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FY2012 CORPORATE SCHEDULING ANNOUNCEMENT LETTERS (CSAL) RELEASED

January 03, 2012

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released the Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letter (CSAL) for its scheduling of the FY2012 compliance evaluations. The letters were sent out on or about December 20, 2011. Historically,...

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OFCCP FILES ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT AGAINST BRUNSWICK CORPORATION

December 08, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe complaint was filed on 12/1/11 with the OFCCP’s Office of Administrative Law Judges (OFCCP v. Lund Boat Co. and Brunswick Corp.
Case Number: 2012-OFC-00002; see ...

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MORE ON OFCCP'S PROPOSAL TO REVISE REGULATIONS ON SEC 503 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973

December 08, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe revision is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on 12/9/11. At issue are regulations relating to affirmative action provisions, and specifies actions contractors and...

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OFCCP ISSUES NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING ON DISABILITY REGULATIONS

December 08, 2011

OFCCP Releases Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination Obligations of Contractors and Subcontractors Regarding Individuals with DisabilitiesBy David Cohen, President, DCI Consulting Group On December 8th, 2011 OFCCP...

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OFCCP FILES ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT AGAINST CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS

November 30, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe complaint was filed on 11/29/11 with the OFCCP’s Office of Administrative Law Judges (see http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ofccp/OFCCP20111648.htm). It alleges that Cargill...

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Actions and Resources for the Recruitment and Retention of Veterans

November 30, 2011

The government is responding to the return of our military service members with various initiatives to increase veterans’ employment opportunities in the civilian workforce. One initiative that will directly affect the federal contractor community...

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OFCCP NAMES NEW DIRECTOR OF THE MIDWEST REGION

November 18, 2011

DCI has learned that Bradley A. Anderson will become the Director of OFCCP’s Midwest Regional Office. Director Anderson has been with the agency for 16 years and was most recently the director of the Charlotte District Office in North Carolina. The...

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EEOC Meeting Focuses on Age Discrimination Rules and Removing EEO Barriers For Disabled Veterans

November 18, 2011

by Eric Dunleavy, Ph.D., DCI Consulting GroupOn November 16th the EEOC held their last public meeting of calendar year 2011. I was able to attend the meeting, which focused on (1) ADEA regulations and (2) disabled veteran equal employment...

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LAW FIRM SUBJECT OF OFCCP RULES

November 15, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a ruling by Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Linda S. Chapman, the law firm of O’Melevny & Myers (or simply the “Firm”) was deemed a federal contractor subject to the provisions of...

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DOL Granted Summary Judgment by District Court in United Space Alliance V. Solis

November 15, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn November 14th, 2011 a D.C. District Court judge dismissed a complaint by United Space Alliance that OFCCP violated its 4th amendment and other rights by requesting detailed employee...

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Caviness Beef Packers Agrees to $600,000 Settlement with OFCCP

October 27, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe settlement was announced in a news release dated 10/20/11 on the OFCCP website (http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/). The allegation in this case is that Caviness was guilty of discrimination...

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CCE Submits Comments on Compensation Data Collection Tool NPRM

October 10, 2011

October 11, 2011 - CCE submitted the following comments on OFCCP’s NPRM for the proposed compensation data collection tool. These comments were submitted through www.regulations.gov.CCE Comments on Compensation Data Collection Tool

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