Bureau of National Affairs
Monday, December 12, 2011
from Human Resources Report
By Kevin P. McGowan
The Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has issued a proposed rule that would require federal contractors to set a hiring goal of having 7percent of their workforces be people with disabilities.
Published in the Dec. 9 Federal Register (76 Fed. Reg. 77,056), OFCCP's proposal would strengthen affirmative action requirements under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, which requires federal contractors and subcontractors to provide equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities.
Full Story: http://www.bna.com/ofccp-proposal-requires-n12884905858/
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
EEOC to Employers: Requiring H.S. Diploma May Violate Disabilities Act
The New American
Written by Brian Koenig
Tuesday, 03 January 2012 09:09
Employers across the country are facing new concerns related to federal oversight in hiring, as a letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) warns that requiring a high-school diploma from a job applicant might infringe on the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). The revelation has some employment analysts concerned that the commission’s guidance will generate an educational backlash by shackling the incentive for students to graduate from high school, as well as subjecting employers to frivolous lawsuits and spawning a new industry for lawyers.
Full Story: http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/10409-eeoc-to-employers-requiring-hs-diploma-may-violate-disabilities-act
Written by Brian Koenig
Tuesday, 03 January 2012 09:09
Employers across the country are facing new concerns related to federal oversight in hiring, as a letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) warns that requiring a high-school diploma from a job applicant might infringe on the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). The revelation has some employment analysts concerned that the commission’s guidance will generate an educational backlash by shackling the incentive for students to graduate from high school, as well as subjecting employers to frivolous lawsuits and spawning a new industry for lawyers.
Full Story: http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/10409-eeoc-to-employers-requiring-hs-diploma-may-violate-disabilities-act
The Age of the Less-Ambitious Employee
Workforce Management
December 19, 2011
Here's another casualty of the anemic economy: employee ambition.
Thanks to stock market gyrations and more-difficult management jobs, employees today care less about climbing the corporate ladder.
In 2006, career opportunities ranked as the sixth-most important factor (out of 38 possibilities) in terms of promoting employee engagement, according to advisory firm the Corporate Executive Board Co. By 2011, career opportunities had fallen to 12th place.
Full Story: http://www.workforce.com/article/20111219/BLOGS05/111219963/the-age-of-the-less-ambitious-employee#
December 19, 2011
Here's another casualty of the anemic economy: employee ambition.
Thanks to stock market gyrations and more-difficult management jobs, employees today care less about climbing the corporate ladder.
In 2006, career opportunities ranked as the sixth-most important factor (out of 38 possibilities) in terms of promoting employee engagement, according to advisory firm the Corporate Executive Board Co. By 2011, career opportunities had fallen to 12th place.
Full Story: http://www.workforce.com/article/20111219/BLOGS05/111219963/the-age-of-the-less-ambitious-employee#
Appeals Court Revives Political Bias Suit Against U. of Iowa
Inside Higher Ed
January 3, 2012 - 3:00am
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit last week revived a lawsuit against Carolyn Jones, a University of Iowa law professor who was dean at the time of the incidents in the suit, by a woman who says she was not hired for several faculty jobs because of her political views. The woman who sued, Teresa R. Wagner, is a conservative who has worked with an anti-abortion group.
Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2012/01/03/appeals-court-revives-political-bias-suit-against-u-iowa#ixzz1iPGgvu9C
Inside Higher Ed
January 3, 2012 - 3:00am
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit last week revived a lawsuit against Carolyn Jones, a University of Iowa law professor who was dean at the time of the incidents in the suit, by a woman who says she was not hired for several faculty jobs because of her political views. The woman who sued, Teresa R. Wagner, is a conservative who has worked with an anti-abortion group.
Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2012/01/03/appeals-court-revives-political-bias-suit-against-u-iowa#ixzz1iPGgvu9C
Inside Higher Ed
Monday, January 2, 2012
Vincent H. Cohen, prominent D.C. lawyer, dies at 75
The Washington Post
By Matt Schudel, Published: December 31
Vincent H. Cohen, a prominent lawyer who worked at the Justice Department and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission before becoming the first African American partner at his Washington law firm, died Dec. 25 at Washington Hospital Center. He was 75 and had a pulmonary embolism, his daughter Robyn Cohen Hudson said.
Full Story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/vincent-h-cohen-prominent-dc-lawyer-dies-at-75/2011/12/31/gIQA3up2SP_story.html?socialreader_check=0&denied=1
By Matt Schudel, Published: December 31
Vincent H. Cohen, a prominent lawyer who worked at the Justice Department and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission before becoming the first African American partner at his Washington law firm, died Dec. 25 at Washington Hospital Center. He was 75 and had a pulmonary embolism, his daughter Robyn Cohen Hudson said.
Full Story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/vincent-h-cohen-prominent-dc-lawyer-dies-at-75/2011/12/31/gIQA3up2SP_story.html?socialreader_check=0&denied=1
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