Compensation professionals are often responsible for making sure the way their employees are paid accomplishes multiple goals including competitiveness in the marketplace, internal equity, retention, and adherence to…
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A new pay transparency law is in effect in New Jersey as of June 1, 2025. Senate Bill No. 2310 was introduced in the New Jersey Legislature last year and requires covered employers in New Jersey to notify current employees of…
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Join us for an exclusive DCI webinar where our expert panel will break down the far-reaching implications of Executive Order 14173 for federal contractors. This timely discussion will examine the broader legal and regulatory…
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has officially opened the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection portal as of today, May 20, 2025. All private-sector employers with 100 or more employees are now able to file…
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In early 2024, the Colorado state legislature passed Senate Bill 24-205, Consumer Protections for Interactions with Artificial Intelligence Systems (CPIAIS), which was signed into law by Governor Jared Polis on May 17, 2024…
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Recently, there have been many questions regarding the collection of demographic data from employees and applicants by employers. Executive Order 14173 and other executive and agency actions by the Trump administration have…
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On May 6, 2025, President Donald Trump nominated Brittany Bull Panuccio to be a Commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). If confirmed, Panuccio would serve as a member of the Commission until July 1,…
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On April 15, 2025, Democracy Forward Foundation, a nonprofit known for litigating cases against the federal government, filed a lawsuit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Democracy Forward filed the suit…
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On April 28, 2025, two members of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote a letter to the Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), Catherine Eschbach, expressing strong opposition to the revocation…
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Recently, there has been an intense focus on how employers approach employment decisions such as recruitment, hiring, promotions, and pay. Long-standing practices have been challenged in court, through executive actions, and in…
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On April 15th, 2025, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) submitted its proposed 2024 EEO-1 instruction booklet via an Information Collection Review submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs…
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On April 15, 2025, ten former Department of Labor (DOL) officials from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and Office of the Solicitor (SOL)—including former Directors Jenny Yang and Pat Shiu—released an…
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On Friday, April 11, 2025, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued an announcement that they have settled with four “BigLaw” firms over diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices. The settlement, which…
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Former Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) commissioners and legal representatives have authored an open letter addressed to the legal community in response to an EEOC document released on March 19, 2025, by Acting…
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The concept of adverse impact under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (Title VII) is widely misunderstood. Adverse impact occurs when a seemingly neutral employment practice disproportionately (i.e. statistically) screens out…
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