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How Serious are OFCCP Equal Pay Penalties? Very.

Trusaic

A News Release dated June 22, 2020, described the order, which requires WMS Solutions, LLC to pay $960,905 in back wages, damages, and interest based on discrimination and harassment claims. 2015-OFC-00009 (June 17, 2015). Of the $960,905 that the company must pay, $179,907 must go to remedy pay discrimination.

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How to Conduct Staff Appraisal Training: The Key to Employee Development

Empuls

Staff appraisal training is a fundamental component of any successful organization's talent management strategy. In this blog, we will delve into the significance of staff appraisal training, its key components, and the benefits it brings to both employees and employers.

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Why is Diversity Training so Important?

HR Shelf

Although studies on the effectiveness of diversity training have been mixed, a forty-year study of the topic concluded that it works if implemented correctly. And to implement it correctly in organizations, you need to have diversity training. What is Diversity Training? Encourage employees to speak out against discrimination.

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Why hiring tech is necessary but can have dangerous implications

HRExecutive

Facial recognition software has been shown to struggle to identify people of color, but there is currently no accountability process for training AI. All of these issues could be mitigated by increasing diversity in the data sets that this technology is trained on. They unknowingly taught their program to discriminate against women.

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EEOC Seeks Input on National Origin Guidance

HRWatchdog

The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued proposed enforcement guidance relating to national origin discrimination and is seeking public input prior to finalizing the guidance. The proposed guidance tackles emerging areas of national origin discrimination that the EEOC is monitoring. Not a member?

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UPS Settles EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit for $4.9 Million

HR Digest

million over claims that it discriminated against male workers and job applicants who wore beards or long hair because of their religion. A discrimination charge with the EEOC’s Buffalo office was filed by Bilal Abdullah of Rochester in 2015. The post UPS Settles EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit for $4.9

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LinkedIn Settlement Demonstrates Need For Accurate Pay Equity Audits

Trusaic

In the case, DOL asserted that LinkedIn harbored “systemic gender-based pay discrimination,” or in other words, paid women less than men who performed comparable work. These women held engineering, product, and marketing positions at the company between 2015 and 2017. . billion Microsoft acquisition.