Monthly Archives: August 2010

All my tweets for the week of August 23rd: DOL’s FirstStep Employment Law Advisor – online tool to help small business know which federal employment laws apply http://bit.ly/cJGMoz OFCCP’s 27 question single entity test. Your company may be a federal contractor if your parent or a subsidiary is. http://bit.ly/arNXFP RT @ OFCCPNews – OFCCP compensation

The report by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee Women and the Economy 2010: 25 Years of Progress But Challenges Remain was released this week.  It contains data from 1984 to 2009, an overview of the past 25 years and discusses the remaining challenges. Here are a few hightlights: Women’s labor force participation rose from

Twitter has become an incredible source of information not only for the latest updates on your friends, famous people and pretty much anything else in the news, but also for those of us in HR.  It gives its readers instantaneous access to all the latest on EEO, AA, EEOC, OFCCP, DOL, etc. Each Monday I

DOL’s Veterans’ Employment & Training Service (VETS) “Serves Veterans and Service Members! We Provide Resources and Expertise to Assist and Prepare them to Obtain Meaningful Careers, Maximize their Employment Opportunities, and Protect their Employment Rights.” Recently the DOL announced grants of nearly $900,000 to the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service National Technical Assistance Center to

DOL’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) creates disability employment policy, builds partnerships and provides data on employment of people with disabilities.  With OFCCP’s increased focus on disability outreach and the newly released Section 503 Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), this is a part of the DOL you want to keep your eye on.