On February 3, President Donald Trump announced plans to nominate Craig Edward Leen to the position of Inspector General at the Office of Personnel Management. Leen currently serves as the director of the United States Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Leen was officially appointed to his current position in December of…
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Last year, the United States Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance underwent a lot of changes. The OFCCP announced it would no longer use EEO-1 Component 2 pay data. The agency launched a number of new resources including a virtual help desk and self audit program. And the OFCCP also made changes to…
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On January 9, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced it had reached a settlement with Jackson National Life Insurance to resolve discrimination claims at offices in Denver and Nashville. The $20.5 million settlement marks the largest EEOC settlement in the last decade and the largest ever settlement for the agency’s Denver and Phoenix office….
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In November, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a sexual harassment suit against a Californian wireless retailer. Elite Wireless Group has been accused of violating federal law for failing to address complaints involving a male store manager who sexually assaulted a female employee. According to the suit, the EEOC has found that shortly after transferring…
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The OFCCP’s Final Rule on Sex Discrimination took effect this week, on August 15, 2016. Many of you already know that sex discrimination has been illegal since at least 1964, when the Civil Rights Act was enacted. Pay Discrimination based on sex has been illegal since at least 1963. Most employers know they cannot base…
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