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Advancing Board Diversity: Nasdaq’s New SEC Approved Rule Falls Short for People with Disabilities
In August 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a request from Nasdaq, a stock operator, to require its listed companies to report on their diverse boards or explain the lack of diversity. The Nasdaq proposal defines diversity to include at...
OFCCP Week In Review: September 27, 2021
- It Starts: Again. Texas Sued the EEOC Over Its Workplace Transgender Bathroom Guidance
- Joint-Employer Rescission Rule Pushed Back Due To Technicality
- Advisory Committee On Apprenticeships Is Now Staffed and Is Hosting a Public Meeting
- Nine Organizations Identified in the Employment Navigator and Partnership Pilot to Assist Transitioning Service Members & Spouses
- USDOL Delayed Returning Its Employees To Work In The Office: Teleworking To Remain Until The Start of Calendar 2022
- A New Tip Rule Provides More Employee-Friendly Provisions
- The Deadline for the White House Gender Policy Council Strategy Report to The President Has Passed Without Announcement
- By Executive Fiat, White House Task Force Suddenly Extended a COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate to Include ALL Employees of Federal Contractors and Subcontractors
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!
Fresh From the Roost: Serving a “Straight Up” Spectacular Career Site
Following the career site trail may lead you down a rabbit hole of new ideas, but for Recruit Rooster, it led them to the Bourbon Trail to one of Kentucky’s most recognized brands, Brown-Forman. Let’s dive right in and see how this team of colorful creatives got to...
OFCCP Week In Review: September 13, 2021
- Submit Stories About Essential Workers for USDOL’s Hall of Honor
- Get Involved in National Apprenticeship Week!
- National Association of State Workforce Agencies Annual Summit Open for Registration
- NLRB General Counsel Issued a Memo Instructing Staff to Expand Financial Remedies in Enforcement Actions Under the NLRA, Including “Consequential” Damages
- Two of President Biden’s Four Vaccine Mandates are Likely Unlawful, Without Implementing Rules, While the Other Two are Likely Lawful
- President Biden Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine for Certain Federal Contractors: Exceptions As Interesting As Who is Covered
- Comment or Vote on How to Advance Worker Equity
DE Talk Unplugged | Redefining Work & the 8-to-5 Culture
Until early 2020, most companies were only beginning to come around to the idea of remote work and flexible schedules but the pandemic forced us all to pivot and adapt – nearly overnight. As things continue to change, the future of work is starting to look a lot...
OFCCP’s New Emerging AAP Delivery Portal and AAP “Verification” Program: Much Ado About Nothing
Tuesday August 31, 2021: OFCCP’s New Emerging AAP Delivery Portal and AAP “Verification” Program: Much Ado About Nothing Both New Initiatives Lack Regulatory Authority and Both Are Unenforceable But, will contractors nonetheless flock like lemmings? Rapid-Fire...
OFCCP Week In Review: September 7, 2021
- Twenty States File Suit to Strike Down EEOC Technical Assistance Documents Regarding Disputed Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Protections
- OFCCP Came Out of Hibernation and Exploded with Three New Enforcement Initiatives
- OFCCP’s New Emerging AAP Delivery Portal and AAP “Verification” Program: Much Ado About Nothing
- DirectEmployers Partners with Leading Neurodiversity Expert Haley Moss to Promote Disability Inclusion & Diversity in the Workplace
- Form I-9 Flexibility Continues Per COVID Precautions
- New Courses Available for Transitioning Military Spouses
- Sample Application Now Available for “HIRE Vets Medallion Award”
- OFCCP Announced 400 New Full Compliance Reviews of Construction Contractors in its Latest CSAL
- It’s September?! Take A Moment to Be Aware
- Artificial Intelligence in the Hiring Process…Friend or Foe?]
- Back to the Future: OFCCP Rescinds as Premature the Trump OFCCP’s Rescission of OFCCP’s Interest to Evaluate Employer EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data Reports
- August Job Numbers Plummet by Over Half a Million Jobs: COVID-19 Economic Recovery Stunted
- Nomination Process Open for the Advisory Committee on Veterans’ Employment, Training, and Employer Outreach
- President Biden Issued EO On White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities
- Revised EEO Tabulation Data for AAPs Must Be Used Starting January 1, 2022
- The First Labor Day Parade – Almost a Disaster!
OFCCP Week In Review: August 30, 2021
- See Your State’s Race & Ethnicity by County
- Ban on Teaching Critical Race Theory in Federally Funded Pre-K through K-12 Schools Moves One Step Closer to Passage with U.S. House of Representatives Passage of the $3.5T FY 2022 Federal Budget Bill
- Season Three of the DE Talk Podcast Launches with Conversation Around Redefining Work & the 8-to-5 Culture
- Nine Organizations Named to Receive Reemployment Funding
- Democrats Take the NLRB Majority – Expect Changes Ahead: Employers Brace for Impact
Fresh From the Roost: Don’t Turn Your Beak Up At These Recruitment Marketing Solutions
Recruitment marketing is nothing to cluck about, and thankfully, our Recruit Rooster team has solutions that not only stand the test of time, but offer experiences that employers can truly crow about. From bustling talent communities to upgraded AI-based search...
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