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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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- Nestle USA Finds the AAP Help It Needs: Yocom & McKee's Complete AAP documentation software has eliminated the need for onsite audits, saving HR time and money - Success Stories - affirmative action program management - Brief Article
- When the Department of Labor conducts an on-site affirmative action plan audit, it can take as long as six weeks, tying up valuable time for employees, supervisors, and executives, slowing productivity, and creating travel expenses for HR personnel responsible for overseeing the audit.
- Research articles 2001-12-01
- 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
Additional Resources
- Measuring diversity initiatives - affirmative action programs
- Quantifying the success of affirmative action programs can be tough. Microsoft's SMG Index provides a simple way of measuring performance on complex affirmative action and outreach efforts.Ever since Peter Drucker started writing about the importance of measurement to organizational performance and Jac Fitz-enz published How to Measure Human Resources Management,...
- Research articles 1997-12-01
- Director, Human Resources - Field Operations Job Description
- The Director, Human Resources - Field Operations job description template includes the following job summary: To provide leadership, guidance, and counsel to the company's field operations (plants, distribution centers, research and development facilities) on company policies involving labor relations, compliance issues such as affirmative action, EEO, safety and health, and...
- Tools & templates 2007-09-09
- Director, Human Resources - Field Operations
- The Director, Human Resources - Field Operations job description template includes the following job summary: To provide leadership, guidance, and counsel to the company's field operations (plants, distribution centers, research and development facilities) on company policies involving labor relations, compliance issues such as affirmative action, EEO, safety and health, and...
- Tools & templates 2008-11-01
- HR technology buyers' guide
- Company listings do not imply recommendation or referral by SHRM. AA/EEO Berkshire Associates, Inc. 8930 Route 108 Columbia, MD 21045 800-882-8904 ext. 2001 bai@berkshire-aap.com www.berkshire-aap.com Berkshire Associates Inc. is a progressive human resources consulting and software development firm, specializing in affirmative action...
- Research articles 2006-08-01
- Auburn's reorganization: Interim president fires staff
- Interim Auburn University (Ala.) President Ed Richardson is on a firing spree. His latest move was the dismissal of Janet Saunders, the executive director for affirmative action and equal employment opportunity. Her duties will be folded into the Human Resources department. Earlier in the year, Richardson fired Betts, Dement,...
- Research articles 2004-10-01
- Heuristics and Biases: An Excellent Introduction
- My friend Elie Yudkowsky, an extraordinary thinker from the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, gave me a copy of his paper Cognitive biases potentially affecting judgment of global risks.It is the single best discussion of heuristics and biases within the framework of cognitive psychology I've read. I highly recommend you...
- Blog posts 2007-05-27
- Peopleclick. (Regional Report).(hired Stephen A. Sasser as CEO)(Brief Article)
- Raleigh-based Peopleclick, which sells software to automate human resources processes such as recruiting and affirmative-action compliance, hired Stephen A. Sasser as CEO. The 320-employee; $36 million company, spun off from ... Raleigh-based Peopleclick, which sells software to automate human resources processes such as recruiting and...
- Research articles 2003-06-01
- First National Bank of Long Island announces staff changes: November
- The First National Bank of Long Island in Glen Head appointed Mary E. Casey vice president and director of human resource. Casey will be responsible for policy and program changes, recruitment, employment, affirmative action, employee relations, benefits administration, training and development. Prior to joining First National,...
- Research articles 2003-11-21
- First National Bank of Long Island in Glen Head announces promotions
- The First National Bank of Long Island in Glen Head appointed Mary E. Casey vice president and director of human resource. Casey will be responsible for policy and program changes, recruitment, employment, affirmative action, employee relations, benefits administration, training and development. Prior to joining First National,...
- Research articles 2003-11-21
- If You're Gay, Should You Say?
- An interesting conundrum came up recently in Randy Cohen's column, The Ethicist, that bears on our post Tuesday regarding the role of human resources in workplace ethics. In the wake of the recent California Supreme Court Ruling that recognized the right of same-sex couples to marry, a reader writes into...
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
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