Redeem Your Lunch Hour
At some point during your work day (especially if you’re in a more traditional 9-to-5 setting), you’re going to take a break to eat. You have this chunk of time in the middle of your day called “lunch hour”… so how can you make the most of it? Sure, you need to eat. That’s a given. But that lunch hour can be used for so much more too.
EEO-1 Report Changes Catch Employers by Surprise!
The following post was authored by Cindy Karrow, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Senior Consultant at Berkshire Associates Inc. The Joint Reporting Committee opened the EEO-1 website for 2015 reporting earlier this week. Many employers were surprised to learn there were changes made...
OFCCP Compliance Tip: Implement and Monitor
In addition to our Week In Review (WIR) and OFCCP Compliance Alerts, we recently added a subcategory called Compliance Tips. These posts are quick snippets of advice for federal contractors, provided by a variety of field experts. This tip comes from special guest...
OFCCP Compliance Tip: Determining “Evaluation Period” in OFCCP Audit
In addition to our Week In Review (WIR) and OFCCP Compliance Alerts, we recently added a subcategory called Compliance Tips. These posts are quick snippets of advice for federal contractors, provided by a variety of field experts. This week’s tip is from special guest...
OFCCP Week In Review: April 27, 2015
The “OFCCP Week in Review” is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment published every Monday. This week’s developments were provided by special guest Joyce Morgan, Owner of Morgan Consulting Services, LLC, and...
How Companies Can Attract the Best College Talent
The following post was written by and being reposted with permission from Sanjeev Agrawal, CEO and co-founder of Collegefeed. View the original post on HBR.org. Over the past year, my firm Collegefeed met with more than 300 companies to understand their college hiring...
Making Images Accessible to People Who are Blind
This post originally appeared on the ODEP Disability Blog on February 11, 2015, and is being shared here with permission of its author, editor and freelance writer Mel Finefrock. View the original post. When it comes to photodocumentation via social media, many...
Five, Four, Three, no wait, it’s 503: Employment requirements for federal contractors
The following guest blog post is from Eric Ellet, Programs Outreach and Education Coordinator, Bosma Enterprises. View the original post on Bosma.org. On March 24, 2014 the revised Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act became effective for companies with US Government...