DE Talk | Using Employment Networks to Connect with Individuals with Disabilities in an Ever-Changing Workforce

DE Talk | Using Employment Networks to Connect with Individuals with Disabilities in an Ever-Changing Workforce

by | Oct 21, 2024 | Podcast

Season 6 • Episode 2

With an unemployment rate nearly twice that of the national average, individuals with disabilities continue to face barriers to employment that prevent them from sharing their unique skills and talents with the workforce. In this episode we sit down with EmployReward Solutions Project Director Tripp Carter for a discussion on employment networks — what they are, how employers can connect with them, and how they can benefit from their services. Tripp also shares success stories of how DirectEmployers Members have found success in working with EmployReward Solutions, and offers humbling advice on how to create inclusive and accommodating hiring programs that attract and retain talent within the disability community.

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DE Talk | Fostering Intentional Workplace Inclusion through Vocational Rehabilitation

DE Talk | Fostering Intentional Workplace Inclusion through Vocational Rehabilitation

by | Oct 25, 2022 | Podcast

Season 4 • Episode 3

Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives have gone from nice-to-have to must-have over the last few years, but creating a diverse workforce involves more than just race, ethnicity, and gender. It also includes individuals with disabilities, the largest minority group in the world. Listen in as DirectEmployers Disability & Community Outreach Specialist Christa Martin chats with CSAVR CEO Steve Wooderson about how employers can foster intentional inclusion through utilization of vocational rehabilitation services to better employ and advance individuals with disabilities in the workplace and beyond.

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OFCCP Week In Review: January 10, 2022

OFCCP Week In Review: January 10, 2022

by | Jan 10, 2022 | Week In Review (WIR)

  • This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
  • Wage & Hour Administrator Nomination Boomerang
  • Court Prohibits Defense Department Discipline of 35 Navy Personnel Seeking Religious Accommodation From Vaccine Mandate
  • DE First to Have Signed Partnership Agreements with All 50 States & U.S. Territories for Electronic Job Listings
  • 6th Circuit Joins Prior 11th Circuit Decision in Refusing to Allow Enforcement of the Federal Contractor/Subcontractor Vaccine Mandate
  • Coalition of Healthcare Worker Unions File Petition Seeking Court Order to Make OSHA Healthcare ETS Permanent
  • The U.S. Department of Justice Weighed In Again On COVID Concerns Affecting Individuals With Disabilities
  • EEO-1 Administrators Take Note: EEOC Will Replace Its EEO-1 Type 6 Report For Small Establishments With Its Type 8 Report
  • Should NLRB Change Its Legal Standard On Work Rules?
  • U.S. Wage-Hour Division and NLRB MOU Promises Greater Enforcement and Investigation Opportunities Against Employers, Including as to Independent Contractor Misclassifications
  • Countdown to E-Verify Record Destruction
  • BILG Gets Answers On OFCCP Certification Portal
  • NLRB Seeks To Remedy Alleged Ethics Violations By Former Member Emanuel
  • Another Disappointing Monthly Jobs Report: Short Term Unemployment Dropped as Long-Term Unemployment Grew And More Americans Decided To Sit Out Millions of Available Jobs
  • Oral Argument Suggests U.S. Supreme Court Dubious OSHA Has Authority to Require Vaccination in ETS; Proponents of CMS Healthcare Worker Vaccination Mandate More Hopeful