OFCCP Week In Review: July 3, 2023
- At 11th Hour, OFCCP Made Changes to Contractor Portal FAQ
- U.S. Census Bureau Reported Sharp Drop in On-Site/In-Person Work Between 2019 & 2021
- One Day After PWFA Took Effect, EEOC Submitted Proposed Regulations for OMB Review
- U.S. EEOC Discreetly Announced EEO-1 Reporting Tentative Starting Date Pushed Back to Fall 2023
- SCOTUS Ends Its 45-Year Detour Around The Equal Protection Clause By Now Finding “Race-Based” Admissions Practices At Harvard and UNC Unlawful
- The Four “Elevator Speeches” Federal Contractor Compliance Managers and AAP Vendors Now Need Post Harvard/UNC
- Three Justices Square Off in the Harvard/UNC Case Decision Over the Accuracy of OMB Directive 15 Defining Race and National Origin in America
- Employers Must Grant Religious Accommodations Absent Substantial Increased Costs, Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court Ruled
- Looking Ahead: Upcoming Date Reminders
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: January 10, 2022
- 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
OFCCP Week In Review: October 12, 2020
- Comment Period Extended For NLRB Amendments
- Interim Final Rule to Protect American Workers’ Wages
- OFCCP On The Offensive Against Microsoft and Wells Fargo As To “Implied” Race-Based Employment Preferences
- National Apprenticeship Week Announced
- OFCCP Issued FAQs on Sex Stereotyping Related to Executive Order 13950
- OFCCP Reminded Contractors To Grant Religious Accommodations
- Comment Now on EEOC Conciliation Process
- OFCCP Atlanta Regional Director Sam Maiden Suddenly Retired
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