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Lauren B. Hicks

Of Counsel || Atlanta, Indianapolis

Affirmative Action and OFCCP Compliance, Employment Law, Pay Equity, Governmental Affairs, Diversity and Inclusion, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
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Lauren Hicks devotes the majority of her practice to representing federal contractors and subcontractors in compliance evaluations and administrative enforcement actions triggered by the United States Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).

Lauren counsels employers on the preparation, management, and defense of their affirmative action programs and related matters, including jurisdictional analyses and preventative strategies. She has extensive experience with investigating and resolving systemic discrimination issues stemming from statistical disparities in hiring, compensation, and testing. Lauren has litigated numerous claims before courts and administrative agencies.

Lauren most recently served as a District Director for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs in the United States Department of Labor. In that role, she oversaw hundreds of OFCCP compliance evaluations, resolving several of the agency’s largest discrimination cases. Prior to her employment with the government, Lauren litigated a broad spectrum of employment matters on behalf of Plaintiffs, including collective actions.

Affirmative Action and OFCCP Compliance, Employment Law, Pay Equity, Governmental Affairs, Diversity and Inclusion, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
Life Sciences
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OFCCP’s New February 17 Deadline for Asserting Objections to EEO-1 Data Release

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) posted an updated final notice of the agency’s impending release of EEO-1 Type 2 (Consolidated) reports for 2016–2020 to all entities that may be subject to the Center for Investigative Reporting’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The deadline for contractors appearing on the non-objectors list to respond to OFCCP has been extended from February 7, 2023, to 11:59 p.m. EST on February 17, 2023.

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OFCCP Proposes Two-Step Complaint Intake Process

On January 18, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a notice proposing to modify its complaint process by adding a pre-complaint step whereby a complainant would be able to lay out basic allegations to allow OFCCP to make an initial assessment on whether the complaint would be proper and would be worth investigating.

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Check the List: Is OFCCP Ready to Release Your Company’s EEO-1 Report?

In response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the Center for Investigative Reporting, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is preparing to release the 2016-2020 EEO-1 Type 2 (Consolidated) reports of federal contractors that did not previously object to disclosure. OFCCP’s List of Non-Objectors identifies more than 13,000 entities whose EEO-1 reports OFCCP plans to release in response to the FOIA request.

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DOL Sued Over FOIA Request for Contractors’ EEO-1 Reports

On November 15, 2022, an investigative reporter and a nonprofit news organization sued the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The investigative reporter previously submitted multiple FOIA requests for federal contractors’ and first-tier subcontractors’ Type 2 Consolidated EEO-1 Report data to the DOL’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).

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