Using the legal and statistical standards articulated in OFCCP’s recently-released systemic compensation discrimination guidelines, this two-day program provides a useful framework for conducting a self-analysis for potential compensation discrimination under Title VII, the Equal Pay Act, and Executive Order 11246. The program also addresses strategies for managing an OFCCP audit of your compensation practices.
The course focuses on the legal concepts, statistical techniques and analytical skills involved in conducting a valid compensation analysis — one that can serve not only as a useful tool during litigation or OFCCP compliance evaluations, but also can serve as a component of an ongoing proactive compensation monitoring process. The course is appropriate for both EEO and compensation professionals. EEO professionals will benefit by learning the standards, techniques, and strategies currently used by OFCCP in evaluating compensation practices during audits. Compensation professionals will learn how to supplement their traditional evaluation of pay practices with an assessment of legal vulnerabilities to discrimination claims based on race or gender. A segment also will be included on executive compensation, including methodologies for monitoring variable pay for potential employment discrimination. Compensation professionals also will learn how best to coordinate their expertise with that of the company’s EEO professionals in managing an OFCCP audit of compensation.
The course begins with a brief overview of the legal and statistical principles contained in OFCCP’s systemic discrimination guidelines. Against this background there is a more in-depth review of the questions that need to be addressed in evaluating your company’s compensation systems. There is a step-by-step review of recognized statistical methodologies designed to pinpoint workforce units with potentially problematic pay patterns. In addition, non-statistical “cohort analyses” are discussed as a way of determining whether any problematic statistical pay patterns that have been identified can be justified. Managing OFCCP’s review of your compensation system and strategies for conciliating alleged pay violations found by OFCCP also are addressed. The trainers’ use of EEAC’s Comp Auditor® II software in presenting this information avoids the need for a thorough understanding of statistical methodologies. The program concludes with a demonstration of EEAC’s Comp Auditor® II software.
The course will be held at the EEAC Training Center, which is located in downtown Washington, DC at 1501 M Street, N.W., Suite 400, just three blocks from the McPherson Square/White House Metro stop. If your travel contemplates an overnight
stay, there are a number of hotels within easy walking distance
of the Training Center. Attendees are responsible for making
their own hotel arrangements. If you need suggestions for
hotels in the area, please check our website at http://www.eeac.org/docs/Hotel_Information.pdf or contact EEAC at 202-629-5655.
Seminar Materials: The seminar materials include a notebook of the visuals
used to present the course, pertinent memoranda and guidance materials.
Note: Due to limited space, we will be unable to admit walk-ins
to the seminar.
