The OFCCP Embarks on a New Era of Transparency New OFCCP Director Ondray Harris continues to put his mark on the agency with his latest revision of Obama Administration labor policy. In a two-page directive released the week of 16 April 2018, Director Harris continued the transparency push we first saw in February with Directive 2018-01. In the…
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On Starbucks, Unconscious Bias, & Very Personal Responsibility Howard Schultz had a tough week. Seems every time he tries to get out, they pull him back in. First it was Financial Crisis of 2008 that ended his short retirement, now ten years later, it is the implicit bias crisis of 2018 that’s brought the founder…
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The Struggle is Real, for Federal Contractors That Is Part 1: On the Difficulties of Attracting a Qualified, Diverse Workforce It has been, and continues to be, difficult for federal contractors to meet their diversity requirements. To get a better understanding of these difficulties, we will discuss the problem in two parts. Part I will…
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What You Need to Know so Your Company May Take Advantage of the Dept. of Labor’s Registered Apprenticeship Program So what ever happened to those good apprenticeships we used to read about? Although it does not get as much media attention as it deserves, the Dept. of Labor’s Registered Apprenticeship program has produce significant growth…
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Part One of this article focused on the claim of gender pay disparity made by Robin Wright, the fictional President on the Netflix drama “House of Cards.” Robin Wright may play a powerful fictional character, but the real-world remedy for an actress in her situation is limited. Unfortunately for her, she is not an employee…
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