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DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATORS REINTRODUCE PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT

February 14, 2013

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyWe’ve reported on the past attempts to enact the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA) in at leaset a dozen Alerts. By design, the PFA would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by, among...

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Pay Equity Voluntary Compliance & Monitoring Tips From OFCCP Senior Staff

December 21, 2012

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...

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FIELD STUDY SHEDS FURTHER LIGHT ON WAGE GAP

November 20, 2012

The study was published by Andreas Liebbrant and John A. List on August 23, 2012 and is entitled Do Women Avoid Salary Negotiations? Evidence From A Large-Scale Natural Field Experiment [NBER working paper #18511]. The first author graciously sent...

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AAUW RELEASES REPORT ON GENDER GAP IN WAGES

November 20, 2012

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe report is based on data from college graduates in 2007 and 2008 that were employed full time a year after their graduation. The report may be viewed at: ...

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DCI Staff Attend the 30th Annual ILG National Conference & Exposition

September 24, 2012
The 2012 Industry Liaison Group (ILG) National Conference was held August 27-31, 2012 in Waikoloa, HI. DCI staff attended the 30th annual conference, and presented in numerous workshop sessions on such topic areas as systemic discrimination...
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COURT DISMISSES EQUAL PAY ACT (EPA) CASE BY EEOC

June 05, 2012

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology

The case is EEOC v. Port Authority of N.Y. & N.J. decided on 5/17/12 (see http://www.nylj.com/nylawyer/adgifs/decisions/052112buchwald.pdf). The case began in 2007 when a female...
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DCI Staff Attend Swarm ILG Conference: What You Need To Know

May 03, 2012

The Annual Southwest and Rocky Mountain (SWARM) Region Industry Liaison Group (ILG)Conference was held April 10 – 13, 2012 in San Antonio, TX. This annual conference brings together members of the federal contracting community to discuss affirmative...

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Strange Wording in a Pay Discrimination Case

March 30, 2012

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe case is King v. Acosta Sales & Marketing, decided by the 7th Circuit on March 13, 2012 [2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 5156]. The plaintiff, Susan King, lost on summary judgment at the...

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DCI Releases 2012 Training Schedule

January 19, 2012

DCI Consulting is excited to release its 2012 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action (AA) Training program. This program is catered toward HR practitioners, compliance analysts, and lawyers in both internal and external counsel...

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OFCCP Submits Second Notice to Rescind Compensation Standards and Guidelines to OMB for Review

January 18, 2012

by Fred Satterwhite, Principal Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupOFCCP submitted a "Notice of Proposed Rescission, Interpreting Nondiscrimination Requirements of Executive Order 11246 With Respect to Systemic Compensation Discrimination and Voluntary...

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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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OPM & EEOC LAUNCH INITIATIVE TO REDUCE SEX-BASED PAY DISPARITIES IN GOVERNMENT

August 26, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology On August 16, 2011 OPM Director John Berry and EEOC Chair Jacqueline A. Berrien issued a memorandum to all civilian federal employees during EEOC's Examining Conflicts in Employment Law...

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