To comply with OMB’s M-23-15, released on April 13, 2023, which aims to increase meaningful in-person work at Federal offices, agencies must take the following steps: (1) Update Work Environment plans based on post-reentry plans, describing current policies for telework and related operational policies and anticipated future changes. These plans should be informed by agencies’…
Category: Diversity
Dreadlocks or Your Job…
On September 15, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a decision that has caused a lot of interest in the EEO field. The decision, which you can read here, involved a suit brought forward by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of Chastity Jones, against Catastrophe Management…
How To Move the Conversation from Diversity to Inclusion
As experts in our respective fields, we are often called as consultants or coaches to help managers in our organizations manage through an ever-changing, diverse workforce. It’s usually in these situations that you discover a basic challenge: most managers oversimplify the diversity issue and forget that diversity without inclusion can hurt an organization. We’d like…
Join our New LinkedIn Group!
We are delighted to announce that we have formed a group on LinkedIn called EEO and Diversity Professionals. We created this group as a virtual gathering place for EEO, diversity, conflict management (i.e., ADR) and human resources professionals to exchange perspectives and learn about the latest developments in our fields. The group is founded on the…
