Nita Beecher

About Nita's Practice

Nita Beecher is a nationally-recognized expert on Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) matters.  She is Counsel to FortneyScott with a focus on OFCCP regulatory affairs.  Ms. Beecher's primary focus is labor and employment law with substantial experience with class investigations by the EEOC and OFCCP.  She has more than 30 years of experience in labor and employment law particularly with class investigations by the OFCCP and the EEOC.

From 2000 to 2015, she led networks of senior diversity, EEO and affirmative action corporate practitioners as well as senior in-house labor and employment lawyers.

Ms. Beecher served as an in-house counsel in major corporations for more than 20 years where she advised in-house clients on labor and employment law issues including, among other matters, OFCCP "Glass Ceiling" audits, EEOC class age investigations, implementation of the ADA, and FLSA Wage and Hour audits, and developed a self-audit tool for McDonnell Douglas Corporation and The Boeing Company. Ms. Beecher also worked as in-house counsel for E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co., Consolidation Coal Company and Arch Coal Company.

In 2011 Ms. Beecher was selected by the National Research Council of the National Academies to participate in the Expert Study on Measuring and Collecting Pay Information from U.S. Employers by Gender, Race, and National Origin. Requested by the EEOC, the report by the panel was issued in 2012.

Ms. Beecher has been a regular speaker at the ILG National Conference since 2004 and she moderated the opening panel for the 2015 conference in New York City.

Education

University of North Carolina School of Law, (J.D., 1978); (A.B., 1975)

Major Publications & Speaking Engagements

• Editor, Federal Employment Law Insider
• Author, "One-Week Warning: OFCCP Contractor Portal Certification Deadline Approaches," HR Daily Advisor, June 23, 2022
• Quoted, "Employers Await More Legal Action as Last Federal Vax Mandate is Put on Hold," HR Daily Advisor, December 8, 2021
• Quoted, "Employers Ponder Next Steps as They Pore Over OSHA Vax Rule," HR Daily Advisor, November 4, 2021
• Quoted, "Time for Contractors to Prepare for New $15 Minimum Wage Rule," HR Daily Advisor, July 27, 2021
• Quoted, "Latest Supreme Court ACA Ruling Preserves Status Quo for Employers," HR Daily Advisor, June 18, 2021
• Quoted, "Time for Employers to Prepare for EEO-1 Data Collection Deadline," HR Daily Advisor, April 14, 2021
• Quoted, "House Revives Equality Act: What Employers Need to Know," HR Daily Advisor, February 24, 2021
• Quoted, "EEOC Gets New Chair, But Major Policy Changes Likely Will Have to Wait," HR Daily Advisor, January 22, 2021
• Quoted, "Employers Expected to Resume Diversity Training Plans as EO Fizzles," HR Daily Advisor, January 12, 2021
• Quoted, "Requiring COVID-19 Shots? Employers Advised to Follow EEOC Guidance Carefully," HR Daily Advisor, December 17, 2020
• Quoted, "Agency Asks Federal Contractors for Copies of Diversity Training Materials," HR Daily Advisor, October 22, 2020
• Quoted, "Trump's Training Order Raising Concerns About Employers' Diversity Efforts," HR Daily Advisor, October 1, 2020
• Quoted, "EEOC Eyeing Changes to Its Conciliation Process," HR Daily Advisor, August 20, 2020
• Quoted, "Latest Additions Still Leave NLRB with One Empty Seat," HR Daily Advisor, August 12, 2020
• Quoted, "Trump Administration Moving Ahead on EEOC, NLRB Vacancies," HR Daily Advisor, March 6, 2020
• Quoted, "With Scalia at Helm, Expect DOL to Be More 'Disciplined,' Pro-Business'," HR Daily Advisor, September 27, 2019 
• Quoted, "Scalia Defends Private-Sector Record During Confirmation Hearing," HR Daily Advisor, September 20, 2019
• Quoted, "EEO-1 Pay Data Portal Live, But Compliance Still a Challenge," HR Daily Advisor, July 18, 2019
• Quoted, "EEO-1 update: 2017 and 2018 Component 2 data still due by September 30," HR Daily Advisor, May 6, 2019
• Quoted, "DOL Proposes Change in How to Determine Regular Rate of Pay," HR Daily Advisor, April 2, 2019
• Quoted, "Latest EEO-1 Advice: Be Prepared, But Wait for More Info Due by April 3," HR Daily Advisor, March 22, 2019
• Quoted, "New Ruling Restores EEO-1 Pay Data Requirements," HR Daily Advisor, March 7, 2019
• Author, "EEOC, employees continue to see success in disability cases," Federal Employment Law Insider, October 2018, and Diversity Insight, November 13, 2018
• Quoted, "EEOC Sees Uptick in Sexual Harassment Charges, Lawsuits Filed in 2018," HR Daily Advisor, October 8, 2018
• Quoted, "Changing Times Highlight Need for Employers to Adapt to an Aging Workforce," Diversity Insight, August 16, 2018
• Quoted, "EEOC Chair Not Seeing Wave of Harassment Claims in Wake of #MeToo," HR Daily Advisor, June 14, 2018
• Quoted, "Paid Family Leave Proposals Gain Attention, Possibly Momentum," HR Daily Advisor, February 9, 2018
• Co-Author, "EEOC training programs help employers fight sexual harassment," Federal Employment Law Insider, November 2017, and Diversity Insight, February 7, 2017
• Co-Author, "Review of the Trump Administration's First Year: Immigration, Wage and Hour Enforcement," HR Daily Advisor, January 31, 2018
• Co-Author, "Review of the Trump Administration's First Year: Aggressive Agency Action," HR Daily Advisor, January 30, 2018
• Co-Author, "Review of the Trump Administration's First Year: Surprising and Controversial Moves," HR Daily Advisor, January 29, 2018
• Quoted, "Bill Takes Aim at Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Complaints," HR Daily Advisor, December 11, 2017
• Co-Author, "Diversity and inclusion: America's CEOs are showing the path forward," Federal Employment Law Insider, September 2017, and Diversity Insight, August 30, 2017
• Quoted, "EEO-1 form's pay data component suspended," Human Resources News, August 30, 2017
• Quoted, "Signaling end of overtime rule, DOL will seek public input on new regs," Human Resources News, June 8, 2017
• Quoted, "DOL rescinds joint-employment, independent contractor guidance," Human Resources News, June 8, 2017
• Quoted, "Trump puts final nail in the coffin: Blacklisting rule 'gone forever'," Human Resources News, March 28, 2017
• Quoted, "Trump proposes 'substantial' DOL budget cut," Human Resources News, March 17, 2017
• Quoted, "SCOTUS nominee 'excellent' choice for employers," Human Resources News, February 1, 2017
• Quoted, "Trump takes aim at ACA on first day in office," Human Resources News, January 23, 2017
• Author, "What Can Federal Contractors Expect Under the Trump Administration? Here's What We Know So Far," HR Daily Advisor, January 18, 2017
• Quoted, "Which employer mandates are on Trump's chopping block?" HR Hero Line, December 23, 2016
• Author, "Time for federal contractors to new paid leave requirements," Federal Employment Law Insider, November 2016, and Human Resources News, December 13, 2016
• Quoted, "Puzder nomination could be the end of overtime rules," Human Resources News, December 13, 2016
• Co-Author, "Judge blocks Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces final rule," Federal Employment Law Insider, November 2016, and HR Hero Line, November 11, 2016
• Quoted, "Final rule updates sex discrimination guidelines for federal contractors," Human Resources News, June 14, 2016
• Author, "EEOC takes step toward adding pay data to EEO-1 reports," Federal Employment Law Insider, February 2016, and Human Resources News, January 29, 2016

Professional Recognition

• Member, Academy of Science Expert Study On Measuring and Collecting Pay Information from US Employers by Gender, Race and National Origin
• Member, American Bar Association, Equal Employment Committee
• Member, North Carolina Bar Association
• Member, St. Louis ILG

Admitted to Practice

• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• North Carolina
• Western District of Pennsylvania