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The OFCCP announced on their website that a new round of Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSAL) will be released in the near future. Additionally, the text of the new letter was also released. As many readers know, there were rumors circulating around the contractor community that the OFCCP would be discontinuing the "audit heads-up" letter. This rumor turned out to be just that; for at

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According to reliable sources at the Department of Labor, the following personnel selections or assignments were made at OFCCP:Lorenzo Harrison was selected as the Deputy Director of OFCCP. Mr. Harrison was the Acting Deputy Director and formerly the Regional Director of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions.Patsy Blackshear has returned to her prior position as the Director of the Division of

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By David Morgan, DCI Consulting GroupOFCCP began its first of three webinars on Wednesday, September 16, geared toward presenting information on the equal employment opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action (AA) provisions of Federal contracts concerning American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funding of Federally assisted projects. The first webinar was a basic overview of AA

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by Johnny Fuller, Director of Affirmative Action Programs, DCI Consulting GroupThe Department of Homeland Security has posted on its website that federal contractors (and subcontractors) will be required to use E Verify (Executive Order 12989) as of September 8, 2009. President Bush amended the new rule by on June 6, 2008, instructing federal agencies to require federal contractors to agree to

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by Fred Satterwhite, Senior Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupMore than six months after President Obama signed Executive Order 13496, the U.S. Department of Labor today published a proposed regulation describing the content of the notice required by the Order's contract clause. The DOL has requested that comments regarding the proposed rule be received no later than September 2, 2009.According to

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Patricia A. Shiu, currently Vice President of Programs at the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center, has been named Director of the OFCCP. Shiu has dedicated her twenty-five year career to strengthening and enforcing the rights of women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and low-wage workers. Shiu is also the Director of the Legal Aid Society’s Work and Family Project and advocated

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Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis outlined DOL’s FY 2010 budget request in a national online discussion with stakeholder groups, the general public and the news media. According to the DOL’s press release, the budget request for OFCCP in FY 2010 is $109.5 million dollars, which compares with FY 2009 OFCCP budget at $82.1 million dollars. The staffing request for OFCCP for FY 2010 is 798

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The EEOC issued a technical assistance document that provides guidance on how employers can prepare for the H1N1 virus without violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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The EEOC announced a lawsuit against Sam’s Club, which is owned and operated by Wal-Mart. EEOC’s lawsuit alleges Latino employees endured a hostile work environment based upon their Mexican national origin.

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A Pittsburgh hospital will pay $100,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit in which the hospital allegedly fired an employee because she had cancer, according to an EEOC announcement. The EEOC alleged the hospital suddenly stopped accommodating an employee’s disability and demanded she return to work full-time with no restrictions. The EEOC claimed the supervisor discriminated against

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The EEOC announced a lawsuit against a manufacturer alleging it failed or refused to promote female workers because of their sex to higher-paying jobs. The EEOC claimed the company discouraged female workers from seeking higher-paying jobs.

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The EEOC announced that Maverick Tube Corporation will pay $175,000 to settle a retaliation lawsuit in which the company allegedly retaliated against an employee for reporting to company officials that a manager had made racially offensive comments.

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The EEOC announced that a masonry company will pay $500,000 to settle a race and national origin discrimination lawsuit alleging the company’s foremen and former superintendent made derogatory remarks to Latino employees and failed to address racist graffiti.

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EEOC announced that Duane Reade Inc. will pay $240,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit in which a store manager allegedly made vulgar remarks to female workers.

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The EEOC announced that a Maryland-based storage facility will pay $95,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit that alleged the company unlawfully fired a maintenance worker, who had a visible disfigurement as a result of sustaining severe burns to his body in a house fire.

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The EEOC announced that a construction company headquartered in Illinois will pay $630,000 to settle a race discrimination class lawsuit in which the company allegedly terminated several African American employees because of their race and retaliated against the lead plaintiff after finding out he previously filed a lawsuit against another employer for race discrimination.

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The EEOC announced that a government contractor in Maryland will pay $60,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit in which the company allegedly failed to reassign and/or hire a long term employee into an alternate position and subsequently fired him, based upon supposed customer preference, because of his age.

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The EEOC announced that a federal district court awarded the maximum damages of $50,000 against a commercial janitorial company in which the company’s owners allegedly reduced the work hours of a worker simply because she was pregnant and then subsequently fired her.

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The EEOC announced it filed a lawsuit against an airline for allegedly discriminating against a class of employees with disabilities by failing to provide job transfers to vacant positions, despite their qualifications, as a reasonable accommodation.

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The EEOC announced that a medical center in Alaska will pay $220,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit in which the hospital allegedly laid off and refused to rehire longtime employees following a restructuring of their operating room.

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report charging the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division with mishandling nine of the ten cases brought by a team of undercover agents posed as aggrieved workers. The report was entitled “Department of Labor: Wage and Hour Division’s Complaint Intake and Investigative Processes leave Low Wage Workers Vulnerable to Wage Theft.”

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The EEOC announced that it filed a lawsuit against Hibbing Taconite Company alleging it denied a job applicant a reasonable accommodation for his hearing impairment and then rejected him from employment because of his disability. The EEOC alleged the company initially refused to interview the job applicant when it learned that he was hearing-impaired and required an interpreter. Later the company

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The EEOC announced that a North Carolina based nursing home and chain will pay $300,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit in which the EEOC alleged the company had, since at least 2002, subjected pregnant employees to different terms and conditions than non-pregnant employees. Pregnant employees were allegedly required to obtain a full medical clearance in order to continue working.

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The EEOC announced an arbitrator’s ruling that the EEOC’s own practice of giving time off to commission employees who worked extra hours was insufficient for certain investigators and mediators. The arbitrator ruled that most other investigators, mediators and paralegals in non-exempt status should have been offered the option of extra pay rather than just compensatory time.

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The Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy recently released its new Four-Step Reference Guide to help employers recruit, hire and retain employees with disabilities.

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