Following the most recent Court Order, EEOC has provided the court with a current update as to its compliance with the Court’s Order that it continue to keep the EEO-1 Component 2 pay data reporting portal open. The Court has ordered the portal remain open until at least January 31, 2020 to allow additional
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OFCCP Releases Technical Assistance Guide for Educational Institutions
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As previewed a while ago on the Agency’s Technical Assistance website, OFCCP has released a Technical Assistance Guide for Educational Institutions. The 80-page guide contains
- An overview of the equal employment opportunity obligations for federal contractors
- The required components of affirmative action programs and related information
- What to expect during an OFCCP compliance
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The Future of The EEO-1: What Does EEOC’s Information Collection Really Mean?
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As we previously reported , EEOC has filed notice asking for renewed approval to collect EEO-1 Component 1 race, gender and ethnicity workforce data for the next three years (2019, 2020 & 2021), but is not seeking renewed authority to collect Component 2 pay data and hours worked. To be clear, this filing does not…
Breaking News: EEOC Will Not Seek Renewal of Pay Data Collection At This Time
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As previously reported, EEOC is expected to publish tomorrow a Notice of Information Collection regarding EEO-1 Reporting. An advance copy of the notice reports that
the EEOC is not seeking to renew Component 2 of the EEO-1.
Instead, the Commission has concluded it should consider information from the current Component 2 collection before deciding…
EEOC to Seek Public Comment on Pay Data Collection
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In its required status report, filed pursuant to Court Order, EEOC announced it is preparing a Notice of Information Collection – Employer Information Report (EEO-1) to seek authorization from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the collection of pay data going forward. As a reminder, OMB approval for the data collection…
OFCCP Releases FAQs for Campus-Type Environments
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Avid readers have seen that OFCCP has been busy this summer. In August alone, the Agency attended the 2019 ILG National Conference in Milwaukee, issued FAQs on student workers, proposed a new rule regarding religious exemptions, introduced a new Ombudsperson, opened a contractor assistance portal and issued multiple technical assistance guides. But, OFCCP…
OFCCP Offers Section 503 Technical Assistance and Extends Deadline for Disability Inclusion Recognition Program
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As the Agency is ramping up its enforcement efforts on behalf of individuals with disabilities, OFCCP is offering another form of technical assistance to contractors. On September 11, 2019 OFCCP will be hosting a Section 503 Focused Review webinar during with the agency will touch upon:
- the scheduling process,
- the focused review process,
- common
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EEO-1 Pay Data Batch Upload Now Available and New FAQs Released
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As scheduled, EEOC and NORC have now provided employers with a way batch upload their EEO-1 Component 2 pay data. Instructions and details are provided on the More Info Page on the NORC EEO-1 Component 2 website. Specifically, the following documents are currently available:
The file…
Closing Day of the 2019 ILG National Conference
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Well, another ILG National Conference is in the books. This year’s conference highlighted the continued return to a more collaborative relationship between contractors and OFCCP as well as the agency’s commitment to its four principles.
On the final day of the conference, attendees heard from practitioners as well as a panel of OFCCP…
EEOC Commissioner Victoria Lipnic Kicks Off Day 2 of the 2019 ILG National Conference
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Day 2 of the 2019 ILG National Conference in Milwaukee started with a favorite guest – EEOC Commissioner Victoria Lipnic. Commissioner Lipnic last addressed the ILG National Conference in 2016, during which time, as she reminded attendees, she was likewise talking about pay data reporting, she had just created the Chief Data Officer role at…