Highlights From CWC’s 2024 Compliance, Diversity, and Inclusion Conference

October 16, 2024

What's New

CWC held its 2024 Compliance, Diversity, and Inclusion (CD&I) Conference in Reston, Va., on October 2 and 3. Representatives from member and prospective member companies engaged with CWC staff during several sessions.

Session topics included:

• "A New Risk Landscape for Compliance and Diversity Programs,” about some employers’ reshaping of their CD&I programs since the Supreme Court struck down race-based affirmative action in college admissions.
• “Future Impact of New Federal Race/Ethnicity Data Standards,” about changes to the federal government’s collection and evaluation of race and ethnicity data.
• “Rooney, Ricci, And Race: A Post-Harvard Revisiting,” about the Supreme Court’s likely response to an employment-related DEI or affirmative action program.
• “Just How Intelligent Is It? Paradigms for Assessing AI Risk,” about the use of artificial intelligence in employment decisions.
• “Structuring Affirmative Action Plans (AAPs) for a Remote Workforce,” about the practical challenges of aligning remote workers with AAPs.
• “Practical Suggestions for Managing OFCCP Audit Risks,” about increasing the odds of a successful audit outcome.
• “Lessons Learned: The Wrong Ways Employers Pursue Pay Equity,” about the dos and don’ts of designing pay equity analyses.

What It Means

There is a new risk landscape for affirmative action compliance and DEI programs in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision striking down race-based affirmative action in college admissions and the flurry of legal and political challenges that followed.

What You Should Do

Keep an eye on CWC’s Events Calendar for information on upcoming CWC virtual and in-person conferences, training courses, and member calls.

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