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Disability Employment Awareness…Why a Month?

by DirectEmployers Guest | Oct 24, 2023 | Diversity & Inclusion, Networking and Education, Partners

This blog post was originally posted on the Walking Spirit blog on October 13, 2023, in support of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). (Image Description: Jeremy Warriner, a bi-lateral above knee amputee stands on two prosthetic legs with the aid...

DE Talk Unplugged: Uncovering the Non-Traditional Workforce

by Kacie Koons | Sep 7, 2023 | Diversity & Inclusion, Networking and Education

Season Five of the DE Talk Podcast launched with a powerful conversation between our VP of Strategic Partnerships, Shannon Offord, and Mike Thibideau, President & CEO of Invest Hamilton County. In this episode, Mike details substance abuse’s substantial impact on...

Reflecting on ADA32

by DirectEmployers Guest | Jul 27, 2022 | Diversity & Inclusion, Networking and Education

Every year with the ADA Anniversary, I try to picture if the Americans with Disabilities Act were a person. I did it as a retrospective during the 30th anniversary, trying to picture one of my newly 30-year-old-friends getting promoted and buying a house. But this...

OFCCP Week In Review: December 20, 2021

by DE Compliance News | Dec 20, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)

This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
When is COVID-19 A Disability Under the ADA? EEOC Expands Technical Assistance Guide
Today’s Youth = Tomorrow’s Workforce, How do We Cultivate At-Risk Talent?
Time Extended To Comment On “Consequential Damages” To Employees Per The NLRB
Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Flexibility Extended Through April 2022
VETS Turns 40!
Just In Time To Save Christmas – A Joint Resolution To Increase The Debt Limit By $2.5 Trillion
This Week’s Surprising Vaccination Mandate Case Decisions
New Resource: How To Handle Captioning & ASL Requests For Virtual Meetings
Fair Chance Act – “Ban The Box” – Effective Today as to Federal Contractors!

OFCCP Week In Review: October 14, 2019

by DE Compliance News | Oct 14, 2019 | Week In Review (WIR)

Supreme Court Declines to Weigh-In on ADA and Mobile Accessibility at This Time
SCOTUS Heard Oral Arguments on LGBTQ Cases
EEOC & OMB ask the Court to End the Component 2 Data Collection by November 11, 2019
Director Leen Kicks off NELI
NELI Part III – Reasonable Accommodations & Other Hot Topics
OFCCP Released TAG for Educational Institutions
Legal Counsel Sworn into EEOC

OFCCP Week in Review: October 29, 2018

by DE Compliance News | Oct 29, 2018 | OFCCP Compliance, Week In Review (WIR)

National Disability Employment Awareness Month
EEOC To Host Public Meeting on Harassment Prevention
Transgender – Protected Status Under Title VII?
Disability:IN Revealed Groundbreaking Data

OFCCP Week In Review: June 6, 2016

by DE Compliance News | Jun 6, 2016 | Week In Review (WIR)

This week we cover the EEOC’s announcement regarding increased penalties for notice-posting requirements under three statutes:

-Title VII
-Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”)
-Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (“GINA”)

OFCCP Week In Review: April 20, 2015

by DE Compliance News | Apr 20, 2015 | Week In Review (WIR)

The “OFCCP Week in Review” is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment published every Monday. Here are this week’s developments: April 10, 2015: FAR Council Published Interim Rule re OFCCP LGBT Rule. See 80 Federal...