...

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The California Fair Pay Act: Does $0 Really Mean $0?

November 02, 2015

Prior to the recently enacted California Fair Pay Act (CFPA), federal and state laws and regulations allowed employers to justify sex differences in salaries by using statistical methodologies to control for legitimate pay factors such as education,...

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California Fair Pay Act: A Letter of Clarification?

November 02, 2015

As discussed in this blog series, the California Fair Pay Act (CFPA) was recently signed into law and provides for bona fide factors other than sex to explain wage differentials.  Separate from the final law, it should be noted that a letter from...

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OFCCP Expands Definition of “Protected Veteran”

October 19, 2015

In 2013, when the VEVRAA implementing regulations were revised, many contractors were confused by the “active duty wartime or campaign badge” category. The regulations define an “active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran” as a veteran who served...

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Fiscal Year End OFCCP Trends

October 12, 2015

In previous years, DCI has noted that the end of the Federal government’s fiscal year tends to also be a busy time for OFCCP settlements. In our 2014 blog, we identified six settlements with press releases in the month of September alone. It is...

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The New Class Member Locater: What Contractors Need to Know

October 09, 2015

On September 24, 2015, OFCCP held a celebratory event in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 11246. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez and OFCCP Director Pat Shiu, accompanied by a panel of distinguished...

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OFCCP Announces Final Rule to Promote Pay Transparency

September 10, 2015

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is publishing a Final Rule that promotes pay transparency by prohibiting federal contractors and subcontractors from discharging, or otherwise discriminating against their employees or job...

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Contractors Take Note: OFCCP Customer Experience Survey

August 18, 2015

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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