The Biden administration is proposing several changes in the way race and ethnicity are reported in the census and government surveys. The first is to collect race and ethnicity with a single question, putting “Hispanic or Latino” along with the other races, rather than the separate two question format in place currently. Supporters claim that [...]
The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) recently updated their FAQs page to state that the CRD will begin accepting “enforcement deferral requests” from employers for their Labor Contractor Employee Reports. If granted, employers have until July 10th, 2023, to submit the report. Previously, we reported California requires employers with 100 or more employees to submit [...]
On April 17th, 2023, the OFCCP released the EEO-1 data of nearly 20,000 federal contractors. As we previously reported, in August 2022, the OFCCP notified federal contractors of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for federal contractors’ EEO-1 reports. The request was for consolidated Type 2 (company-wide) EEO-1 data from years 2016-2020 for all [...]
The Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) annual national hiring benchmark was recently updated. Effective March 31st, 2023, the new benchmark is 5.4% veterans. This benchmark is down from 5.5% last year.
The California Civil Rights Department released updated FAQs for this year’s report and posted an Excel template. The expanded pay data report is due May 10, 2023. Previously we reported that California currently requires employers with 100 or more employees to submit annual pay data reports. The new regulations expand these reporting obligations by requiring [...]