DCI Consulting Blog

by Eric Dunleavy, Sul-Kee Kim, David Morgan & Keli Wilson, DCI Consulting Group

DCI staff attended the Washington Metro Industry Liaison Group (WMILG) meeting at U.S. Foodservice’s Manassas facility on February 19, 2009. The meeting was organized...

The Institute for Workplace Equality a nonprofit employer association based in Washington DC, was quoted in a special article published in BNA Daily Labor Report® (subscription required) featuring the outlook for OFCCP in 2009. A summary of these...

On December 30, 2008 OFCCP reported that in fiscal year 2008, the agency won a record $67,510,982 in back pay, salary and benefits for 24,508 U.S. workers who had been subjected to unlawful employment discrimination. Charles James, then deputy...

In addition to its release of FY 08 enforcement statistics, OFCCP also posted a new FAQ section on the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) on its website. OFCCP stated in one of the FAQs that conforming amendments will be made to OFCCP’s Section 503...

On January 12, 2009, OFCCP announced the five federal contractor establishments selected for the 2008 G-FIVE Program (Good Faith Initiative for Veterans Employment). All of the recipients demonstrated “best practices” for the employment and...

Washington, DC – Paul Wells, Compensation Consultant at The Boeing Company, was recently elected and named Chair of the Board of The Center for Corporate Equality, according to Patricia Schaeffer, Executive Director for the national nonprofit...

by Sul-Kee Kim, Consultant, DCI Consulting Group, Inc. On January 8, 2009, OFCCP held a webinar to discuss its online application system directive and to provide additional tools and resources to assist Federal contractors in complying with the...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOFCCP reports the first list of contractor establishments was available to OFCCP regional offices beginning the week of October 6, 2008 for scheduling of compliance evaluations during this...

Employers who entered into and/or modified a federal contract of $25,000 or more before December 1, 2003 are required to file a VETS-100 Report annually by the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended (VEVRAA). The...

On August 1, 2008 the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) updated their interim guidance document on federal contractors’ use of the newly revised race/ethnic categories in the new EEO-1 report. The revised document further...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOFCCP announced two new initiatives on July 24, 2008 regarding hiring veterans and online applicant selection systems.1. Good-Faith Initiative for Veterans Employment (G-FIVE): This initiative...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOFCCP posted a new administrative directive on their website entitled “Preserving Employment and Personnel Records in Electronic Format.” The new directive dated May 14, 2008 sets forth OFCCP’s...