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President Obama Announces Thomas E. Perez as Secretary of Labor Nominee As we shared with you last week, President Obama has nominated Thomas E. Perez as the next Secretary of Labor. If appointed, Perez will take the place of Hilda Solis, who resigned earlier this year. The confirmation process for Perez may not come without its challenges. Perez has drawn criticism from some Conservatives regarding his … Continue reading President Obama Announces Thomas E. Perez as Secretary of Labor Nominee March 18, 2013	OFCCP Offers Insights Into Agency’s New Compensation Directive In a public webinar held earlier this week, OFCCP provided listeners with information and insights into the Agency’s recent rescission of the 2006 Compensation Standards and the implementation of Directive 307. As OFCCP’s Notice of Rescission made clear, the Agency felt constrained by the 2006 Standards and the new “case-by-case” approach to pay investigations will … Continue reading OFCCP Offers Insights Into Agency’s New Compensation Directive March 14, 2013	President Obama Expected to Soon Announce New Head of Department of Labor In the time since former head of the Department of Labor Hilda Solis resigned from her position, we’ve been interested in who President Obama would tap to carry out the ambitious goals of his second term. The wait is almost over as we anticipate that President Obama will soon name Thomas Perez to fill the void … Continue reading President Obama Expected to Soon Announce New Head of Department of Labor March 11, 2013
Complimentary Webinar on OFCCP’s “Game Changing” Compensation Directive In an effort to provide the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and its compliance officers “more flexibility” in the review of employer pay practices, the Agency has rescinded its own compensation standards and voluntary guidelines and issued a new “game-changing” Directive. Under the new Directive, OFCCP commits to developing a “case-by-case” approach to investigating employer pay … Continue reading Complimentary Webinar on OFCCP’s “Game Changing” Compensation Directive March 7, 2013	Testing Expert Dr. Richard Fischer Leaving OFCCP While the federal contractor community (including us) are digesting the recent rescission of the OFCCP’s compensation standards and the impact of Directive 307, other changes are afoot at the Agency. We have confirmed that Dr. Richard Fischer, OFCCP’s IO Psychologist and testing expert is resigning from the Agency effective March 8, 2013. For the time … Continue reading Testing Expert Dr. Richard Fischer Leaving OFCCP February 28, 2013	UPDATE: Additional Insights into OFCCP’s Rescission of Compensation Standards As an update to our breaking news post yesterday, we have published additional, initial, thoughts on OFCCP’s rescission of its Compensation Standards and the impact of the Agency’s new pay investigation procedures. See the following article on the Jackson Lewis website: OFCCP Rescinds Compensation Standards and Will Develop New ‘Case-by-Case’ Investigative Approach. We continue to digest … Continue reading UPDATE: Additional Insights into OFCCP’s Rescission of Compensation Standards February 27, 2013
Hot Off the Press: OFCCP Rescinds Compensation Standards OFCCP announced today that it has officially rescinded the 2006 Compensation Standards, effective February 28, 2013. In an effort to have “more flexibility” in its review of employer pay, OFCCP has finally taken the compensation standards off the books. In the 52-page Notice of Final Rescission OFCCP stated it does not intend to replace the Standards with … Continue reading Hot Off the Press: OFCCP Rescinds Compensation Standards February 26, 2013	Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities: OFCCP’s Top Priority As we have mentioned previously, OFCCP has not been quite about its stated agenda to assist veterans and individuals with disabilities. The Agency has proposed regulations addressing employer obligations for both groups that, if published, will be “game changes” for the contractor community. Even without the finalization of these regulations, OFCCP is vigorously enforcing the … Continue reading Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities: OFCCP’s Top Priority February 25, 2013	OFCCP’s Looking into All Kinds of Your Pay Watch out – OFCCP’s interested in your pay data – all of your pay data. OFCCP, particularly in corporate audits, is digging into compensation other than base pay. Even if there are no flags or other statistical indicators in the data submitted to the agency (either in Item 11 data or 14-factor data in OFCCP … Continue reading OFCCP’s Looking into All Kinds of Your Pay February 21, 2013
EEOC Taking Aggressive Measures Towards “Eradicating Systemic Discrimination” By Expanding Investigations to Include Non-Alleged Class Discrimination It was only a matter of time, but it has happened. In a letter received recently the EEOC advised it was expanding a single charge alleging disability discrimination, into include the non-alleged issue of nationwide class discrimination in hiring. (See actual letter below). Letter from EEOC – expanding jurisdiction What?! Non-Alleged??! Nationwide? Yes, you read … Continue reading EEOC Taking Aggressive Measures Towards “Eradicating Systemic Discrimination” By Expanding Investigations to Include Non-Alleged Class Discrimination February 14, 2013

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