How to Prevent Workplace Violence (Part 2 of 2)

H.R. and Affirmative Action Might Help You Take Control of Workplace Violence.Here’s How: Previously, we began discussing the potential role of H.R. and Affirmative Action compliance in preventing workplace violence. We ended with the promise to provide suggestions “to both detect and prevent harassment and workplace violence”.  Let’s start then with detection. Detecting workplace violence…
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Is it Time for Some Affirmative Action in Hollywood?

Will you be tuning in to Sunday night’s televised Oscar Awards ceremony? It would seem that the worlds of federal government contracting and Hollywood could not be further apart. After all, what could government contractors and film and television possibly have in common? What if any concerns could they share? Diversity, for one—and in that…
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How to Prevent Workplace Violence (Part 1 of 2)

You probably don’t need us to tell you that here at HR Unlimited, we take Affirmative Action and workplace diversity seriously. We strive to provide the federal contractor community with resources to help you achieve those goals. We have long believed that Affirmative Action, while not foolproof, can be an effective tool in achieving diversity…
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President Obama and the OFCCP: 2014 in Review – Part II

In Part I of this post we examined the close connection between the OFCCP’s focus on pay equity and the hiring of veterans and individuals with disabilities (IWD’s) in 2014 and President Obama’s agenda. We continue here by comparing the President’s agenda and actions regarding LGBT workers and other, more general workers’ rights issues with…
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