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Paul Wells Of The Boeing Company Elected Chair Of The Board Of The Center For Corporate Equality

January 30, 2009

Washington, DC – Paul Wells, Compensation Consultant at The Boeing Company, was recently elected and named Chair of the Board of The Center for Corporate Equality, according to Patricia Schaeffer, Executive Director for the national nonprofit...

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E-VERIFY REMINDER FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS

January 13, 2009

by Keli P. Wilson, Consultant, DCI Consulting Group, Inc.The final E-Verify rule was to become effective on January 15, 2009; however, due to recent events, the effective date was extended to February 20, 2009. This means the E-Verify clause will be...

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Obama Selects Rep. Hilda Solis As Secretary of Labor

January 05, 2009

On December 19, 2008, President-Elect Barack Obama named Rep. Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor. Speaking at a press conference that named her and others to open cabinet positions, Solis vowed to strengthen unions and enforce existing laws and...

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EEOC AND CRACKER BARREL SIGN UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT TO MEDIATE

January 05, 2009

On December 18, 2008, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the signing of a Universal Agreement to Mediate (UAM) with Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. to informally resolve workplace disputes through Alternative Dispute...

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Business Coalition Files Lawsuit Against Federal Contractor E-Verify Mandate

January 05, 2009

On December 23, 2008, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced that it had filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland challenging the legality of an executive order and related federal procurement law that requires federal...

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Final DOL Rules Gives Priority to VETS and Some Spouses for DOL Services

January 05, 2009

On December 19, 2008, a final rule was published in the Federal Register giving veterans of the U.S. armed services and spouses of some veterans’ entitlement to receive priority for DOL employment, training and placement services within job training...

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EEOC Issues FY 2008 Performance and Accountability Report; Charges Spike15.2%

December 01, 2008

On November 17, 2008, the EEOC released its 2008 Performance and Accountability Report with preliminary enforcement statistics for FY 2008. The commission reported a record-high 95,420 private-sector discrimination charges were filed in FY 2008, up...

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DHS Announces Final Supplemental 'No-Match' Rule

December 01, 2008

On October 23, 2008, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it had released a supplemental final “no-match” rule. The DHS regulation, which was originally proposed in June 2006 and issued in August 2007 as a Final Rule, clarifies what...

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VETS Publishes Final Annual Contractor Rule

December 01, 2008

On November 5, 2008, the Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service published a final rule in the Federal Register revising the regulations requiring federal contractors to report annually on the number of their employees who are...

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Two State Governments Sign Regional Universal Agreements to Mediate With EEOC

December 01, 2008

On October 31, 2008, the EEOC announced that New Mexico is the first state government to sign an agreement with the EEOC to formally resolve disputes through alternative dispute resolution. On November 19, 2008, Delaware became the second state...

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EEOC Relocates its Headquarters

December 01, 2008

On November 6, 2008, the EEOC announced its headquarters and Washington DC field office will relocate to a new address in Northeast Washington effective November 19. The offices will be located at 131 M Street, NE, Fourth Floor, Suite 4NWO2F,...

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Senate Bill Introduced To Prevent Employers From Misclassifying Employees As Independent Contractors

October 27, 2008

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn September 29, 2008, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) introduced a new bill (Employee Misclassification Prevention Act, S. 3648) that would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to clarify that...

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