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Three hospitals affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) were considered subcontractors by District Court Judge Friedman on March 30, 2013. The case is UPMC Braddock v. Harris and includes UPMC Braddock, UPMC McKeesport and...

Given the recent wave of OFCCP courtesy letters sent to federal contractors this month, we thought a short review of the process in moving from courtesy letter to scheduling letter would be of interest to readers of this blog. The OFCCP utilizes the...

Given the recent wave of OFCCP courtesy and scheduling letters, we thought that a blog on early preparations in the OFCCP audit process would be of interest. Recall that all federal contractors and subcontractors in receipt of a supply and service...

Federal contractors and subcontractors that are covered under the Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974 (VEVRAA) are required to take affirmative action in employing and advancing covered veterans. In practice, this means that contractors...

OFCCP’s recent webinars on Directive 307 stated that compensation investigations will focus on individual race/ethnicity differences. If that is the case, a number of analytic questions require clarification.

OFCCP recently issued a large wave of announcement letters, as noted in the blog last week. These letters are in the form of the same “courtesy” letters that were sent at the end of 2012, rather than the traditional Corporate Scheduling Announcement...

OFCCP’s Directive 307 outlines policies for evaluating compensation data that depart in three primary ways from guidance presented in the rescinded Compensation Standards:

• No requirement to construct and analyze compensation data by Similarly...

OFCCP recently mailed its latest round of "courtesy" notices- the Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letter- to federal contractor establishments around the country. The form letters, dated March 27, 2013 and generically addressed to the "Human...

by Keli Wilson, Senior Consultant, DCI Consulting Group OFCCP officially rescinded the 2006 compensation standards and guidelines and released Directive 307 to replace previous guidance. Directive 307 describes the OFCCP procedures for compliance...

by Dave Sharrer, DCI Consulting GroupThis week, OFCCP Director Pat Shiu announced several changes to the OFCCP’s leadership staff.Tom Dowd has been named Deputy Director. With the retirement of Dr. Richard Fischer as the Director of Testing...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe Bill was introduced by Congressman Rodney Alexander, Republican from Louisiana. The stated purpose of the bill is:

To provide that a certain proposed rule published by the Office...

The directive was issued on January 29, 2013 and is effective immediately (see http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/directives/dir306.htm). The OFCCP endorses and builds upon EEOC guidance on criminal records in employment decisions issued on...