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The second day of the 2016 ILG National Conference was filled with many informative sessions including those on implementing affirmative action plans, diversity initiatives, steering, and everyone’s favorite topic – pay.
The day opened with an address from EEOC Commissioner Victoria Lipnic. Commissioner Lipnic shared details of the Agency’s work studying harassment in the workplace.…
Hello from the 2016 Industry Liaison Group National Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina!
Today marked the first day of this year’s annual conference being held in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The festivities kicked off this morning with opening remarks from Charlotte Mayor, Jennifer Roberts, before conference goers were addressed by OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu.
In her…
EEOC has released, for publication tomorrow, an update with changes to its proposed EEO-1 pay data collection report. Once published in the federal register, the public will have 30 days to submit comments. This update takes into consideration public comments received on the Agency’s initially proposed pay data collection tool. As it did…
On the eve of the Fourth of July holiday, and just in time for the start of the final quarter of the Agency’s fiscal year, OFCCP announced it had received approval of its revised Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing. The revised letter, which, when received by a contractor initiates an Agency compliance review, was…
Today, OFCCP announced that, effective March 4, 2016, the annual hiring benchmark for veterans pursuant to VEVRAA regulation is 6.9%. This is a slight decrease from last year’s 7.0% benchmark.
As part of the release OFCCP clarified that
“Contractors who adopted the previous year’s national benchmark of 7 percent after March 4, 2016, but prior
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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…
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, “…
