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OFCCP APPOINTS MARIKA LITRAS, Ph.D. AS DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS IN PACIFIC REGION

December 09, 2009

OFCCP has announced the addition of Marika Litras, Ph.D. as Director of Operations, OFCCP in the Pacific region. Marika Litras has been a Statistician with OFCCP’s Division of Statistics & Technology since May, 2004, stationed in the Pacific...

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E-VERIFY REQUIRED AS OF SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

August 10, 2009

The Department of Homeland Security has posted on its website that federal contractors (and subcontractors) will be required to use E Verify (Executive Order 12989) as of September 8, 2009. President Bush amended the new rule by on June 6, 2008,...

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DOL Publishes Proposed Rule Implementing Executive Order 13496

August 03, 2009

by Fred Satterwhite, Senior Consultant, DCI Consulting Group

(UPDATE: Final rule published on May 20, 2010)

More than six months after President Obama signed Executive Order 13496, the U.S. Department of Labor today published a proposed regulation

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PATRICIA A. SHIU NAMED HEAD OF OFCCP

July 29, 2009

Patricia A. Shiu, currently Vice President of Programs at the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center, has been named Director of the OFCCP. Shiu has dedicated her twenty-five year career to strengthening and enforcing the rights of women,...

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EEOC ISSUES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON H1N1 PREPAREDNESS COMPLIANCE WITH ADA

June 18, 2009

The EEOC issued a technical assistance document that provides guidance on how employers can prepare for the H1N1 virus without violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT RESOURCE AVAILABLE FROM DOL

May 13, 2009

The Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy recently released its new Four-Step Reference Guide to help employers recruit, hire and retain employees with disabilities.

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BILL INTRODUCED TO DEBAR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS EMPLOYING ILLEGAL ALIENS

May 13, 2009

Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-Florida) has introduced a bill (Border Control and Accountability Act, H.R. 1668) that would suspend or debar federal contractors that employ illegal aliens. The bill would also prohibit the Department of Homeland Security...

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EEOC ISSUES EMPLOYER BEST PRACTICES ON WORK/FAMILY BALANCE

May 13, 2009

The EEOC issued a technical assistance document on best practices to avoid discrimination against workers with caregiving responsibilities. The report was released at a public meeting to discuss the importance of policies that protect caregivers in...

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SIOP’S 2009 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

April 14, 2009

by David Morgan & Eric Dunleavy, DCI Consulting Group

The 24th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) took place April 2-4, 2009 in New Orleans, LA. DCI staff were among those who attended and...

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DOL makes Database of Job Candidates with Disabilities available to Employers

March 31, 2009

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that it will make available to employers nationwide a free database of 1,921 job candidates with disabilities seeking employment in a wide variety of fields. The Workforce Recruitment Program for College...

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FORMER DOL SECRETARY ELAINE CHAO RETURNS TO THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION

March 31, 2009

Former DOL Secretary Elaine Chao has returned to The Heritage Foundation as a Distinguished Fellow, according to a foundation press release. She will concentrate on international policy issues as well as labor policy.

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DOL RELEASES NEWS RELEASE ON COBRA

March 31, 2009

DOL Secretary Hilda Solis has issued a news release on a COBRA subsidy under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). ARRA provides a 65 percent tax subsidy for the cost of health benefits for the unemployed for up to nine months,...

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