The OFCCP has gone all-in with their new compensation directive announcing that the agency intends to request, and expects to receive without pushback, contractors’ “pay equity audits” prepared in response to 41 C.F.R. § 60-2.17(b)(3) “[i]f the desk audit reveals disparities in pay or other concerns about the contractor’s compensation Continue Reading...
OFCCP Quietly Reverses Policy on EEO-1 Component 2 Data
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has published a notice in the Federal Register that the agency is reversing its position regarding EEO-1 “Component 2” compensation data. The OFCCP is announcing that the agency will now analyze the data to see if it can be used to “inform” enforcement and compliance efforts and/or to Continue Reading...
Compensation Analysis Sections Added to BCGi Encyclopedia
In an effort to help our members and the general public better understand the complex world of compensation analyses for the purposes of nondiscrimination and pay equity, we are adding updated sections from “Compensation Analysis: A Practitioner’s Guide to Identifying and Addressing Compensation Disparities,” by Patrick Nooren and Dan Continue Reading...
Upcoming Webinar: Compensation 101: Top 10 Things You Must Do BEFORE a Pay Equity Study
On April 22, 2021, Dan Kuang, Ph.D., will discuss 10 things you must do BEFORE you conduct your pay equity analysis. Surprisingly, many compensation analysis results are wrong or fail to meet employers’ pay equity needs. As pay equity studies become a standard part of business practice, you would imagine that errors and kinks in practice are Continue Reading...
It’s All About Pay – OFCCP to Increase Pay Equity Focus for Federal Contractors
BCGi does not often report on others’ reporting, but this is worth highlighting—OFCCP Director Jenny Yang has confirmed to Bloomberg News that she is “very committed to working to close the existing racial and gender pay gaps,” signaling that this will be a major focus of the agency during her tenure. Director Yang was instrumental in the EEOC’s Continue Reading...
