Which Direction will the OFCCP Steer its Theory of Steering? by Soul Cherradi Many things have been written and debated in 2014 about the OFCCP’s (Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs) renewed interest in the “theory of steering” that the agency re-introduced in D...

National Industry Liaison Group’s Comment on OFCCP’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Requirement to Report Summary Data on Employee Compensation by Cara Crotty, Esq. The National Industry Liaison Group (NILG) routinely submits comments to proposed rules that affect t...

Volume 4, Issue 11 LocalJobNetwork.com wishes you a happy holiday season! We thank both our authors and readers for contributing to the success of The OFCCP Digest. This is the last issue for 2014; the next issue will be published in January, 2015....

Volume 4, Issue 10 The Proposed Equal Pay Report: What You Need to Know by Valerie Hoffman, Esq. Pay equity is front and center as a priority for the White House and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”). In August the Federal Regis...

Volume 4, Issue 9 Not Just New But Improved: OFCCP’s Expectations for the New Regulations by Melissa Speer and Bradley Anderson What a difference a year makes! This time last year, there was some concern and anxiety in the contractor community about the impact of p...

Volume 4, Issue 8 Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) Proposes Rule for Equal Pay Reports by Dan Kuang, Ph.D. and Marife Ramos In support of President Obama's continued effort to combat pay discrimination, the OFCCP announced on August 6, 2014 a No...

Volume 4, Issue 7 Rationale for Compensation Differences by Alissa Horvitz, Esq. and Joshua Roffman, Esq. On Wednesday July 2, 2014, The Washington Post ran an article about the pay gap between men and women working in the White House. According to The Po...

Volume 4, Issue 6 Getting it Right the First Time by Marilynn L. Schuyler Thirty days – calendar days – is a very short time to get a submission together for OFCCP, but it's not the time to cut corners. One of the most effective ways to avoid a protracted rev...

Volume 4, Issue 5 "Similarly Situated" in Termination and Promotion Cases by Sandra Zeigler, Esq. The determination of who is "similarly situated" is critical to the outcome of a discrimination case. It is the agency's burden to prove that its calculations are correct and b...

Volume 4, Issue 4 There's More Than Equal Pay On The Presidential Agenda This Year by Carmen Couden, Esq. Earlier this month, President Obama proclaimed April 8, 2014 to be National Equal Pay Day – the day that indicates how far into 2014 a woman must work in...