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Member Spotlight | Building A Successful Employer Brand
Every organization has a brand, which is known to customers by memorable features such as logos, taglines, jingles, packaging, atmosphere, and more. Having a favorable and recognizable brand is the key to attracting customers to your products or services, but human...
OFCCP Week in Review: August 29, 2016
In today’s edition of OFCCP Week in Review, John C. Fox and Candee Chambers discuss the NLRB’s recent conclusion that student teaching assistants are Common Law Employees, and the USDOL’s publication of the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces final guidance–including acknowledgement of DirectEmployers’ comments.
How to Get Employees to Generate Employer Branding Content
The following is a guest post authored by Phil Strazzulla of NextWave Hire–a company focused on helping companies build their employer brands through authentic employee testimonials that dive deep into what life is like at a company. Let me guess, you already tried to...
OFCCP Week in Review: August 22, 2016
In today’s edition of OFCCP Week in Review, John C. Fox and Candee Chambers discuss the criticism the EEOC’s EEO-1 Pay Data Collection Proposal is receiving from three prominent senior U.S. senators, as well as what predictions can be made about this particular proposal after the November election.
Updates to OFCCP Sex Discrimination Regulations Present Some Compliance Conundrums
The OFCCP’s definition of “similarly situated” for the purposes of evaluating compensation differences in its new sex discrimination regulations is so broad that it provides little guidance for federal contractors and goes beyond Title VII standards, two attorneys who handle OFCCP compliance matters recently told Employment Law Daily. The final rule, published in the Federal Register on June 15, 2016 (81 FR 39108-39169), replaces the guidelines at 41 CFR Part 60-20 with new sex discrimination regulations. The regulations, which implement the prohibition against sex discrimination contained in Executive Order (EO) 11246, took effect on August 15, 2016. Section 60–20.4(a) of the new regulations prohibits contractors from paying “different compensation to similarly situated employees on the basis of sex.” But the standard to which the OFCCP will hold contractors in assessing exactly which employees are “similarly situated” is far from clear, the attorneys stated.
Understanding the Military Resume
Member Mike Bazinet, Associate Director of Plasma Recruitment at Grifols Inc. is authoring a series of guest posts on how employers can be more effective with their veteran recruitment, outreach and retention efforts. Be sure to read Mike's previous post, "The...
Mentor Graphics: We’re a Member Because…
We can say that we offer the best OFCCP compliance solution, but what really speaks volumes is what our Members have to say about why they choose to continually renew their memberships each year. With over 868+ Member companies, you’ll see we go beyond the nuts and...
OFCCP Week in Review: August 15, 2016
In today’s OFCCP Week in Review, John C. Fox and Candee Chambers discuss the OFCCP’s Sex Discrimination Rule and the Final Rule amending the ADA regulations to incorporate changes in the ADA Amendments Act of 2008.
OFCCP Week in Review: August 8, 2016
The OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox and Candee Chambers. In today’s WIR, we will discuss DirectEmployers presence at the 2016 Industry Liaison Group (ILG) National Conference.
Going for Gold | Winning Outreach Strategies
As federal contractors know, the OFCCP’s VEVRAA and Section 503 regulations now require employers to conduct and track outreach efforts to ensure equal employment opportunities for all. To manage and evaluate their outreach activities, many employers are developing unique strategies and implementing new tools that can assist with this measure. For the 3rd Annual DirectEmployers Member Awards Competition, a number of our Member organizations submitted their outstanding initiatives surrounding outreach and one was even named the overall winner of our Compliance category! Let’s take a look at some of these initiatives.