OFCCP Week In Review: December 21, 2015
The “OFCCP Week in Review” is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment published every Monday. Here are this week’s developments: December 18, 2015: Congress Expresses Concerns To OFCCP and Cuts Its FY2016 Budget By...
Tips for Job Seekers with Disabilities
Earlier this month, the unemployment rate was reported as holding steady at 5%. For people with disabilities, it’s a much different picture at 12.1%. Disability inclusion has become a priority for many companies, especially in light of the Section 503 changes in 2014. Unfortunately myths and unspoken concerns about employing people with disabilities continue to create employment barriers. Deane Osner of Member company Shaw Industries doesn’t want job seekers with disabilities to give up. In fact, he’s encouraging them to address the challenge by helping to educate employers. Here’s what he had to say:
DE-velopments | Q4 2015 DirectEmployers Product Development Update
DE-velopments is an overview of our product release updates and how they benefit DirectEmployers Member companies. Based on the release schedule, we determined it would be best to publish quarterly instead of monthly. Our last update covered August and September, so...
OFCCP Week In Review: December 14, 2015
The “OFCCP Week in Review” is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment published every Monday. Here are this week’s developments: December 8, 2015: OFCCP Releases New FAQ’s on Veterans Infographic. In response to...
Targeted Recruiting vs. Non Targeted Recruiting
The following guest post comes to us from Mark Cohen, C.O.O., EVP New Business Development JMR Publishing, Equality Magazines, Equality Jobs. In the beginning there were a few huge general job boards, Monster, CareerBuilder, Hotjobs and they were very important to our...
DirectEmployers Association Announces 3rd Annual Member Awards Competition
DirectEmployers Annual Member Awards Competition announces call for entries for OFCCP Compliance and Recruitment Marketing categories Indianapolis-based nonprofit DirectEmployers Association announces its 3rd Annual Member Awards Competition, and invites members of...
OFCCP Compliance Tip: Disability Accommodation
In addition to our Week In Review (WIR) and OFCCP Compliance Alerts, we like to provide Compliance Tips. These posts are quick snippets of advice for federal contractors, provided by a variety of field experts. This tip comes to us from Linda Cavanna-Wilk, Attorney at...
Unplugged with NASWA’s Bob Simoneau: What the Heck is NLx?
Have you ever heard of the NLx? The acronym is short for the National Labor Exchange, which is a partnership between DirectEmployers and the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA).
In this video, NASWA’s Deputy Executive Director, Workforce Development Director talks “unplugged” or off-script about the partnership, what makes it unique and how it benefits employers, job seekers and veterans.
