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OFCCP Week in Review, Special Edition | DEAMcon22 Day One Recap
- DE Executive Director Candee Chambers Welcomed Members for Three Days of Education, Networking & Fun
- DE’s Family Of Brands Provide A “One-Stop Shop”
- Fox & Wang Discussed Recent Significant OFCCP Developments
- Maysoon Zayid Presented The First Keynote Address: “If I Cancan, You Cancan”
- Recruit Rooster is the Buzz of the Barnyard with its Evolving Recruitment Tools
- Recruiter Panel Dove Into Tech & User-Driven Development Behind Talent Community
- Judy Julius Took A Deep Dive Into The New Census Data
- TEKsystems Team Discussed How To Leverage Early Talent To Solve for Diversity
- Torin Ellis Tore it Up When Presenting The Second Keynote of The Day: “Minus the Illusion”…Ended Day One With A Challenge
OFCCP Week In Review: May 2, 2022
- I-9 Form Flexibility Extended, Again…This Time to October 31, 2022
- Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship to Hold Public Meeting
- NLRB Taps into the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service for Good Faith Bargaining Assistance
- New Federal Contractor Audit List Coming in May (This Month!)
- Mind The Gap: Are Your Recruiters Prepared?
- The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Held that the NLRB General Counsel Job is a Species of Political Appointments Subject to the Advice and Consent of the Senate Which Does Not Guarantee the Appointee’s Term in Office
- Job Accommodation Network Shifting Communication Strategy to Meet Employer Needs
- Deadline Looming For EEO-1 Survey – Then Its Failure To File Phase
Fresh From the Roost: Military Crosswalk & Career Site Blog
From the DEAMcon22 stage in San Diego to the remote office spaces scattered around the country, the Recruit Rooster team has been here, there, and everywhere in April. However, despite their travels, this creative crew has churned out new recruitment marketing...
OFCCP Week In Review: April 25, 2022
- This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
- EEOC and OFCCP to Host Second HIRE Initiative Roundtable
- Director Yang Told the DirectEmployers Annual Meeting Audience That Subgroup Goals & Non-Binary Gender Reporting Are On OFCCP’s Agenda
- EEOC Commissioner Sonderling Told DirectEmployers Annual Meeting Attendees The EEO-1 Component 2 Survey Will Soon Return
OFCCP Week In Review: April 18, 2022
- Action Item: Time to File EEO-1 Survey
- EEOC & OFCCP to Discuss Screening Out Jobseekers with Employment Gaps
- Federal Government Agencies Implement Equity Action Plans
- Wage & Hour Enforcement Tops USDOL Equity Action Plan
- EEOC Seeks Public Input on its Equity Action Plan
The Iowa Supreme Court Gives A Male Transgender Employee The Win On The Restroom Dispute and On Gender Reassignment Surgery
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld a jury verdict in favor of a transgender employee assigned a female sex at birth who claimed gender identity discrimination for denying him use of the men’s restrooms and locker rooms. The Court also affirmed the jury’s verdict that the...
OFCCP Week In Review: April 11, 2022
- This Week’s Vaccination Injunction Puzzle at a Glance
- The Iowa Supreme Court Gives A Male Transgender Employee The Win On The Restroom Dispute and On Gender Reassignment Surgery
- The DUNS Number is Out – Federal Contractors Must Secure a New “Unique Entity Identifier”
- EEOC To Shift to Democrat Majority in July
- DOJ Provided Opioid-Specific ADA Guidance
- Update Your Affirmative Action Programs – the VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark Dropped to 5.5%
- NLRB Reported 57% Increase in Union Representation Petitions Since October 2021
- NLRB Counsel Announced Intent to Urge the Board That “Captive-Audience” Anti-Union Meetings for Employees Are Unlawful
- Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reinstated Biden Administration Vaccine Mandate for Federal Civilian Employees: Federal Courts Lacked Jurisdiction
- New Interpretation Confirms That WIOA’s Discrimination Prohibition “Based On Sex” Includes Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity
MEMBER ALERT | Annual VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark is 5.5 Percent
The following information is provided by USDOL Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP): The 2022 Annual Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) national hiring benchmark was recently updated on the VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark Database....
OFCCP Released The “Wrecking Ball” On Most Of The Remaining Trump Administration Policies and Procedures Of Significance
In a new Directive titled “Effective Compliance Evaluations and Enforcement" (DIR 2022-02) OFCCP announced it had withdrawn what the Trump OFCCP Director had called his “four pillars” of Agency policy and procedure. The “pillars” were known by the acronym “CERT.”...
OFCCP FY 2023 Budget Request Seeks A Lot Of Money And Lays Out A Very Comprehensive And Ambitious Internal Rebuilding Program
But There Are Several Disconcerting Initiatives Of Concern To Contractors OFCCP’s “FY 2023 Congressional Budget Justification” seeks $147,051,000 and hopes to increase its employee headcount by 208 from 420 to 628 employees. This is close to the 188-employee headcount...