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Workplace Safety: DirectEmployers & Recruit Rooster Office Visit Protocol
Back in March, the pandemic upended office life as we knew it, but fortunately for us at DE, we were prepared to work from home and took the change in stride. With the safety of our employees and their families in mind, our Executive Director Candee Chambers announced...
Workplace Equality: Women & the Journey to Gender Equity
The global pandemic dominated the first half of 2020, and while it continues to linger on, the second half of the year has been a genuine and widespread fight for equality. From the Black Lives Matter movement to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision regarding...
OFCCP Week In Review: August 24, 2020
- President Trump Issues Executive Order Requesting Agency Heads to Review Contractor Use of Temporary Foreign Labor or Services
- ICE Relaxes Form I-9 “Physical Presence” Requirement to September 19
- New Mental Health Tools in the Workplace: A Practical Guide for Business
- USDOL Outlines Breastfeeding Protections in the American Workplace
- EEOC Republican Commissioners Vote for Transparency; Lone Democrat Commissioner Dissents
- USDOL Published a COVID-19 Return to Work Checklist for Food Manufacturers
- EEOC to Discuss its Section 707 “Pattern or Practice” Authority
- “Decluttering the Department of Labor”
- Another Handy Checklist: Disability Inclusion for eRecruiting Systems
OFCCP Week In Review: August 17, 2020
- ODEP Reveals its New Website
- JAN Addresses Challenges for IWDs When Returning to Work During the Pandemic
- EEOC To Hold Public Meeting on Conciliation
- OFCCP Updated Two Website Tools
- NLRB Publishes New Across-the-Board Legal Standard to Deal With Abusive Employees
- OFCCP to Present TRICARE Compliance Assistance
Work from Home: A Game-Changer for Individuals with Disabilities
The onset of the coronavirus left workers everywhere grappling to deal with the “new normal” of working from home, but for individuals with disabilities (IWDs), the change has been a welcome improvement and has subsequently led to enhanced work conditions and morale...
OFCCP Week In Review: August 10, 2020
- VETS-4212 Reporting Window is Open
- EEOC Resumed Mailing Notice of Right to Sue Letters
- OFCCP Mails First-Ever VEVRAA Focused Review Audit Letters!
- Learn more on the Davis-Bacon Act and the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act
- OFCCP Updates on Conciliation, Mediation, and the Ombuds Service
- Looking to Improve Your Disability Inclusion Efforts?
- Call for Nominations! Panel to Evaluate the Quality of Compensation Data Collected from the EEO-1 Survey
- Technical Assistance Guides on the Opioid Crisis and the ADA
- Purple Heart Day: The Decoration Turned 232 Years Old
- July Employment In The US Jumped Up An Astounding 1,800,000 As America Began To Return To Work
Fresh From the Roost: July
Rise and shine! The Recruit Roosters have been putting in WORK launching career sites, conducting accessibility audits (hint: OFCCP Director Leen addressed this as a must-have to limit barriers to employment for individuals with disabilities!), reimagining career site...
OFCCP Week In Review: August 3, 2020
- It’s Time to Apply for the HIRE Vets Medallion Award!
- OFCCP Advances the ADA through Focused Reviews and Inclusion Awards
- Reminder: Time to Use the Revised Disability Self-ID Form
- NLRB Seeks Additional Employee Privacy and Absentee Ballots for Military Personnel
- Whipped Cream on Beer? OFCCP Talks Compensation Analysis
- NLRB’s Latest Decision in Browning-Ferris Brings the Joint-Employer Doctrine Full Circle
- Reminder: 2020 NASWA Veterans Conference is Virtual Next Week!
OFCCP Week In Review: July 27, 2020
- New FLSA and FMLA Guidance on Return to Work and the FFCRA
- The NLRB Draws the Line on Abusive and Offensive Statements
- Federal Government Contractors Must Review Compensation Systems
- OFCCP Updates on Conciliation, Mediation, and the Ombuds Service
- Senate Confirmed NLRB Board Members Kaplan and McFerran To New NLRB Terms In Office
- Honoring and Educating: The Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the ADA
OFCCP Week In Review: July 20, 2020
- OFCCP Presents the Past, Present, and Future during its Policy Update Webinar
- OFCCP Ombuds Tells What Types of Issues He is Handling
- The Women’s Bureau Requests Comments on Paid Leave
- “Quality and Utility” of Component 2 Compensation Data to Come
- What Would You Like to See Changed in the FMLA Regulations?
- Are You IN? to Celebrate the ADA’s 30th Anniversary
- Honoring the Americans with Disabilities Act – 30th Anniversary!