OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu to speak in San Francisco! - - Ms. Shiu has been invited to speak in all four cities and has offered OFCCP Headquarters staff or Regional Directors to speak in her place where she is unable to join us. We will update the website as we get more information.

This year we will address the many new developments affecting federal contractors and refocused priorities being implemented by OFCCP, with their unprecedented budget and staffing increases. Since our brochure was printed, DOL and OFCCP have announced additional initiatives including: how to "improve" the EO Survey; recruiting, hiring and training the disabled; new I-9 Form final regulations; and executive compensation and subcontractor reporting requirements. Without question, things have changed at OFCCP and we will ensure that we bring you up-to-date with every new development.

This year's program is chaired by John Fox, and features OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu. (Ms. Shiu has been invited to all four locations, and has already confirmed the San Francisco location -- please check back for further confirmations.) The agenda also contains major presentations by David Fram on new disability law changes, Brian Bulger on compensation analysis, and sessions on systemic EEO enforcement, preferences, and significant OFCCP cases.

Topics covered in detail include:

Recent Major Developments at OFCCP

New and Refocused Priorities with Increased Funding and Staff

New Investigative Procedures

Data Collection Changes

"Glass Ceiling" Enforcement

Applicant Questions

Executive Order 13496...and much more.

Selected Recent OFCCP Cases of Importance, featuring for the first time an Open Forum where audience participants interactively discuss any applicable OFCCP cases and issues of interest.

New Compensation Analysis After Ledbetter -- Examination of the impact of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, what should be done to minimize liability for compensation and benefits decisions and "other practices" the Act now covers, how to calculate damages, whether and how to perform regression analyses, and whether to retain historical compensation records.

Other Developing Issues at OFCCP

New Audit Selection Systems

Back to the Future: The Changed Definition of "Who is an Applicant"

Partial Abandonment of Paragraph 11 Compensation Data Audits

OFCCP's New Damage Theories...and much more.

The Use and Mis-Use of Preferences in Employment Following Ricci / Role of Affirmative Action Plan and its Relation to "Diversity"

The differences between "recruitment" and "selection"

Which selection preferences are never unlawful

The two rationales which make selections based on race and sex lawful

How the ADA Amendments Act Changed Disability Law and the Rehabilitation Act -- In light of OFCCP's enforcement focus, the ADAAA's changes to the definition of "disability," the meaning of "substantially limits," the dramatic new definition of "regarded as," and the latest developments on reasonable accommodation obligations.

Increased Systemic EEO Enforcement -- With increased funding, more staff and experts, and new leadership, an examination of ramped up enforcement efforts by OFCCP, EEOC and the Solicitor of Labor and how this impacts contractors.

Contractor Case Studies Dealing with Factual Scenarios Likely to Arise During an Audit (Interactive session.)

All in all, the 2010 Affirmative Action programs are the best available, and are programs not to be missed. (For those new to the field or those requiring a "refresher," a full day "primer" on the fundamentals of affirmative action will be held prior the Briefing. Please click on Affirmative Action Workshop.)

Faculty members include John C. Fox, Esq., Brian W. Bulger, Esq., Gary R. Siniscalco, Esq., William E. Doyle, Esq., Jill L. Rosenberg, Esq., and David K. Fram, Esq.

Early Registration Fee: $845.00 (available until approximately 3 weeks prior to the seminar date, please consult brochure for exact date)

Registration Fee: $895.00

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