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- preferential treatment, usually through a quota system, to prevent, or correct, discriminatory employment practices, particularly relating to recruitment and promotion. The term is widely used in the United States, whereas...
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- Do all employers have to have a written affirmative action plan?
- Federal laws that require contractors to have written Affirmative Action Plan, the Rehabilitation Act, and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act. The requirements for written affirmative action plans apply to contractors or subcontractors The plans consist of statistical analysis of the employer's under utilization of individuals from certain protected...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The HR Doctor Is In
- The article discusses "Is affirmative action dead as a part of a county's Human Resource program? Should county policies be changed?" if affirmative action in your county means that decisions are made based only on race or gender and unquestioned preference in hiring, purchasing or other areas, then the answer...
- White papers
- Case study: Affirmative action
- A large independent bank employs about 1200 in multiple branches throughout Southern and Northern California. The bank had been asked to submit their Affirmative Action Plan .The plan and exhibits were submitted just under the deadline. JorgensenHR was hired on Monday to complete the required analyses and assemble the...
- Case studies 2002-01-01
- EO Surveys & Affirmative Action
- The EO survey requires information regarding hires, promotions, terminations, and compensation is sent out to approximately 50,000 federal contractor facilities each year. The survey is intended to engage the federal contractor community in the process of self-analysis, i.e., to review their affirmative action programs and remove any vestiges of discrimination,...
- White papers 2002-07-24
- Does a Helping Hand Put Others At Risk?: Affirmative Action, Police Departments, and Crime
- Will increasing the number of minority and women police officers make law enforcement more effective by drawing on abilities that have gone untapped and creating better contact with communities and victims? Or will standards have to be lowered too far before large numbers of minorities and women can be hired?...
- White papers 2000-04-01
- Affirmative Action: What Are My Obligations?
- Employers often have questions about Affirmative Action Programs AAPs that are used to address the diversity of their workforce. This article describes the conditions under which employers must have AAPs and, if they do, what they must contain. While employers that do not have federal contracts or subcontracts are not...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- Affirmative Action
- Appreciative Inquiry offers organisations a more positive approach to problem-solving. In the first of a three-part series, the authors' put the method into context for the people development professional Workplaces in the US, Northern Europe and the UK tend to exist within a culture where 'Problem-based' development approaches to learning...
- White papers 2004-06-01
- Affirmative Action Officer
- The Affirmative Action Officer job description template includes the following job summary: This is a responsible professional position to ensure that the Town's Affirmative Action and Diversity Program meets the needs of the community in accordance with federal, state, and local laws. The program is under the direction of the...
- Tools & templates 2009-11-01
- Want Ads: The Most Underrated Job Search Tool
- In the '80s, when networking first got hot, employers didn't mind getting networked. It was a bit flattering to be asked for advice. Also, employers hadn't yet figured out that a request for advice was often a ruse to land a job interview. But now, employers are busier, tired of...
- White papers 2008-01-01
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- FCC preferences: affirmative action for the wealthy - awarding of broadcast licenses - includes related article on Jerome Lamprecht's case challenging the FCC's gender preference policy - Cover Story
- Summary: in awarding broadcast licenses, the government favors minority applicants. Critics say that logic - that diversity in ownership is reflected on the airwaves - is flawed. Proponents admit market forces probably play a larger role, but say ownership affects things like hiring and overall sensitivity. In 1983, a...
- Research articles 1993-02-22
- Update: Minority Hiring Poll
- Update: Minority Hiring PollQuick curveball idea here for you all...An interesting idea I picked up from Tim Harford's book "Logic Of Life" may apply here.Basically, companies that exert taste-based discrimination AKA bigotry in their hiring practices are in the long run shooting themselves in the foot because they are denying...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
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