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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.

OFCCP issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to invite the public to comment on how they can strengthen the affirmative action requirements for people with disabilities under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. OFCCP seeks comment on the following areas: What employment practices have been effective in recruiting, hiring,

As part of the White House Middle Class Task Force forum, the Secretary of Labor Hilda J. Solis announced new initiatives intended to focus on wage discrimination and pay equity. The OFCCP’s role in these new initiatives will be to publish an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking early next year requesting input on how to

Its summer and I know the first thing on everyone’s mind is how I can make time for affirmative action training & education.  I know it is a hard choice between taking a few days by the pool or a few days in a room talking about the latest trends of the OFCCP.  In the

OFCCP News Release: [06/09/2010] Contact Name: Rich Kulczewski Phone Number: (303) 844-1302 Release Number: 10-0736-DEN US Department of Labor settles hiring discrimination case with The Wackenhut Corp. in Aurora, Colo. Company agrees to pay $290,000 to 446 African-American job applicants DENVER — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has announced

DOL published its final rule implementing Executive Order 13496 effective June 21, 2010 requiring federal contractors to post notices informing employees about their rights under Federal labor law and include provisions in their contracts that requires their subcontractors to post the same employee notice. OFCCP’s website has a page dedicated to this new rule.  It

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