Over the past year, four major federal agencies issued significant guidance related to the use of criminal background checks in delivering employment-related services by state and local governments as well ...
Political affiliation discrimination occurs when an adverse action is taken against a person based on the person’s political affiliation or beliefs. Political affiliation discrimination may arise in federally-assisted programs and ...
If you are the Equal Opportunity (EO) professional charged with ensuring nondiscrimination in the delivery of federally-funded programs and activities, or you serve as the Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Human Resources ...
As the Equal Opportunity (EO) professional for an agency or organization charged with administering federally-funded programs and activities where "religion" is a prohibited basis of discrimination, you should have written ...
As the Equal Opportunity professional for an agency or entity administering federally funded programs and activities, you must develop and publish discrimination complaint policies and procedures. And, as part of ...
Often, you know the civil rights laws that apply to your federally-assisted programs and activities (such as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, the Rehabilitation Act, the Age Discrimination ...
For more information on any of these articles, go to www.dol.gov/odep. Executive Order Raises the Minimum Wage for Federal Contract Workers On February 12, the President signed an Executive Order ...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Contract Compliance Programs and the Office of Management and Budget have released a new form, which is titled "Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability," for ...
For more information on any of the following articles, go to www.dol.gov/odep. Pennsylvania Statewide Independent Living Council Welcomes Assistant Secretary Martinez Federal employment initiatives for people with disabilities were the ...
Virginia's Governor McAuliffe issues his first Executive Order, and it focuses on requiring nondiscrimination in employment practices of the Commonwealth of Virginia on the bases of race, color, national origin, ...
The following "Dear Colleague" letter was just issued by Assistant Secretary Martinez of the Labor Department's Office of Disability Employment Policy. For more information, go to www.dol.gov/odep. Dear Colleague: I ...
The following "Dear Colleague" letter was issued on May 16, 2013, by Therese W. McMillan of the Federal Transit Administration, and it continues to offer useful guidance as transit agencies ...