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by Joanna Colosimo and David Morgan, Senior Consultants with DCI Consulting GroupToday, April 8, 2014, the White House hosted a press conference in honor of Equal Pay Day. Equal Pay Day symbolizes how far into 2014 women must work to earn what men earned in 2013, based on national pay averages. Lilly Ledbetter, the namesake of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act that was signed by President ObamaDCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-46888507943317826142014-04-01T11:21:00.005-04:002014-04-01T11:21:56.088-04:0098 MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT IN UNITED STATES V. NYC FIREFIGHTER CASEby Art Gutman, Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology
We first reported on this case in an Alert on August 12, 2010. The case is interesting because it is a long-running adverse impact case that ultimately morphed into a disparate treatment case. Originally, the DOJ challenged two entry-level exams used by the NYC Fire Department (NYFD) on grounds of adverse impact and the Vulcan DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-79027903332139544962014-04-01T11:21:00.004-04:002014-04-01T11:21:51.995-04:00HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INQUIRES ABOUT DOL’S FUTURE PLANS FOR LGBTby Rachel Gabbard, M.A., HR Analyst, and Dave Sharrer, M.S., Associate Consultant, DCI Consulting Group
In a letter addressed to Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, 19 Democrats from the House of Representatives inquired about the extent to which the Department of Labor (DOL) plans to include lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals in future equal employment initiatives. The DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-83687425704885763122014-04-01T11:21:00.003-04:002014-04-01T11:21:38.971-04:00WILL THE EXECUTIVE ORDER RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE HURT CONTRACTORS?By Mike Aamodt, Ph.D., Principal Consultant, DCI Consulting Group
On February 12, 2014, President Obama issued Executive Order 13658, increasing the hourly minimum wage paid by federal contractors from $7.25 to $10.10. The minimum wage for tipped workers will also increase from $2.13 to $4.90 per hour. These rates will be increased annually based on increases in the Consumer Price Index (DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-39897155639271008742014-04-01T11:21:00.002-04:002014-04-01T11:21:30.590-04:00SECRETARY OF LABOR ANNOUNCES MORATORIUM FOR TRICARE PROVIDERSby Jana Garman, M.A, and Amanda Shapiro, M.S., Consultants, DCI Consulting Group
The Secretary of Labor, Thomas Perez, announced a moratorium on enforcement of affirmative action obligations for TRICARE providers. In a letter to several members of the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Subcommittee Workforce Protections, Perez documented that for five years OFCCP would “limit its DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-56666899964701095392014-04-01T11:21:00.001-04:002014-04-01T11:21:16.826-04:00OFCCP ONSITE REVIEWS: BACK AND BETTER THAN EVERby David Morgan, M.S., and Keli Wilson, M.A., Senior Consultants, DCI Consulting Group
OFCCP onsite visits had previously been on the decline, and were virtually non-existent as recently as fiscal year end 2013. However, onsite visits appear to be back, and OFCCP is focusing on compensation. This is not surprising given the agency’s compensation enforcement initiative catapulted by Directive DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-3777834261566859402014-04-01T11:21:00.000-04:002014-04-01T11:21:03.253-04:00OFCCP’S FY 2015 BUDGET – WHAT TO EXPECT FROM OFCCP by Joanna Colosimo, M.A., Senior Consultant, and Vinaya Sakpal, M.A., Selection Analyst, DCI Consulting Group
Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez released President Obama’s FY 2015 budget on March 4, 2014, including a request for over $107 million for OFCCP. The total increase in the budget amount this fiscal year is almost $3 million, including 710 FTE (full-time equivalent) employees. The OFCCP DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-30611597445754264662014-03-21T15:51:00.003-04:002014-03-21T16:25:37.787-04:00DISTRICT COURT JUDGE RULES IN FAVOR OF OFCCP’S NEW SECTION 503 RULE
by Dave Sharrer, M.S., Associate Consultant, DCI Consulting Group
A ruling was issued today by District Judge Emmet Sullivan in the case of Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. v. Patricia A. Shiu in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the ruling may be viewed here). Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is a trade organization that represents the DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-90016654860989699542014-03-17T23:12:00.000-04:002014-03-20T20:58:16.016-04:00DIRECTIVE 307: A YEAR IN REVIEWby Keli Wilson, M.A., Senior Consultant, Vinaya Sakpal, M.A., Selection Intern, and Mike Aamodt, Ph.D., Principal Consultant, DCI Consulting Group
It has been more than a year since OFCCP rescinded its Compensation Standards and issued Directive 307. As a result of this protocol change, OFCCP adopted a new method for grouping individuals for the purposes of reviewing compensation data. These DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-16879145010408786822014-03-17T23:02:00.001-04:002014-03-17T23:10:27.069-04:00VETS ISSUES NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING by Amanda Shapiro, M.S., Consultant, DCI Consulting Group The Veteran’s Employment and Training Service (VETS) recently published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the reporting requirements under VEVRAA, currently known as the VETS-100 and VETS-100A reports. The most significant change is the departure from reporting data by individual protected veteran category to an aggregate “DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-15240514690413952192014-03-17T22:52:00.001-04:002014-03-17T23:10:41.678-04:00YET ANOTHER SOCIAL MEDIA DISASTER: FACEBOOK POST BY FAMILY MEMBER VIOLATES CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTby Art Gutman, Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe case is Gulliver Schools v. Snay decided in the Florida District Court of Appeals on 2/26/14. The ruling in this case may be viewed here.Snay, a former headmaster at Gulliver Schools, sued for age discrimination under Florida State law after his contract was not renewed. The parties reached a settlement that included $DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-58422570065919932082014-03-17T22:41:00.000-04:002014-03-17T23:10:16.771-04:00ARE THE NEW 503 AND VEVRAA METRICS A PART OF THE DESK AUDIT?by Yevonessa Hall, M.P.S., Associate Consultant, Eric Dunleavy, Ph.D., Principal Consultant, and David Cohen, President, DCI Consulting GroupOne interesting and unanswered question, related to the new 503 and VEVRAA regulations, concerns what information would be required for submission to OFCCP as part of the desk audit. Because OFCCP’s scheduling letter defines what is required as part of the DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-49400683589715262302014-03-17T11:34:00.000-04:002014-03-27T11:42:02.276-04:00CALIFORNIA JURY AWARDS $26.1 MILLION TO FIRED EMPLOYEE IN AGE DISCRIMINATION CASEby Art Gutman, Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology
The case is Nickel v. Staples Contract and Commercial, Inc. (Shegerian and Associates) decided on 2/27/14 in Los Angeles County Superior Court. A summary of the case may be viewed here.
As reported by the plaintiff’s attorneys (Shegerian and Associates), Nickel began working for Corporate Express (now Staples Contract and DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-87220063030551943912014-03-11T16:28:00.000-04:002014-03-11T16:28:35.126-04:00NEW OFCCP DISABILITY AND VETERAN REGULATIONS EFFECTIVE IN TWO WEEKS!by Kristen Pryor, M.S., Associate Consultant and Dave Sharrer, M.S., Associate Consultant, DCI Consulting Group
As previously featured on this blog, OFCCP published the revised Section 503 and VEVRAA regulations on September 24, 2013. The effective date for all contractors to comply with subparts A, B, D, and E is 180 days from the date they were published, which will be March 24, 2014, or only DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-45202407116784006152014-03-04T09:46:00.000-05:002014-03-04T12:00:03.986-05:00¿COMO SE DICE: DISABILITY SELF-IDENTIFICATION FORM?
by Kristen Pryor, M.S., HR Analyst and Yesenia Avila, M.P.S., HR Analyst, DCI Consulting Group
We have written about the positive changes made to improve the final OFCCP mandated disability self-identification form. The form is now available on the OFCCP website. The next logical question is will the OFCCP provide the form in additional languages before the March 24 effective date, or willDCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-56179207097776411182014-03-04T09:19:00.000-05:002014-03-04T09:19:15.748-05:00LISTING VS. POSTING QUALIFIED JOB OPENINGS: WHAT IS ACTUALLY REQUIRED OF CONTRACTORS?by Rachel Gabbard, M.A., HR Analyst and Yesenia Avila, M.P.S., HR Analyst, DCI Consulting Group
There seems to be an ongoing misconception that federal contractors are required to post qualified job openings with the nearest State Employment Service office. The misconception arises from an affirmative action obligation that is required under the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-39863724497976360982014-03-04T09:13:00.000-05:002014-03-04T09:43:38.190-05:00DISABILITY UTILIZATION GOALS GONE WILDby Jana Garman, M.A., Associate Consultant; Kayo Sady, Ph.D., Senior Consultant; and David Cohen, President, DCI Consulting Group
Beginning March 24, 2014, federal contractors will be required to collect disability information from their workforce on an annual basis and use those data to conduct disability utilization analyses. Under the new Section 503 regulations, each covered DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-75479851756122908162014-03-04T09:10:00.000-05:002014-03-04T09:10:58.478-05:00AMBIGUITY REMAINS IN 503/VEVRAA DATA COLLECTION ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTSby Dave Sharrer, M.S., Associate Consultant and Rachel Gabbard, M.A., HR Analyst, DCI Consulting GroupThe revised affirmative action regulations relating to protected veterans (VEVRAA) and individuals with disabilities (Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act) take effect in less than a month. In spite of efforts made by the OFCCP to lessen the confusion surrounding the new requirements through DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-80164425870609357032014-03-03T17:11:00.000-05:002014-03-04T09:07:05.678-05:00ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE 101: WHO’S THE BOSS?by Yevonessa Hall, M.P.S., Associate Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupDuring a recent audit experience, a compliance officer insisted that the workforce analysis was incorrect because a supervisor (including name) was not listed for each department. We thought it would be a great time to provide a quick refresher regarding the purpose and development of an organizational profile, in case you are DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-7648643684328190192014-03-03T16:34:00.002-05:002014-03-04T09:06:31.597-05:004TH CIRCUIT FIRST TO RULE ON ADAAA PROVISION RELATED TO TEMPORARY IMPAIRMENTS
by Art Gutman, Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology
The case is Summers v. Altrium Institute [2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 1252] decided on 1/23/14 by the 4th Circuit. Summers was a senior analyst at Altrium when he had an unfortunate accident stepping out of a train in which he fell on the platform and suffered serious injuries to both legs that severely restricted his ability to walk. DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-22478161699231767782014-03-03T16:15:00.000-05:002014-03-04T09:06:17.611-05:009TH CIRCUIT ENDORSES LARGE AWARD FOR ATTORNEY FEES FOR RELATIVELY PUNY AWARD FOR PLAINTIFF CLAIMby Art Gutman, Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology
The case is Muniz v. United Parcel Service [738 F.3d 214], decided on 12/5/13. The facts are that Kim Muniz, who was first promoted to division manager, was subsequently demoted two levels to supervisor. Muniz claimed that a male manager convinced a female district manager to make the demotion. UPS claimed that she was promoted DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-44909464194544547602014-03-03T16:04:00.000-05:002014-03-04T09:06:55.766-05:00SUMMARY JUDGMENT OVERTURNED IN RACE & SEX CLAIM FOR BLACK FEMALE REPLACED BY HISPANIC FEMALEby Art Gutman, Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology
The case is Shazor v. Professional Transit Management decided by the 6th Circuit on 2/19/14 [2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 2943]. The facts of the case are that Professional Transit Management (PTM), a provider of management services to transit authorities throughout the country, hired Shazor as the chief operating officer for the SouthwestDCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-49891490705378457492014-03-03T15:52:00.000-05:002014-03-04T09:06:48.253-05:00FEDERAL MAGISTRATE ORDERS VOLUNTARY REMAND IN ARB RULING AGAINST FRITO-LAY by Art Gutman, Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe ruling, which was handed down on 2/11/14 by US Magistrate Judge David L. Horan in and for the District Court of the Northern District of Texas, may be viewed here.The facts are that OFCCP initiated a compliance review of Frito-Lay’s Dallas Baked facility on July 13, 2007, requesting hiring data from January 1, 2006 through June DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-67521538953295461312014-03-03T15:40:00.000-05:002014-03-04T09:06:40.760-05:00EEOC V. FREEMAN ROUND 3: EEOC APPEALS SUMMARY JUDGMENTby Art Gutman, Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology
This is our third Alert on EEOC v. Freeman, in which the EEOC has charged that Freeman’s use of background checks and criminal records adversely impacted blacks, Hispanics, and males. The EEOC also charged Freeman with a pattern or practice of discrimination. The Round 1 Alert was on 8/22/12, featuring Freeman’s request to depose DCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319714.post-80744536396699159812014-02-11T10:16:00.001-05:002014-02-11T10:25:35.254-05:004 MONTHS LATER... SO WHAT EXACTLY IS A HIRING BENCHMARK?
by Kristen Pryor, M.S., HR Analyst and David Cohen, President, DCI Consulting Group
A little over four months ago, we asked the question, “Exactly what is a hiring benchmark”? In that blog, we reviewed the VEVRAA regulatory language, the preamble to the regulation, and the OFCCP FAQ explaining the difference between the benchmark and a goal. We highlighted the inconsistency in the definitionsDCI Consulting Group, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06035553808733155178noreply@blogger.com0