The OFCCP’s “Early Resolution Conciliation Agreement” (ERCA) program has been so successful that the agency has revised the Directive that created it, and tightened things up based on the agency’s experience with the program since it was introduced in 2019. The most talked about change is that the conciliation agreements resulting from the Continue Reading...
Upcoming Webinar: 2024 NILG Conference Analysis
With NILG 2024 National Conference behind us, it's time to reflect on the incredible gathering of industry leaders, thought provokers, and innovators. Each day delivered an abundance of insight, from the latest developments to the best practices spanning the world of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. As always, our team was Continue Reading...
OFCCP Releases Guidance on the Use of AI in Employment Decisions
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to proliferate in the applicant screening/employee selection industry, federal contractors have been left with little to no guidance from the OFCCP regarding their compliance obligations. President Biden issued Executive Order 14110 late in 2023, which called for U.S. government agencies, including the Continue Reading...
What Muldrow May Mean for Federal Contractors
Even if you don’t obsess over legislative and judicial developments the way we do, it has been hard to escape coverage of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri, et al, regarding the evidentiary standard for plaintiffs bringing a Title VII discrimination claim based not on hiring or firing, or even promotion Continue Reading...
Big Changes to Race/Ethnicity Self-Identification Ahead
The federal government has now revised its standards for collecting race and ethnicity information for just the second time since they were developed in 1977. The first, and still controversial revision came in 1997 when “Hispanic” was split out as an ethnicity and the federal government began asking about Hispanic ethnicity separately from Continue Reading...
