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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), living up to a promise of more transparency and open government under Secretary Hilda L. Solis, has launched an enforcement data web site to make data collected by DOL agencies accessible and searchable by the...

by Fred Satterwhite, Senior Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupFederal contractors are currently receiving the Spring 2010 edition of OFCCP's Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letter (CSAL), which was sent to contractors' chief executive officers at...

On March 12, 2010, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis testified in front of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies regarding the DOL’s FY 2011 budget. Text of Secretary Solis’s prepared...

(UPDATE: Final rule published on May 20, 2010)

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) a final rule prescribing the details of the notice of employee rights under Federal labor...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of PsychologyOn January 21, 2010 Linda S. Chapman, a Labor Department Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), ruled that Bank of America (BOA) was guilty of a pattern or practice of discrimination against...

by Joanna Colosimo, Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupFor Fiscal Year 2010, there was a 16% increase to the OFCCP’s budget, which represents the largest percentage increase the agency has received on record. This addition to the agency’s budget will...

by Keli Parody Wilson, Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupThe contractor community has seen a shift in the agencies focus since Patricia Shiu started with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), such as increased attention on the...

The full report is available at http://www.dol.gov/dol/budget/2011/PDF/CBJ-2011-V2-04.pdf. Major features include:· OFCCP will randomly select establishments 2 industries in FY 2010 for baseline measures. Establishments will be re-evaluated in FY...

On January 21, 2010, Linda S. Chapman, a Labor Department ALJ ruled that Bank of America (BOA) discriminated against black applicants for four entry-level jobs in 1993 and from 2002 to 2005. BOA was given 14 days to appeal the ruling to the...

The full report is available at http://www.cceq.org/. The major findings in the reports are:

• Number of settlements increased from 61 in FY 2007 to 73 in FY 2008

• As in FY 2007, over 95% of the settlements involved allegations of systemic...

The first of five FAQs summarizes the Ricci ruling and the remaining four address whether Ricci affects how OFCCP will conduct compliance evaluations; whether Ricci alters contractor obligations relating to affirmative action and test validation;...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its FY 2011 budget request on February 1, including descriptions of several planned enforcement initiatives for OFCCP. Among the highlights are the following:

• “OFCCP will select two industries and...