On August 24, 2015, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported that the Target Corporation has agreed to pay $2.8 million to resolve an EEOC charge that three employment assessments formerly used by Target disproportionately screened out applicants for exempt-level professional positions based on race and sex. Specifically, EEOC alleges that the three tests [...]
The Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (VEVRAA) regulations require Federal contractors to invite employees to self-identify their veteran status and to invite applicants to voluntarily self-identify as protected veterans at both the pre-offer and post-offer phases of the application process. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) [...]
The Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology (PEAT) is developing a series of tools, resources, and leading practices to help employers leverage accessible technology to recruit and hire the best talent. As part of the TalentWorks project, PEAT surveyed people with disabilities nationwide who had recently applied for a job online. The results identified critical [...]
On July 1, 2015, MALY posted Boosting Disability Self-Identification Response Rates, linking to a report titled, Do Ask, Do Tell – Encouraging Employees with Disabilities to Self-Identify. With the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) now monitoring the percentage of employees with disabilities in Federal contractor workforces, identifying strategies for improving self-identification response rates [...]
Now that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) monitors the percentage of employees with disabilities in federal contractor work forces, convincing employees to self-identify disabilities is becoming increasingly important. The Office of Disability Employment Programs (ODEP) recently supported funding for a report titled, Do Ask, Do Tell – Encouraging Employees with Disabilities to [...]