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Sorting Out the Confusion of Applicant Tracking Codes

You are probably thinking “Oh no - another article about applicant tracking codes?” I fully understand; however, I ask one simple question. How many of you are as befuddled as...

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Fair Pay & Safe Workplaces Executive Order

On July 31, 2014, President Obama released Executive Order 13673, known as the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. The theme of the Executive Order is that when the...

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How to Prepare for OFCCP Compensation Manager Interviews

As the persistent “wage gap” continues to make headlines, the Obama Administration has its sights set on eradicating pay discrimination. The directive from the White House to EEOC and OFCCP...

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Surveying Applicants and Employees

Federal contractors and subcontractors must survey applicants and employees for gender, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, and disability status. The data collected from the surveys is used for creating statistical reports...

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Data This, Data That: Why Managing Data is Vital to a Successful AAP

Just as in cooking, an Affirmative Action Program (AAP) is only as good as each of its ingredients. The most important ingredient in a successful AAP is good data. Federal...

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Recruiting, Hiring, and Retaining Individuals with Disabilities and Veterans — The Real Benefits to Your Company

I am frequently asked for examples of the benefits derived by companies who hire Individuals with Disabilities (IWDs) and Veterans. Often this question comes from an Affirmative Action Planning (AAP)...

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Tips on Responding to New Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing — Part II

This article is a companion to an article in the March 2015 edition of The OFCCP Digest. As we noted there, on October 1, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor’s...

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Signs of Troubling Times Ahead for OFCCP’s Approach to Manufacturing Comparators, Comparisons, and Discrimination

Discrimination cases are essentially “games” of making relevant, suitable, or valid comparisons between suitable, valid, or appropriate comparator(s). While anti-discrimination laws do not define discrimination in a comparative sense, comparators...

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Tips on Responding to New Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing

When the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) begins an affirmative action compliance review, it sends the organization subject to the review a letter that...

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