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The mission of ESA is to enhance the welfare and protect
the rights of American workers. As an enforcement and benefit delivery Agency,
ESA is composed of four major programs:
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Nine Organizations Honored for Creating Opportunities in the
Workplace |
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For their efforts to promote equal employment
opportunity, the U.S. Department of Labor handed out three types of awards -
the Secretary of Labor's Opportunity Award, Exemplary Voluntary Efforts (EVE)
Awards, and Exemplary Public Interest Contribution (EPIC) Awards - to nine
organizations at an annual awards ceremony hosted by the department's Office of
Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).
SCANA Corporation, headquartered in Columbia
S.C., received the Secretary of Labor's Opportunity Award. The EVE Awards were
presented to the Aerospace Corporation, Dell Computer Corporation, LG&E
Energy Corporation, and Tice Electric Company while the EPIC awards were
received by the National Business and Disability Council, Immigrant and Refugee
Community Organization, Lynchburg Community Action Group, and Nontraditional
Employment for Women. Read
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In Focus |
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New Data
Show Record-Breaking Results from Strong Enforcement, Compliance
Assistance |
Wage and Hour Achievements:
- Total back wages collected for workers in FY
2003 increased by 21% over FY 2002, from $175.6 million to $212.5
millionan 11-year record.
- The number of workers who received back wages
in FY 2003 increased by nearly 30% over FY 2002, from 263,593 workers to
342,358.
OLMS Achievements:
- In FY 2003, OLMS investigations resulted in
152 convictions, an average of 12.5 per month. Between FY 1999 and FY 2002,
OLMS investigations resulted in 660 convictions, an average of 11 per
month.
- OLMS increased the number of convictions in
FY 2003 by 69% over FY 2002
- OLMS conducted 30% more election
investigations in FY 2003 than FY 2002.
OFCCP Achievements:
- In FY 2003, OFCCP completed 7,709 compliance
evaluations covering over 2.5 million workersmore reviews and more
covered workers than any year since 1991.
- OFCCP completed 52 Corporate Management
Reviews during FY 2003, a record number. Corporate Management Reviews ensure
that workers have an equal opportunity to rise to management and executive
positions.
- OFCCP focused on systemic discrimination
cases in FY 2003, obtaining settlements which provided $26,220,356 in financial
remedies to 14,361 minority and female workers.
- In FY 2003, OFCCP referred 12 systemic
discrimination cases to the Office of the Solicitor for enforcement litigation,
involving $27.3 million in estimated liability and over 1,500 workers. The
Solicitors Office filed enforcement litigation in 5 OFCCP cases this
year, with estimated liability of more than $6.2 million and involving more
than 2,400 workers
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