On March 15, 2022, the OFCCP issued its first directive since President Biden took office. Directive 2022-01 (the “Directive”) addresses contractors’ obligations to analyze their compensation systems and to turn over such...more
On January 6, 2022, the EEOC announced that the data collection portal for 2021 EEO-1 Component 1 reports is “tentatively scheduled” to open on April 12, 2022, and that the “tentative deadline” for employers to file their...more
1/7/2022
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Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Labor Regulations ,
Online Platforms ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Portal ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Wage and Hour
Employers have been furiously working to prepare their EEO-1 Component 2 submissions by the September 30 deadline. Some employers who underestimated the task have asked us whether the EEOC’s submission portal will remain...more
Yesterday, US District Judge Tanya Chutkan held a hearing on the pay data component of the EEO-1 form (“Component 2”). In March, Judge Chutkan lifted the stay on collection of Component 2 data that had been imposed by the...more
On April 9, 2019, in New York City, OFCCP hosted a town hall focused on the “financial industry and related fields.” Guy Brenner of Proskauer attended what was an enlightening and informative event.
The purpose of the town...more
4/11/2019
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Audits ,
Equal Pay ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
New Guidance ,
OFCCP ,
OMB ,
Opinion Letter ,
Scheduling Letters ,
Town Hall Meetings
Earlier this week, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) announced that it entered into a conciliation agreement with Humana Inc. (“Humana”) to resolve allegations that Humana paid hundreds of women at...more
Yesterday, the 2017 EEO-1 Survey became available. Private employers with 100 or more employees and federal government contractors or subcontractors with 50 or more employees and a contract/subcontract of $50,000 or more...more
1/26/2018
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EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
OMB ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Payroll Records ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Stays ,
Wage and Hour
Last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced that it had finalized its rule for new EEO-1 pay equity reporting requirements. The final rule has not yet been published in the Federal...more
10/6/2016
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Payroll Records ,
Reporting Requirements ,
W-2 ,
Wage and Hour
Maryland’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (the “Act”) is scheduled to take effect on October 1, 2016. The Act amends Maryland’s existing Equal Pay law, expanding its protections against wage discrimination on the basis of sex...more
9/22/2016
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Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Exceptions ,
Gender Identity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Transparency ,
Posting Requirements ,
Private Right of Action ,
Remedies ,
Wage and Hour
Earlier this year, we reported that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) issued a proposed rule to revise and replace the sex discrimination guidance it issued in 1970 and clarify federal contractors’...more
11/2/2015
/ Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Opportunities ,
Equal Pay ,
Family Status Discrimination ,
Federal Contractors ,
Final Rules ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Identity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
OFCCP ,
OMB ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment
On Friday, October 31, 2014, the Department of Labor announced that it has extended the period to comment on its proposed “Equal Pay Report” rule. ...more