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Application of Human Capital Theory to the Analysis of Pay Equity

February 11, 2018

Recently, in some OFCCP audits and private litigation, the Agency and plaintiffs’ statistical experts have applied a Human Capital Theory (Becker, 1975) approach when evaluating compensation disparities between different subgroups. According to...

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Help Is On The Way! Task Force Approves Draft Documents to Enhance Compliance with California Equal Pay Act

February 10, 2018

On January 10th, the California Pay Equity Task Force approved the substance of several draft documents that provide guidance to employers on complying with the California Equal Pay Act (CEPA) in light of amendments enacted over the past several...

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U.K. and Germany: Combatting the Pay Gap

February 09, 2018

Pay equity continues to be a topic to discuss! For example, numerous states have recently issued new pay equity laws or strengthened their existing ones (for example, California, Maryland, New York, and Oregon, to name a few). This emphasis is also...

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Bank of America Creates Policy Banning Prior Salary Interview Question

February 02, 2018

Bank of America (BoA) sent a memo recently to its employees stating that all employees will be prohibited from asking job candidates about their prior salary starting March 2018. Bank of America deemed this policy as another step toward bridging the...

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DCI Releases Salary Adjustment White Paper

October 20, 2017
 

DCI Principal Consultants Mike Aamodt, Lisa Harpe, and Murray Simpson have authored a white paper with DCI President David Cohen titled The Science, Art, and Whimsy of Making Salary Adjustments Following a Proactive Pay Equity Study. David...

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California Pay Equity Report Vetoed

October 16, 2017

On October 15th, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a pay equity report that would require employers with 500 or more employees to file a statement with the Secretary of State with information on gender wage differentials.

The AB-1209 bill...

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Takeaways from Texas: 2017 NILG Recap

August 21, 2017

The Industry Liaison Group’s National Conference was held August 1-4th in San Antonio, Texas. This conference brings together federal contractors, Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCCP), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and...

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DCI Staff Attend SIOP’S 32nd Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida

May 22, 2017

The 32nd Annual Conference for the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) was held April 26-29, 2017 in Orlando, Florida. This conference brings together members of the I/O community, both practitioners and academics, to discuss...

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Governor of New York signs Two Executive Orders Designed to Close the Wage Gap

January 10, 2017

On January 9, 2017, Governor Cuomo of New York proposed a progressive agenda for the state which included signing two state Executive Orders designed to eliminate the wage gap.

New York Executive Order 161 prohibits asking applicants about their...

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We Might be Paid Differently, But Are Our Jobs Really the Same?

September 05, 2016

Based on feedback at NILG, we thought our clients may have interest in some background research that we shared in our NILG session: We Might be Paid Differently, But Are Our Jobs Really the Same? A significant portion of the presentation focused on...

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Understanding the Attorney-Client Relationship: Know your rights

March 29, 2016

Federal contractors doing business with the federal government must comply with the regulations enforced by OFCCP and during a compliance evaluation, they must submit all items on the scheduling letter. However, some of the proactive analyses that...

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New Year’s Resolutions: What to Expect in 2016 with OFCCP?

January 18, 2016

As contractors prepare for 2016, we want to share some reminders on what to be prepared for in the New Year with OFCCP and EEO compliance. 

1.)    First full year of 503/VEVRAA analytics under Subpart C

Contractors were required to come into...

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