Enterprise Rent-a-Car’s $6.6 Million Hiring Discrimination Suit Reveals Best Practices

Hiring discrimination can cost federal contractors greatly. On July 17, a federal judge ordered Enterprise Rent-a-Car to pay $6.6 million to resolve a decade of hiring discrimination at the rental service’s Baltimore unit. A U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Judge ruled that Enterprise had violated federal labor regulations when it engaged in hiring discrimination against…
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The USWNT wins World Cup, Continues to Fight for Equal Pay

The EEOC just started processing pay data for component 2 of the EEO-1 filing. It is unprecedented and could be a step in the right direction to narrow the pay gap based.    On July 7, the United States women’s national soccer team won the FIFA Women’s World Cup. The title marks the team’s fourth…
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EEO-1 Component 2 Online Filing System Now Available

The Component 2 EEO-1 Online Filing System data collection instrument is now available for all filers: https://eeoccomp2.norc.org  System login information will be sent to employers via USPS letter and email. Upload File Layout Specifications and an accompanying Excel File for 2017 and 2018 can be found in the More Info and Additional References section. Please…
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Affirmative Action Practices: A Business Imperative

Affirmative action remains a hotly debated concept in the United States. A federal judge is currently deliberating over a case involving discrimination at Harvard University, one of the nation’s premier institutions. The United States Department of Labor has made significant changes to the way it handles affirmative action enforcement in recent years, making it a…
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EEO-1 Component 2 Announcement

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: The data file format, as well as a wide variety of materials, instructions & FAQs, is now available online to support your completion of EEO-1 Component 2 report:  https://eeoccomp2.norc.org/ In addition to information available on this website, a HelpDesk is available to offer other support you may need. Questions: Feel free to contact us…
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