Google Settles Systemic Discrimination: A Learning Experience

The Department of Labor recently announced that Google LLC will pay more than $3.8 million to resolve allegations of systemic hiring and compensation discrimination at its California and Washington State locations. How did Google discriminate? In a routine compliance evaluation by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), compliance officers discovered differences in hiring…
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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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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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2019 Marked Record Setting Year for OFCCP

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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