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, 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,...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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,...
March 06, 2009
by Eric Dunleavy, Sul-Kee Kim, David Morgan & Keli Wilson, DCI Consulting Group
DCI staff attended the Washington Metro Industry Liaison Group (WMILG) meeting at U.S. Foodservice’s Manassas facility on February 19, 2009. The meeting was organized...
The Institute for Workplace Equality a nonprofit employer association based in Washington DC, was quoted in a special article published in BNA Daily Labor Report® (subscription required) featuring the outlook for OFCCP in 2009. A summary of these...
