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Our Product Development team works tirelessly to create new tools and applications that add value to membership, but you may not know that they also regularly make updates to existing products and improvements behind the scenes. As an Association, we take our Members’...
OFCCP Week In Review: January 6, 2020
- EEO-1 Status Update
- OFCCP Updated the Federal Contractor Compliance Manual! (Late Reporting)
DE Talk Unplugged: Career Site Accessibility
With the unemployment rate for individuals with disabilities almost double that of the unemployment rate for individuals without a disability, dedicated hiring initiatives have become a focus for employers of all size and federal contractor status. Of course,...
OFCCP Week In Review: December 30, 2019
- Federal Court Orders OFCCP to Disclose EEO-1 Reports Belonging to 20 Federal Government Contractors
- NLRB Now Allows Content-Neutral Limits on Union Insignia on Work Uniforms in Customer Service Areas
- The NLRB Reverts to its Longstanding Policy to Defer to Arbitration Decisions
- OFCCP Issued a Proposed Rule
OFCCP Week In Review: December 23, 2019
- Win $100,000 for Innovative Outreach
- NLRB Restored Longstanding Union Dues Checkoff Rule
- New 503 Focused Review Resources
- NLRB Approved Confidentiality in Workplace Investigations
- Employers Take Back Email Control
- Federal Agency Engagement Scores Released
- Budget Passed; President Trump Signed Both Bills Avoiding Government Shutdown
- WHD Seeks Comments on Paid Sick Leave
- EEOC Seeks to Close Portal for Component 2 Data
2019 Rewind: Reflecting on a Year of Hard Work & Hustle
Another year is quickly coming to a close, and as we look back at the past 12 months, we have a lot to be grateful for. This year brought new products and service offerings, new team members, exciting partnerships and so many new Members! As the holidays approach, we...
OFCCP Week In Review: December 16, 2019
- New Resource to Increase Disability Self-Identification
- DE Talk: Episode 3 Launched Discussing Career Site Accessibility from a Compliance and Recruitment Perspective
- OFCCP Seeks Comments on Construction Compliance Check Letters
- Hire Vets Medallion Recipients Announced!
- DE Hit the Road to Michigan for the Annual AA/EEO & Diversity Conference Hosted by the American Society for Employers (ASE)
- Update to the FLSA “Regular Rate”
- NLRB Returns to Pre-Obama Era Legal Test for “Joint-Employer” Status
- EEO-1 Component 2 Saga Continues
- NLRB Rolls Back the “Quickie Election”
Fresh from the Roost: November 2019
With Thanksgiving looming ahead at the end of the month, the Roosters worked fervently to get a new group of career sites updated and launched, but tensions were high as thousands of fellow fowl headed to the freezer section. Thankfully (pun intended), the Roosters...
OFCCP Week In Review: December 9, 2019
- OFCCP v. Oracle (Pay Discriminations Lawsuit) Hearing Began
- November Employment Situation
DE Talk Unplugged: David Muir
While veteran unemployment is often a hot topic in the HR world, and thankfully on the decline, veteran underemployment is still a major issue–and one that isn’t often discussed. What does that mean exactly? An underemployed veteran is a veteran who has accepted a job...