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...
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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.
- Is the comparator group “White” or is...
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307 outlines policies for evaluating compensation data that depart in three primary ways from guidance presented in the rescinded Compensation Standards: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...
by Keli Wilson, Senior Consultant, DCI Consulting Group OFCCP officially rescinded the 2006 compensation standards and guidelines and released Directive 307 to replace previous guidance.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...
Most federal contractors have been eagerly awaiting news on the Section 503 and 4212 regulations that have been in the works for several years now. The future of the regulations relied upon the outcome of the 2012 presidential election. There was a...
On Nov. 15, 2012, OFCCP’s Senior Program Advisor Pam Coukos and Mid-Atlantic Regional Director Michele Hodge presented at the Washington Metro Industry Liaison Group (WMILG) meeting. Baltimore District Director Tom Wells and Arlington Area Director...