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The second full day of the 32nd Annual ILG National Conference was filled with a multitude of presentations by practitioners and government officials.
The day started with a joint agency presentation by representatives from EEOC, Department of Justice and OFCCP. One of the “hot topics” discussed was the anticipated release of the long-awaited proposed…
As we reported earlier today, OFCCP has announced proposed regulations to satisfy President Obama’s mandate that contractors submit detailed pay data. The NPRM will be officially published in the Federal Register this Friday with a 90 day public comment period after that.
As proposed, the data collection tool, called the Equal Pay Report (EPR) in…
We have learned OMB has today released the proposed pay data collection tool to be published in the Federal Register on Friday. Once published, the public will have 90 days to submit comments. Details are still emerging on this breaking news. We will update you as soon as we learn more so make sure to…
Hello from the 2014 ILG National Conference in beautiful Washington, D.C. The theme of this year’s conference is “Celebrate 50 Years of Civil Rights” and the conference opens tomorrow morning with an address from Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez. Key officials from OFCCP and EEOC as well as leading practitioners are scheduled to present…
As OFCCP tries to find new ways to attack the “pay gap,” the Agency is focused increasingly on novel and creative methods to uncover alleged pay discrimination. These “outside the box” investigations look beyond simply pay decisions (starting salary and pay adjustments) and instead examine employee selection processes – such as hiring decisions – and…
Earlier this week, OFCCP delivered to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed regulations implementing the President’s recent Executive Order 13665 prohibiting employers from retaliating against employees for discussing their pay. A White House Fact Sheet provides more information on how the proposed regulations fit into the President’s pay initiatives.
After OMB reviews (and…
Jackson Lewis has learned the following about the latest round of OFCCP Courtesy Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs).
On July 16, 2014 OFCCP sent out a wave of CSALs giving employers advance notice about impending OFCCP compliance reviews.
The latest CSAL wave included:
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We have learned that OFCCP has sent out a new wave of advance audit notification letters giving employers a “heads up” about upcoming compliance reviews. It appears the letters were sent yesterday.
Like the last round of CSALs, OFCCP sent the letters to the local facility to be audited with no additional notification to Corporate.…
A recent DOL newsletter announced new options for contacting OFCCP. The following links can be used to submit questions and check on the status of a pending question or complaint: Submit a Question to OFCCP and Check Question or Complaint Status.
The links appear on the OFCCP Website under the “Workforce Corner” heading on…
In a long-running 4th Amendment case between OFCCP and Bank of America, a U.S. District Court has affirmed earlier rulings that: (1) Bank of America (BoA) waived its 4th Amendment objection to an OFCCP Desk Audit by providing information in response to a scheduling letter; and (2) OFCCP had probable cause obtained during…
