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OFCCP Plans to Rescind its 2006 Compensation Standards

March 04, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyAs noted in several recent DCI Blogspots, the OFCCP is proposing to rescind the Standards written in 2006 for evaluating systematic discrimination in compensation cases. As noted in...

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OFCCP Submits Compensation Data Collection Tool ANPRM to OMB

February 22, 2011

by Fred Satterwhite, Senior Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupOFCCP submitted its Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for "Non Discrimination In Compensation: Compensation Data Collection Tool" to the Office of Management and Budget's...

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The New OFCCP Tipping Point Test

February 18, 2011

by Jana Moberg, DCI Consulting GroupAs most of you are aware, Item 11 of OFCCP’s scheduling letter requests that compensation data be submitted with the desk audit submission. Item 11 reads: “Please provide annualized compensation data (wages,...

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CCE Systemic Compensation Discrimination Survey

January 24, 2011

As you probably are aware, OFCCP has released a notice to rescind its Interpretive Standards for Systemic Compensation Discrimination and Voluntary Guidelines. In support of this notice, OFCCP has stated that most contractors are not using the...

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OFCCP Publishes Notice Proposing to Rescind Compensation Standards and Voluntary Guidelines

January 03, 2011

by Fred Satterwhite, Senior Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupToday's Federal Register includes OFCCP's notice proposing to rescind two guidance documents originally published in 2006 that addressed compensation discrimination, commonly referred to as...

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OMB CONCLUDES REVIEW OF OFCCP'S NOTICE TO RESCIND COMPENSATION STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES

December 22, 2010

On December 21, 2010, the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) concluded its review of OFCCP's "Notice of Proposed Rescission, Interpreting Nondiscrimination Requirements of Executive Order...

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OFCCP Releases Fall 2010 Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda

December 22, 2010

OFCCP and other U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) agencies published their Fall 2010 regulatory agendas on December 20, 2010. The agenda is published twice a year and includes planned rulemaking actions for the agency for the next 6-12 months.

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LEDBETTER ACT DOES NOT APPLY TO PENSION CHECKS

December 13, 2010

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a ruling on an issue of first impression, the EEOC ruled on November 30, 2010 that the Ledbetter Act does not apply to pension checks (Brakeall v. EPA, EEOC, No. 0120093805,...

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Final Settlement in Velez V. Novartis

November 22, 2010

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn May 2010 we reported the results of a 5-week jury trial in Velez v. Novartis Corp. in which the jury deliberated for four days. The essence of that report was that the jury awarded...

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SENATE VOTES AGAINST PROCEEDING TO DEBATE ON PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT

November 17, 2010

by Fred Satterwhite, Senior Consultant, DCI Consulting Group

This morning, the U.S. Senate rejected a motion to proceed to a floor debate on the Paycheck Fairness Act ( S.3772) by a tally of 58-41. The motion to invoke cloture required at least...
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OFCCP Submits Notice to Rescind Compensation Standards and Guidelines to OMB

October 26, 2010

by Fred Satterwhite, Senior 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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SENATOR REID REINTRODUCES THE PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT IN THE SENATE

September 16, 2010

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyAs reported by several sources on 9/14/10, including BNA, Senate Majority Harry Reid, along with 13 co-sponsors, reintroduced the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA) (S. 3772), meaning the...

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