DE Talk | Fostering Intentional Workplace Inclusion through Vocational Rehabilitation

DE Talk | Fostering Intentional Workplace Inclusion through Vocational Rehabilitation

Season 4 • Episode 3

Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives have gone from nice-to-have to must-have over the last few years, but creating a diverse workforce involves more than just race, ethnicity, and gender. It also includes individuals with disabilities, the largest minority group in the world. Listen in as DirectEmployers Disability & Community Outreach Specialist Christa Martin chats with CSAVR CEO Steve Wooderson about how employers can foster intentional inclusion through utilization of vocational rehabilitation services to better employ and advance individuals with disabilities in the workplace and beyond.

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OFCCP Week In Review: October 11, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: October 11, 2021

  • OFCCP Alleges Individuals Classified as “Two or More Races” are Protected From Discrimination as a New “Protected Class”
  • OFCCP Spotlights Its Disability Inclusion Resources
  • Construction Compliance Course Released in The Online OFCCP Contractor Compliance Institute
  • Moving Along – Pending Piece of Tip Rule Takes Its Last Dance
  • E-Verify Now Offering Webinars Eligible for Professional Development Credits!
  • September’s Employment Situation – Another Disappointing Jobs Creation Month and More Americans Dropping Out to Expand the Long-Term Unemployed List
  • Artificial Intelligence in The Workforce – Utopia or Legal Landmine?
  • Looking Ahead: Celebrate NDEAM 2021 And The 20th Anniversary Of the Office of Disability Employment Policy
OFCCP Week In Review: October 11, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: October 4, 2021

  • Real-Time Labor Market Information Available Through National Labor Exchange (NLx)
  • Navigating COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: Employer vs. Employee Rights
  • Open Virtual Meeting on Veteran Employment & Employer Outreach
  • NLRB Counsel Continues to Trailblaze – This Time for Student-Athletes
  • Another $68 Million Awarded for Job Seeker Assistance
  • NASWA Announced Its 2021-2022 Board of Directors
  • FAR Council Required Two Clauses to Be Embedded in Federal Contracts Seeking to “Require” Compliance with Any and All Task Force “Guidances” Re COVID-19 Vaccinations or Testing
  • Government Fiscal Year Kicks Off In Status Quo
  • It’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month!
OFCCP Week In Review: October 11, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: September 20, 2021

  • GAO Seeks to Improve Veterans Justice Outreach Program to Help Veterans and Employers
  • A Must Watch Short Video on Writing Good (Inclusive) Job Descriptions
  • Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Increase on The Horizon
  • AAP Administrators — Budget (A LOT) Of Time for Census Re-Mapping
  • The Controversial New NLRB General Counsel Has Now Extended Her Push for New Forms of Damages in NLRB Actions to Include Settlement Negotiations, and Not Just NLRB Adjudications
  • Learn & Celebrate! It’s National Hispanic Heritage Month
  • White House Safer Federal Workforce Task Force Greenlights Federal Executive Agencies to Impose Vaccination Mandates on Federal Contracts/Subcontracts Beyond Biden’s Federal Contractor Vaccination Mandate
  • E-Verify Reminder to Employers
  • Get Ideas for National Disability Employment Awareness Month This Thursday Via a Twitter Chat!
OFCCP Week In Review: October 11, 2021

OFCCP Week In Review: July 26, 2021

  • Former National Women’s Law Center Counsel Joins OFCCP
  • Union Displays of “Scabby the Rat” and Anti-Company Bannering OK Near Neutral Sites
  • Comment Now on $15.00 Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors
  • Vice President Kamala Harris Cast the Deciding Vote to Confirm Controversial Nominee to be the New NLRB General Counsel
  • WHD to Host Prevailing Wage Seminars
  • ODEP Revealed NDEAM 2021 Poster