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OFCCP Week In Review: September 8, 2020
- OFCCP Says Good-Bye to Ten Billion Dollars in Annual TRICARE Contracts
- WHD Published Four New Opinion Letters
- New Minimum Wage for Federal Government Contractors
- Comment Now on Required Apprenticeship Reports
- Higher Education Discussion of Coming OFCCP Focused Reviews Sheds Light on Coming Promotion Issues All Contractors Will Have to Face and Resolve
- USDOL to Trumpet its Assistance and Award Programs
- Trump EEOC Pulls Back Obama EEOC’s Claimed ‘Section 707’ Authority
- July Was a Blockbuster Hiring Month, But Individuals with Disabilities and Minority Hires Continued to Lag
- White House Orders All Federal Agencies to Review Their Race Training Programs and Stop Any Course Which Furthers Racism
OFCCP Week In Review: August 31, 2020
- WHD Provided Guidance on Compensable Hours and Remote Work
- EEOC State of the Union, Including to “Remember the Ladies”
- DE Gets the Scoop on OFCCP’s Native American Outreach Support
- The ADA Mediation Promise
- 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment – Women’s Right to Vote!
- EDI Winners get Candid on the Framework to Build a Disability-Inclusive Organization
- The Pandemic is a Blessing in Disguise for Diversity and Inclusion Recruitment Efforts
- OFCCP Issued National Emergency Exemption for Hurricane Laura Relief Efforts
- New FAQS from WHD on Return To School and FFCRA
- COVID-19 and Job Applicants and Employees with Disabilities: Emerging Practices to Employ and Protect Workers
- New OFCCP FAQ on AAP Treatment of Non-Binary Employees
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!
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