The Department of Labor’s Veterans Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) is currently seeking to renew authorization for the VETS-4212 report, without changes. The current form is not set to expire until April 30, 2024, so the agency has plenty of time to collect public comment and work through the rest of the Paperwork Reduction Act process. Continue Reading...
OFCCP Ordered to Provide AI Guidance
Federal contractors are well aware the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is really interested in how organizations are deploying artificial intelligence and/or other “automated” systems when making employment selection decisions. The agency’s newly revised audit Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing Continue Reading...
Three Questions to Guide your Pay Equity Strategy in 2024 and Beyond
Identifying and understanding potential pay disparities in your organization is paramount with ever-increasing federal and state regulation, as well as demand from all corners for greater transparency and fairness in compensation. With all these different demands, organizations must investigate, correct, and prevent potential disparities to reduce Continue Reading...
Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Rate(s) Are Increasing
The minimum wage for employees working on or in connection with a qualifying federal contract is set to rise from $16.20 per hour to $17.20 per hour effective January 1, 2024. That will be the minimum wage rate for both non-tipped and tipped employees because, as promised, the lower cash wage contractors could pay to tipped employees will be 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...