Showing posts with label compliance reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label compliance reviews. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Frito-Lay Decision Sets Cap on Compliance Reviews
HR.BLR.Com April 05, 2011 Contractors everywhere sat up and took notice when an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) recently decided to set a cap on the period of time that can be covered and for which data can be requested during an OFCCP compliance review. In Frito-Lay v. OFCCP, the ALJ held that the period for which data can be requested is limited by both 41 CFR Sec. 60-1.20(a)(1), and the Federal Contract Compliance Manual (FCCM), the “rules book” for OFCCP’s compliance officers. In the Frito-Lay case, OFCCP requested that the company provide workforce data for 2 years after the initial compliance review period after OFCCP identified adverse impact. The company refused, citing the OFCCP Scheduling Letter that only requests data for the previous AAP year and current AAP year (if more than 6 months into the current plan). In addition, Frito-Lay cited OFCCP’s regulations and the FCCM, which establish the time period for potential discrimination cases as only back 2 years from the date of the scheduling letter. Full Story: http://hr.blr.com/HR-news/Discrimination/Affirmative-Action/Frito-Lay-Decision-Sets-Cap-on-Compliance-Reviews-/
Monday, March 8, 2010
Officials Step Up Enforcement of Rights Laws in Education
The New York Times
By SAM DILLON
Published: March 7, 2010
Seeking to step up enforcement of civil rights laws, the federal Department of Education says it will be sending letters in coming weeks to thousands of school districts and colleges, outlining their responsibilities on issues of fairness and equal opportunity.
As part of that effort, the department intends to open investigations known as compliance reviews in about 32 school districts nationwide, seeking to verify that students of both sexes and all races are getting equal access to college preparatory curriculums and to advanced placement courses. The department plans to open similar civil rights investigations at half a dozen colleges.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan is to announce the initiatives in a speech on Monday in Selma, Ala., where on March 7, 1965, hundreds of civil rights marchers were beaten by Alabama state troopers.
Mr. Duncan plans to say that in the past decade the department’s Office for Civil Rights “has not been as vigilant as it should have been in combating gender and racial discrimination and protecting the rights of individuals with disabilities,” according to a text of the speech distributed to reporters on Sunday.
It continues, “We are going to reinvigorate civil rights enforcement....”
The department intends to send letters offering guidance to virtually all of the nation’s 15,000 school districts and several thousand institutions of post-secondary education, officials said.
The letters will focus on 17 areas of civil rights concern, including possible racial discrimination in student assignments and admissions, in the meting out of discipline, and in access to resources, including qualified teachers. Other areas include possible sex and gender bias in athletics programs, as well as sexual harassment and violence. Other letters will remind districts and colleges of their responsibilities under federal law with regard to disabled students.
Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/education/08educ.html?scp=10&sq=university&st=cse
By SAM DILLON
Published: March 7, 2010
Seeking to step up enforcement of civil rights laws, the federal Department of Education says it will be sending letters in coming weeks to thousands of school districts and colleges, outlining their responsibilities on issues of fairness and equal opportunity.
As part of that effort, the department intends to open investigations known as compliance reviews in about 32 school districts nationwide, seeking to verify that students of both sexes and all races are getting equal access to college preparatory curriculums and to advanced placement courses. The department plans to open similar civil rights investigations at half a dozen colleges.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan is to announce the initiatives in a speech on Monday in Selma, Ala., where on March 7, 1965, hundreds of civil rights marchers were beaten by Alabama state troopers.
Mr. Duncan plans to say that in the past decade the department’s Office for Civil Rights “has not been as vigilant as it should have been in combating gender and racial discrimination and protecting the rights of individuals with disabilities,” according to a text of the speech distributed to reporters on Sunday.
It continues, “We are going to reinvigorate civil rights enforcement....”
The department intends to send letters offering guidance to virtually all of the nation’s 15,000 school districts and several thousand institutions of post-secondary education, officials said.
The letters will focus on 17 areas of civil rights concern, including possible racial discrimination in student assignments and admissions, in the meting out of discipline, and in access to resources, including qualified teachers. Other areas include possible sex and gender bias in athletics programs, as well as sexual harassment and violence. Other letters will remind districts and colleges of their responsibilities under federal law with regard to disabled students.
Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/education/08educ.html?scp=10&sq=university&st=cse
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