January 23, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

President Trump Rescinds E.O. 11246

President Trump has issued a new Executive Order formally rescinding Executive Order 11246 and directing the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to cease holding federal contractors responsible for taking affirmative action. Executive Order 11246 was signed by President Johnson in 1965, and prohibits covered federal contractors from discriminating in employment on the basis of race and sex, among...
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December 19, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Federal Appeals Court Vacates Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rules

A federal appeals court has vacated the Nasdaq stock market’s rule requiring Nasdaq-listed companies to disclose diversity data for their boards of directors. In 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved Nasdaq’s proposal to require most Nasdaq-listed companies to have at least one female and one minority/LGBTQ board member or explain their lack of diversity. The rule also required covered companies to...
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December 17, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Maryland District Court Allows Naval Academy To Consider Race in Admissions

The Naval Academy’s consideration of applicants’ race in admissions decisions does not violate the Constitution’s equal protection guarantee, a federal court ruled December 6 in Students for Fair Admissions v. U.S. Naval Academy. In upholding the Naval Academy’s practice, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland distinguished this case from last year’s Supreme Court Harvard decision, which rejected...
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October 16, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Highlights From CWC’s Tenth Annual Talent Acquisition Compliance Summit

The Center for Workplace Compliance, our affiliated nonprofit membership association, held its tenth annual Talent Acquisition Compliance Summit October 3 and 4 in Reston, Va. The summit featured presentations, facilitated discussions, and small-group sessions covering legal, regulatory, and policy developments affecting recruitment and selection. Session topics included: “Ten Key Metrics for Evaluating TA Diversity and Compliance,” which examined ways to...
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October 16, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Highlights From CWC’s 2024 Compliance, Diversity, and Inclusion Conference

The Center for Workplace Compliance, our affiliated nonprofit membership association, held its 2024 Compliance, Diversity, and Inclusion (CD&I) Conference in Reston, Va., on October 2 and 3. Representatives from member and prospective member companies engaged with CWC staff during several sessions. Session topics included: "A New Risk Landscape for Compliance and Diversity Programs,” about some employers’ reshaping of their CD&I...
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September 23, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

New EEOC Report Takes Another Look at Diversity in the High Tech Workforce and Sector

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a report concluding that people of color are underrepresented in the high-tech workforce compared with their participation in the overall U.S. workforce. The report—High Tech, Low Inclusion: Diversity in the High Tech Workforce and Sector 2014-2022—concludes that people of color in high-tech jobs are better represented in the high-tech sector. The high-tech workforce refers...
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September 05, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

What’s the “Dismantle DEI Act,” and How Would It Impact Corporate DEI Efforts?

Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) has introduced legislation—the “Dismantle DEI Act” (S. 4516)—that would affect corporate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices. S. 4516 would amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act by adding a definition of “prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice.” The bill would add “ethnicity” to the Civil Rights Act’s list of protected bases and...
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June 27, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Updated Template for Good Faith Outreach Letter Available to CWC Members

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has updated its template for good faith outreach letters. CWC members can use this template when contacting external sources for help in identifying diverse candidates that they can recruit for job openings in their companies. This template can help members that are government contractors demonstrate their efforts to comply with...
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June 12, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Eleventh Circuit Halts Program Awarding Business Grants Only to Black Women

In another potential setback for corporate programs designed to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), a federal appeals court has told a lower court to halt a contest open only to Black women, pending a decision on whether it passes constitutional muster. A split three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit made the ruling June...
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May 02, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

CWC’s FAQs on the New Federal Race/Ethnicity Data Reporting Standards

The new standards for collecting and reporting federal race and ethnicity data—published in March by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB)—will have a major impact on the reporting requirements imposed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit...
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