The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has issued a new directive entitled “Calculating Back Pay as a Part of Make-Whole Relief for Victims of Employment Discrimination” (“Directive”). The Directive addresses the two distinct models for calculating back pay relief – formula relief and individual relief – and

Originally published at Ogletree Deakins (http://www.ogletreedeakins.com) on April 15, 2013, and written by Leigh Nason and Dara DeHaven. An extended version of this article can be found here.

After a relatively quiet 2012, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) hit the ground running in 2013. In a second major announcement