by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsIn 2005 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) began issuing “Freedom to Compete Awards” as part of its Freedom to Compete (FTC) initiative. The FTC initiative is a national...
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August 31, 2007
August 31, 2007
The Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes interesting research that often provides useful data to employers. If you haven’t already caught these recent reports, here are a few that you might find interesting.
1. Wages...
by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe EEOC voted August 10, 2007 to replace its National Contact Center (NCC) pilot with an in-house phone system using federal employees.The NCC contract expires September 20, and...
July 26, 2007
by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsLegislation has been introduced in the House and Senate that would eliminate mandatory arbitration of employment claims unless pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.The Arbitration...
by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and CenterPoint Energy have announced the signing of a National Universal Agreement to Mediate (NUAM) to informally resolve workplace...
By Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) has developed a fact sheet on career-focused mentoring for older youth and young adults with disabilities. The...
July 18, 2007
By Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsA new study announced by Catalyst reports that gender stereotyping, one of the key barriers to women’s advancement in corporate leadership, leaves women with limited, conflicting, and often...
David Cohen, President of DCI Consulting Group Inc., has announced that Eric Dunleavy, Ph.D., has joined the firm as Senior Human Resources Consultant in its Washington, D.C. office. In this capacity, Dr. Dunleavy will work closely with DCI’s...
On July 5, President Bush announced that he intends to nominate Stuart Ishimaru as a Commissioner with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a five-year term expiring July 1, 2012. Mr. Ishimaru currently serves as a Commissioner having...
July 09, 2007
On June 28, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies announced that it had approved Fiscal Year 2008 legislation that will provide $378 million to the EEOC, which is $49 million above FY 2007 and...
April 25, 2007
Private employers make significant investments to be employers of choice. Their accomplishments are featured in a variety of business and trade publications on various “best” lists.
If you’d like to find out how the federal government fares as an...
April 25, 2007
by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Executive Director, The Center for Corporate EqualityThe Center for Corporate Equality has announced it will release the results of its EEO-1 Resurvey benchmarking mini-survey within the next few weeks. Survey participants...
