The California Civil Rights Department has finally updated their website to announce that the 2023 Pay Data Reports from CA employers will be due by Wednesday, May 8. The Pay Data Reporting Portal is currently unavailable due to required maintenance, but is set to re-open for reporting starting at 8:AM (Pacific) on Thursday, February 1. Note Continue Reading...
How Texas SB 17 Does and Does Not Impact Federal AAP Requirements
If you are a Compliance professional working in higher education in Texas, you likely have concerns about the recent passage of Texas Senate Bill 17 (TX SB 17), outlawing diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) offices and activities. Even if you are not such a person, this should be of interest as other states consider modeling similar Continue Reading...
Walmart Didn’t Validate, Now Being Sued by EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a lawsuit against Walmart for screening out employees (not applicants) using a training program and assessment the EEOC alleges unfairly discriminated against people with disabilities and was not related to either the employees’ job duties or job performance. Walmart will likely lose Continue Reading...
OFCCP Publishes New 2022 Audit List
The OFCCP has once again quietly published a new “Corporate Scheduling Announcement List,” or “CSAL,” as they are known. The CSAL is a list of federal contractor establishments that have been selected, but not yet scheduled for a compliance evaluation. The list appeared with no fanfare as the OFCCP seems to have fallen out of the habit of Continue Reading...
What Is Affirmative Action Compliance, Really? How We Dispel the Myths
Affirmative action compliance often gets a bad rap. When people think about HR professionals and compliance in the workplace, they treat it like a punishment rather than an opportunity. This is because, in many contexts, companies frame compliance as a corrective measure rather than a preventive one. People who hear the word “compliance” Continue Reading...
