How EEOC Reached $20.5 Million Settlement, its Highest in the Last Decade

On January 9, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced it had reached a settlement with Jackson National Life Insurance to resolve discrimination claims at offices in Denver and Nashville. The $20.5 million settlement marks the largest EEOC settlement in the last decade and the largest ever settlement for the agency’s Denver and Phoenix office….
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Learning from Oracle vs. OFCCP: The Complexity of Compensation

At the end of last year, the United States Department of Labor and software developer Oracle America find themselves locked in a battle over allegations of discrimination and claims of government overreach.  Back in January 2017, the DOL sued technology leader Oracle America for discriminatory employment practices. According to the suit, filed by the DOL’s…
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How to Address Employee Sexual Harassment This Holiday Season

In November, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a sexual harassment suit against a Californian wireless retailer. Elite Wireless Group has been accused of violating federal law for failing to address complaints involving a male store manager who sexually assaulted a female employee. According to the suit, the EEOC has found that shortly after transferring…
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OFCCP Formally Announces It Will Not Use EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data

On November 25, the United States Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs formally announced it would not be using EEO-1 Component 2 pay data.  “OFCCP will not request, accept, or use Component 2 data, as it does not expect to find significant utility in the data given limited resources and its aggregated…
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