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20 Things DirectEmployers Offers That Make Your Life Easier
In honor of our 20th anniversary this year, we’re reflecting on our sensational past, looking ahead to bigger and better things, and taking time to slow down and appreciate our Members who have helped us get to where we are today. With that said, we’re taking a look...
OFCCP Week In Review: October 18, 2021
- Vaccine Mandate Moves to White House for Review
- Biden Clipped ICE’s Wings: Homeland Security Memo Redirected Enforcement Efforts Towards “Unscrupulous Employers” and Away From Illegal Aliens…and Ends Mass Raids of Employer Facilities
- EEOC Commissioner Sonderling Hit a Home Run Discussing All Things EEOC With DirectEmployers’ Members
- EEOC Updated Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccinations
- NLRB Median Age of Pending Cases Continues Downward Trend
OFCCP Week In Review: October 11, 2021
- OFCCP Alleges Individuals Classified as “Two or More Races” are Protected From Discrimination as a New “Protected Class”
- OFCCP Spotlights Its Disability Inclusion Resources
- Construction Compliance Course Released in The Online OFCCP Contractor Compliance Institute
- Moving Along – Pending Piece of Tip Rule Takes Its Last Dance
- E-Verify Now Offering Webinars Eligible for Professional Development Credits!
- September’s Employment Situation – Another Disappointing Jobs Creation Month and More Americans Dropping Out to Expand the Long-Term Unemployed List
- Artificial Intelligence in The Workforce – Utopia or Legal Landmine?
- Looking Ahead: Celebrate NDEAM 2021 And The 20th Anniversary Of the Office of Disability Employment Policy
DE Talk Unplugged: Navigating COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
Over the last year and a half, employers have had to face many challenges they never expected, and while many have finally gotten the hang of modified recruitment, hiring practices and hybrid work schedules, the COVID-19 vaccine has thrown a whole new curveball their...
OFCCP Week In Review: October 4, 2021
- 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!
Advancing Board Diversity: Nasdaq’s New SEC Approved Rule Falls Short for People with Disabilities
In August 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a request from Nasdaq, a stock operator, to require its listed companies to report on their diverse boards or explain the lack of diversity. The Nasdaq proposal defines diversity to include at...
OFCCP Week In Review: September 27, 2021
- It Starts: Again. Texas Sued the EEOC Over Its Workplace Transgender Bathroom Guidance
- Joint-Employer Rescission Rule Pushed Back Due To Technicality
- Advisory Committee On Apprenticeships Is Now Staffed and Is Hosting a Public Meeting
- Nine Organizations Identified in the Employment Navigator and Partnership Pilot to Assist Transitioning Service Members & Spouses
- USDOL Delayed Returning Its Employees To Work In The Office: Teleworking To Remain Until The Start of Calendar 2022
- A New Tip Rule Provides More Employee-Friendly Provisions
- The Deadline for the White House Gender Policy Council Strategy Report to The President Has Passed Without Announcement
- By Executive Fiat, White House Task Force Suddenly Extended a COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate to Include ALL Employees of Federal Contractors and Subcontractors
OFCCP Week In Review: September 20, 2021
- 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!
Fresh From the Roost: Serving a “Straight Up” Spectacular Career Site
Following the career site trail may lead you down a rabbit hole of new ideas, but for Recruit Rooster, it led them to the Bourbon Trail to one of Kentucky’s most recognized brands, Brown-Forman. Let’s dive right in and see how this team of colorful creatives got to...
OFCCP Week In Review: September 13, 2021
- Submit Stories About Essential Workers for USDOL’s Hall of Honor
- Get Involved in National Apprenticeship Week!
- National Association of State Workforce Agencies Annual Summit Open for Registration
- NLRB General Counsel Issued a Memo Instructing Staff to Expand Financial Remedies in Enforcement Actions Under the NLRA, Including “Consequential” Damages
- Two of President Biden’s Four Vaccine Mandates are Likely Unlawful, Without Implementing Rules, While the Other Two are Likely Lawful
- President Biden Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine for Certain Federal Contractors: Exceptions As Interesting As Who is Covered
- Comment or Vote on How to Advance Worker Equity