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As anticipated, OFCCP has released its new Sex Discrimination Rules – replacing the outdated Sex Discrimination Guidelines that have been in place since the 1970s. The release coincides with the White House’s United State of Women Summit being held today in Washington D.C..
The new rule will go into effect on August 15, 2016 and …
The Department of Labor has released its Spring 2016 regulatory agenda. While the agency has accomplished many things already this year there are still a couple of items it would like to check off its list, including the following:
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In connection with the release of its updated FAAP Directive, Directive 2013-01, OFCCP will host a complimentary webinar on May 19, 2016 discussing Functional Affirmative Action Programs.
Information about registering for the webinar is available on OFCCP’s website.
OFCCP has received approval from OMB for revisions to the Agency’s Functional Affirmative Action Program (FAAP) directive. The revised Directive 305 went into effect on April 28, 2016. In response to public comments received, OFCCP made modifications to its proposed revised directive, as reflected in the supporting statement filed with OMB.
OFCCP last updated…
Veterans are continuing to receive support in their quest for employment with Wyoming being the latest state to join the ranks of those permitting a preference to be granted based on veteran status, including spouses of disabled or deceased veterans. The law will go into effect July 1, 2016.
Governor Matt Mead’s signing of the…
Today the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission held a public hearing regarding the Agency’s pending proposed revisions to the EEO-1 Report to include a pay reporting component. As proposed, all employers with 100 or more employees would add information on aggregate pay ranges and hours worked to the EEO-1 report, beginning in 2017.
During…
As a follow up to our previous blogs about EEOC’s release of its proposed changes to the EEO-1 Report, Jackson Lewis systemic and pay discrimination experts, Stephanie E. Lewis, Paul Patten, Jennifer Seda and Mickey Silberman, have poured over the proposal and provide their insights and analyses in a recent article, “…
As a follow up to its two webinars on implementation of the Pay Transparency regulations, OFCCP has updated its website with links to a recording of the webinar as well as a transcript of the session.
Today, on the anniversary of President Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the EEOC announced proposed changes to its EEO-1 report, requiring employers to submit employee W-2 earnings and hours worked. All employers with 100 or more employees would be required to comply. EEOC and OFCCP would jointly have access to the pay…
As we previously shared, OFCCP is hosting a second webinar on the new Pay Transparency regulations on January 28, 2016. The webinar is at capacity, but in an effort to accommodate all those who want to attend, OFCCP announced it will be live streaming the audio portion of the webinar.
To stream the webinar, OFCCP…
