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Seven Important Lessons We Learned This Year
Ah, 2020. The year that will forever live in infamy, when the entire world pressed paused and braced for the unknown. A global pandemic, racial and social justice disturbances, and a tumultuous presidential election were only a few of the challenges that were faced in...
OFCCP Week In Review: December 21, 2020
- OFCCP Released “Certainty” Directive
- Celebrating the Bill of Rights Day!
- EEOC Published Vaccination FAQs to Supplement its COVID-19 Technical Assistance Information
- USDOL Launched a Training Provider Website
- Nine New Organizations Achieved Recognition For High-Quality Apprenticeship Programs
- Open Virtual Meeting on Veteran Employment & Employer Outreach
- Colorado Asserts Nationwide Reach Over Most Online Job Postings of “Colorado Employers” in New Guidance Re Pay Transparency Rules
- That’s a Wrap For 2020
Colorado Asserts Nationwide Reach Over Most Online Job Postings of “Colorado Employers” in New Guidance Re Pay Transparency Rules
On Friday, December 18th, the Colorado Division of Labor Standards & Statistics (“DLSS”) issued Interpretive Notice & Formal Opinion #9 (“INFO #9”) regarding the pay transparency requirements in the new Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (“EPEWA”). Most of...
DEvelopments: Job View Analytics Update
Ensuring that your DirectEmployers membership remains a valuable part of your HR toolkit requires that we make continual updates and improvements to our products for your benefit. Back in February, we introduced a revamp of our Analytics tool within DE.works, which...
Fresh From the Roost: How We Strutted Our Stuff in 2020
Take a deep breath, count to 10, and let out a long sigh–you’ve finally made it to the end of 2020. For many of us, it’s been an incredibly transformative and life-changing year and, in some ways, life went on as usual. For others, their lives were completely flipped...
USDOL Announced A Coming Controversial OFCCP Final Rule Recognizing Expanded Religious Defenses, Even While Only Mirroring the Recent Case Law Which Established Them, Published the Rule Two Days Later, And Then Two Days Later Drew Angry Criticism From House Speaker Pelosi
On Monday December 7, 2020, OFCCP issued a press release announcing that it would soon publish its Final Rule updating OFCCP’s Rules re religious discrimination titled: “Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause’s Religious Exemption.”...
OFCCP Week In Review: December 14, 2020
- USDOL Announced A Coming Controversial OFCCP Final Rule Recognizing Expanded Religious Defenses, Even While Only Mirroring the Recent Case Law Which Established Them, Published the Rule Two Days Later, And Then Two Days Later Drew Angry Criticism From House Speaker Pelosi + Bonus Deep Dive Blog Post
- Disability and Employment Boot Camp Underway
- EEOC To Begin Formal Opinion Letters
- Rounding Out the Year with a Look Ahead to OFCCP Compliance in 2021
- Nine Democrat Senators Ask The EEOC To Investigate Hiring Processes Using Artificial Intelligence Tools
- Checklists Every Employer Needs To Stay Off the Naughty List!
- DOJ Continues ADA Celebration Recognizing a Win in Education With Service Animals
2020 Recap | A Year Filled with Surprises, Part Two
In case you missed it, last week we kicked off part one of our 2020 recap series by highlighting a number of exciting accomplishments, product launches, acquisitions, networking events and more. Today we’re wrapping things up and dishing out even more greatness! Take...
OFCCP Week In Review: December 7, 2020
- Controversial Contract Language for EO 13950 Released
- WHD Issued Two New FLSA-related Opinion Letters
- Transgender Now Protected Under Title VII
- EEOC Released a Savvy New Employment Data Tool
- New TAG for Small Contractors
- OFCCP Concedes to Oracle
- November Employment Situation Shows Steady Improvement As Unemployment Drops To 6.7%
- Remembering Pearl Harbor
2020 Recap | A Year Filled with Surprises, Part One
When the year began, there was an air of excitement for the start of a new decade — the “new roaring 20s”! Of course, no one had any idea what was coming: a global pandemic, months upon months of quarantine, a series of natural disasters, a surge in racial injustices,...
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