OFCCP Week In Review: April 10, 2023

OFCCP Week In Review: April 10, 2023

  • OFCCP (Silently) Again Updated Its FOIA Objection Portal
  • JOLTS Report: Job Openings Decreased by 632k in February, Rate Dropped to 6.0%
  • Latest DE Talk Podcast Discussed Building Employee Resource Groups to Create Trustworthy Environments to Encourage ID&E Conversations
  • President Biden Issued “Modernizing Regulatory Review” Executive Order
  • Substantially More People in All Race/Ethnic Groups Worked from Home Between 2019-2021, U.S. Census Bureau Reported
  • Economy Added 236k Jobs in March, Unemployment Rate Decreased Slightly to 3.5%
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
DE Talk | The Value of ERGs: Building a Trustworthy Environment for ID&E Conversations

DE Talk | The Value of ERGs: Building a Trustworthy Environment for ID&E Conversations

Season 4 • Episode 8

In recognition of Ramadan and Arab American Heritage Month in April, we sat down with Raheef Alturkmani, Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist for Inclusion, Diversity & Equity (ID&E) at Dow, to discuss best practices for building employee resource groups (ERGs) that thrive. In addition, he shares details of the organization’s Middle East & North Africa (MENA) ERG and how having passionate leaders and planning activities and initiatives around employee interests are key to their success.

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OFCCP Week In Review: April 10, 2023

OFCCP Week In Review: April 3, 2023

  • Senate HELP Committee Advanced Nominations for Kotagal as EEOC Commissioner & Looman as WHD Head
  • OFCCP Leadership Shake-Up: Director Yang and Her Deputy Have Left OFCCP. No Successor Director Yet In Sight
  • U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology Launched Its Artificial Intelligence Resource Center
  • VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark Dropped Slightly to 5.4%
  • USCIS Updated Policy Guidance on Self-Selecting a Gender Marker on Benefits Forms & Documents
  • OFCCP Held Uneventful Webinar Briefing on Religious Exemption Rule Rescission
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: April 10, 2023

OFCCP Week In Review: March 27, 2023

  • Job Search Website Operator Agreed to Electronically Scan and Remove Language in Job Postings Which Limited Jobs in the U.S. to Foreign Applicants
  • OFCCP Requested Public Comments (Again) on Proposed Changes to Disability Self ID Form
  • OFCCP Quietly Updated (Again) FOIA Objection Submissions Deadline to March 31
  • USDOL WHD Provided Second Comment Period on Proposal to Revise the Existing WD-10 Form for Federal Construction Contractors
  • An Employer’s Failure to Post the Employee Rights Notice Will Now Cost $659 Per Violation
  • USCIS Ended Covid Flexibilities for Response to Certain Notices & Requests
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: April 10, 2023

OFCCP Week In Review: March 13, 2023

  • OFCCP Requested Public Comments (Again) on OFCCP’s Job Listing, AAP, “Benchmarks for hiring” and Self-ID for Protected Veterans
  • U.S. BLS JOLTS Report Shows Shrinking Jobs Market
  • White House Budget Proposal Is Unrealistic, a Nonstarter for Congress and Sets the Stage for a Political Fight Over the U.S. Debt Ceiling
  • OFCCP Updated FOIA Objection Portal with “Final” Non-Objector List
  • NLRB Rescinded Four Provisions of Trump-Era NLRB Union Election Rule Struck Down by Federal Appellate Court in January
  • USBLS Reports Shrinking U.S. Labor Force; Unemployment Rate Increased to 3.6%
  • Marty Walsh’s Concluded His Time as Secretary of Labor
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
DE Talk | Skilled, Vetted & Ready: DEIA at the Heart of Veteran & Military Spouse Hiring

DE Talk | Skilled, Vetted & Ready: DEIA at the Heart of Veteran & Military Spouse Hiring

Season 4 • Episode 7

Conversations surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion remain a focus in 2023 – but where do veterans fall into these plans, and how can employers keep them included in these discussions? Tune in as DirectEmployers Kim Lott and Denise Lewis of VetJobs get down to the heart of veteran diversity, and share how these men and women who bravely served our country represent one of the most diverse hiring groups spanning culture, race, gender, disability, sexuality, age, nationality and more.

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OFCCP Week In Review: April 10, 2023

OFCCP Week In Review: February 27, 2023

  • In the Ongoing Push to Make More Companies Liable for Worker Employment Claims, California Again Seeks to Set the Pace
  • U.S. NLRB Ruled Employers May Not Include Confidentiality or Non-Disparagement Provisions in Severance Agreements
  • U.S. Supreme Court Held FLSA’s Overtime Exemption Does Not Apply to Highly Paid, Daily-Rate Worker
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Reported Employment of Workers with Disabilities Increased in 2022
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: April 10, 2023

OFCCP Week In Review: February 20, 2023

  • NLRB Again Extended Reply Comment Period on Proposed Fair Choice and Employee Voice Rule
  • Last Two Chances Coming for Contractors to Object to OFCCP’s Proposed Disclosures of EEO-1 Data
  • U.S. Labor Secretary Walsh Announced Changes to Three Labor Appeals Boards
  • Senate HELP Committee Advanced Gilbride Nomination for EEOC General Counsel, But Looman Nomination to Head WHD Hit Technical Snag
  • U.S. Labor Secretary Walsh Finally Announced His Resignation Date
  • President Biden Issued Executive Order on “Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities”
  • Illinois Supreme Court Ruled Claims Under State’s Biometric Information Privacy Act Accrue with Each Scan or Transmission
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
OFCCP Week In Review: April 10, 2023

OFCCP Week In Review: February 13, 2023

  • U.S. DOL Submitted Proposed Rule to Clarify That WIOA’s Sex-Based Discrimination Prohibition Includes Sexual Orientation
  • Know Your New Congressional Labor Committee Leaders
  • U.S. Labor Secretary Walsh Expected to Resign to Take National Hockey League Players Association Director Position
  • OFCCP Extends the Deadline for Federal Contractors to Further Correct OFCCP’s “Non-Objectors List” of Companies Whose EEO-1 Component 1 Data OFCCP Intends to Disclose to an FOIA Requestor
  • In Brief
  • Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders