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The Inherent Flaws in Availability Analyses

From the advent of the eight-factor analysis, availability analyses have been a central part of all federal affirmative action plans. The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance...

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The Daunting Task of Recordkeeping in Today’s Compliance Environment

Recruitment and hiring processes are changing, and they are changing fast. Similar to how fast the internet changed public lives in the 1990’s, elaborate internet tools such as social media,...

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My Conversation with OFCCP Director Shiu about “Good Jobs For Everyone”

Secretary Hilda Solis' vision of "Good Jobs For Everyone" was articulated in the Department of Labor's Strategic Plan for the years 2011 to 2016. All of the agencies within the...

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Enterprise Wide OFCCP Compliance Enforcement

The concept of enterprise-wide enforcement has been around in one form or another for years at OFCCP. In the late nineties it took the form of "global agreements," in the...

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Invitation to Self-Identify

As a part of the data collection and record-keeping requirements under the federal government's affirmative action regulations, federal contractors and subcontractors are obligated to collect race/ethnicity and gender information from...

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The Fox OFCCP Report

July 2012 What To Do in an Uncertain World...As the World Turns at OFCCP Business demands predictability and abhors uncertainty. General Counsels want to know "likely outcomes" and timetables. Vice...

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An Insider’s View of Negotiation with OFCCP

Most OFCCP allegations are resolved through negotiation. Negotiations at the agency level usually end in a signed conciliation agreement. The purpose of this article is to walk you through the...

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Reflections about Testifying Before the Subcommittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

On April 18, 2012, I had the honor of testifying before the U.S. House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions about various OFCCP-related issues. I have to...

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What to Expect During an OFCCP Audit?

With compliance evaluations of federal contractors and subcontractors nearing 5,000 per fiscal year in the last several years, it's likely that one of your locations will receive a compliance review...

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