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...
by Kacie Koons | Nov 8, 2022 | Diversity & Inclusion, Networking and Education
October was National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) and to encourage inclusion and equity for individuals with disabilities year-round, we sat down with Steve Wooderson, CEO of CSAVR to discuss the benefits of vocational rehabilitation services. In this...
by DirectEmployers Guest | Oct 28, 2022 | Diversity & Inclusion, Networking and Education
As part of this year’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) celebration, our partner American Dream Employment Network, a division of National Disability Institute (NDI), is providing a resource that helps educate your employees on their social...
by Jaime Costilow | Oct 3, 2022 | Diversity & Inclusion, Networking and Education
Workforce diversity is not a matter of social responsibility or obligation but a proven asset that strengthens your business. Creating equitable workplaces starts with fair opportunities for all your employees and removing obstacles to employment that marginalized...
by John C. Fox | Oct 4, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- Real-Time Labor Market Information Available Through National Labor Exchange (NLx)
- Navigating COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: Employer vs. Employee Rights
- Open Virtual Meeting on Veteran Employment & Employer Outreach
- NLRB Counsel Continues to Trailblaze – This Time for Student-Athletes
- Another $68 Million Awarded for Job Seeker Assistance
- NASWA Announced Its 2021-2022 Board of Directors
- FAR Council Required Two Clauses to Be Embedded in Federal Contracts Seeking to “Require” Compliance with Any and All Task Force “Guidances” Re COVID-19 Vaccinations or Testing
- Government Fiscal Year Kicks Off In Status Quo
- It’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month!
by John C. Fox | Sep 20, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- GAO Seeks to Improve Veterans Justice Outreach Program to Help Veterans and Employers
- A Must Watch Short Video on Writing Good (Inclusive) Job Descriptions
- Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Increase on The Horizon
- AAP Administrators — Budget (A LOT) Of Time for Census Re-Mapping
- The Controversial New NLRB General Counsel Has Now Extended Her Push for New Forms of Damages in NLRB Actions to Include Settlement Negotiations, and Not Just NLRB Adjudications
- Learn & Celebrate! It’s National Hispanic Heritage Month
- White House Safer Federal Workforce Task Force Greenlights Federal Executive Agencies to Impose Vaccination Mandates on Federal Contracts/Subcontracts Beyond Biden’s Federal Contractor Vaccination Mandate
- E-Verify Reminder to Employers
- Get Ideas for National Disability Employment Awareness Month This Thursday Via a Twitter Chat!
by John C. Fox | May 17, 2021 | Week In Review (WIR)
- EEOC To Host Virtual Training Event on Navigating the Impact of COVID-19 On The Asian American Community
- The Push Is On To End The Training Of Critical Race Theory
- Two Yays And A Tie For Senate Labor Nominees
- USDOL Announced the NDEAM Theme!
- Another Senate Tie-Vote on a Presidential Nominee – This Time in the DOJ
- The Wheel Continues to Turn as to Fate of Independent Contractor Rule Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
- President Biden and the OFCCP Acknowledge Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month
- ACVETEO Charter Renewed
- Celebrate And Educate For National Women’s Health Week
- Reminder: I-9 “Flexibility Policy” Set to Expire May 31, 2021
by John C. Fox | Oct 26, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)
- USDOL Boasts OFCCP’s Monetary Settlements
- Ensure Emerging Technologies are Accessible
- OFCCP Launched Executive Order 13950 Landing Page
- OFCCP Seeks Information on Contractor D&I Training Programs
- NLRB Chairman Defends Ethics Report
- The 2020 State of the Industry Survey, D&I and Remote Work Reign Supreme
- Mark Your Calendar
by John C. Fox | Oct 5, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)
- OFCCP Immediately Set Up the “Complaint Hotline to Combat Race and Sex Stereotyping” Per Executive Order 13950
- NLRB Rejects House Committee on Education and Labor Subpoena: Cites Need for Confidentiality During the Pre-Deliberative Process
- Keith E. Sonderling sworn in as EEOC Commissioner and Vice-Chair
- The Federal Agencies Celebrated National Disability Employment Awareness Month and USDOL ODEP Offered Some Practical & Useful Employer Tools
- California Will Require Pay and Hours Worked Data Confidentially Reported By 10 “Wage Ranges” and 10 Job Categories by March 31, 2021 in a New Component 2 “Look-a-like” Reporting Law
- September Was Another Blockbuster Hiring Month; Unemployment Dropped a Full Half a Percentage Point to 7.9%, & Asians, Individuals with Disabilities and African Americans Outstripped the Percentage of White Hires For the First Time In This Pandemic
by Kacie Koons | Oct 31, 2019 | Networking and Education
October was National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) and as a result, an abundance of disability content was released to the media. From tips on accessible office design to inclusive card games, wheelchair-friendly Halloween costumes, and an exciting new...
