TTI to Pay $650,000 in Back Pay and Interest to Resolve Alleged Hiring Discrimination

On July 7, the U.S. Department of Labor announced it had entered into a conciliation agreement with electronic components distributor TTI Inc. to resolve allegations of hiring discrimination. The alleged discrimination occurred at TTI’s Sylvania and Northeast Parkway locations in Fort Worth, Texas. A compliance evaluation by the DOL’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs…
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AmeriPride Services Conciliation Agreement Details Employment Best Practices

In March of this year, the laundry service company AmeriPride Services, Inc. entered into a conciliation agreement with the United States Department of Labor to resolve allegations of employment discrimination. The agreement comes after a compliance review by the DOL’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs found that the federal contractor discriminated against male applicants…
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OFCCP Updates for Federal Contractors During the Coronavirus Pandemic

On March 27, United States President Donald Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act into law. The CARES Act is designed to address the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. “These are challenging times for our country. Yet throughout our history, America has risen to every challenge and…
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Pay Equity Best Practices: Learning from the Cisco Case

On March 16, the United States Department of Labor announced it had reached a settlement with networking hardware company Cisco Systems Inc. to resolve allegations of pay discrimination.  As part of an Early Resolution Conciliation Agreement (ERCA) with DOL’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Cisco Systems Inc. has agreed to pay $2,000,000 in lost…
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Working Remotely: Best Practices to Cope with Coronavirus

As of March 16, there are more than 168,000 confirmed cases of the disease known as the Coronavirus around the globe.  The Coronavirus, or COVID-19, is believed to have originated in China and has since spread to numerous countries throughout the world, including Italy, Iran, Spain and France. More than 6,600 people have died from…
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