Peopleclick Provides OFCCP Compliance Insight at Affirmative Action Conference; Peopleclick Research Institute's Murray Simpson Addresses Steps Employers Should Take to Meet Affirmative Action Compliance.ST. LOUIS -- Today, at the American Association American Association refers to one of the following professional baseball leagues:
AAAA American Association for Affirmative Action AAAA Army Aviation Association of America AAAA Battery Size AAAA American Association of Amateur Astronomers ) annual conference, Murray Simpson, Ph.D., an economist and senior consultant for the Peopleclick Research Institute (PRI PRI: see Institutional Revolutionary party. (Primary Rate Interface) An ISDN service that provides 23 64 Kbps B (Bearer) channels and one 64 Kbps D (Data) channel (23B+D), which is equivalent to the 24 channels of a T1 line. ), spoke to attendees about several employment auditing techniques used to analyze employer's selection and pay practices. Simpson also addressed how the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is part of the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration. OFCCP is responsible for ensuring that employers doing business with the Federal government comply with the laws and regulations requiring (OFCCP OFCCP Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (US Department of Labor) OFCCP Oceanic Fisheries and Climate Change Project ) plans to use these techniques. "The OFCCP has proposed changes in its statistical paradigm for detecting discriminatory employment practices," said Dr. Simpson. "Employers need to understand how these statistical methods may be used by the OFCCP when it scrutinizes their employment practices for evidence of discrimination." PRI, the affirmative action research and compliance consulting arm of Peopleclick Inc., conducts tailored, quantitative research Quantitative research Use of advanced econometric and mathematical valuation models to identify the firms with the best possible prospectives. Antithesis of qualitative research. to help employers and attorneys analyze employment decisions, manage risk and promote workforce diversity. While addressing the strengths and weaknesses of several proposed statistical tools, Simpson suggested that employers should question to what extent the OFCCP's techniques are appropriate for analyzing their selection and pay decisions. According to Simpson, attendees should analyze their hiring, promotion and termination decisions, as well as their compensation practices, on a regular basis, either internally or by hiring a statistical expert. Thus positioning themselves to detect any patterns of discrimination prior to an audit by the OFCCP. Since the American Association for Affirmative Action was founded in 1974, the organization has hosted the AAAA annual conference for participants to gather information from speakers in the business, education and government sectors about the development and enhancement of equal opportunity, affirmative action, human resources, diversity and legal affairs programs. About Peopleclick Raleigh, N.C.-based Peopleclick Inc., a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. founded in 1997, is one of the world's leading enterprise-wide Total Workforce Acquisition providers. Peopleclick provides a holistic solution that includes products, services and expertise encompassing recruitment and vendor management, diversity planning and EEO/Affirmative Action compliance. Peopleclick currently serves more than 2,500 customers in 97 countries, including 54 of the Fortune 100. For more information on Peopleclick's products and services, visit www.peopleclick.com or call 1-877-820-4400. |
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