In today’s edition of OFCCP Week in Review, John C. Fox and Candee Chambers discuss the recent news in the federal contractor space, including the recent rise of minimum wage for federal contractors, the “mid-point” timeframe for “Subpart C” and the GAO’s recent critical report of the OFCCP’s enforcement program.
The OFCCP’s definition of “similarly situated” for the purposes of evaluating compensation differences in its new sex discrimination regulations is so broad that it provides little guidance for federal contractors and goes beyond Title VII standards, two attorneys who handle OFCCP compliance matters recently told Employment Law Daily. The final rule, published in the Federal Register on June 15, 2016 (81 FR 39108-39169), replaces the guidelines at 41 CFR Part 60-20 with new sex discrimination regulations. The regulations, which implement the prohibition against sex discrimination contained in Executive Order (EO) 11246, took effect on August 15, 2016. Section 60–20.4(a) of the new regulations prohibits contractors from paying “different compensation to similarly situated employees on the basis of sex.” But the standard to which the OFCCP will hold contractors in assessing exactly which employees are “similarly situated” is far from clear, the attorneys stated.
The OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox and Candee Chambers. In today’s WIR, we will discuss DirectEmployers presence at the 2016 Industry Liaison Group (ILG) National Conference.
In today’s WIR, we cover:
In this edition of DirectEmployers’ OFCCP Week In Review, Alexa Morgan of Fox, Wang & Morgan P.C. joins John C. Fox and Candee Chambers to share information regarding the small reversal of North Carolina’s controversial “Bathroom Bill,” as well as the EEOC’s new efforts to combat alleged religious discrimination in the workplace.
In this week’s post we discuss the Senate Appropriations Committee’s proposal to reduce the OFCCP’s budget, again.
This week we cover the EEOC’s announcement regarding increased penalties for notice-posting requirements under three statutes:
-Title VII
-Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”)
-Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (“GINA”)
This week we examine the 11 States and 2 State School Districts suing the US over Transgender Protection (Generally) under Titles VII and IX.