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I get so excited every time I learn more about the #workforcedevelopment community in #baltimore ! Today I am ringing my cowbell for The Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative and their Strategic Framework (2023). One of their guiding strategic principles is that “The adults and youth most impacted by the work need to be heard and have agency. Jobseeker and worker voice is essential.” Woot! Using this principle, BWFC takes a both/and approach to increasing the number of good jobs* by focusing on workers and employers. Not only are they building worker/ jobseekers feedback loops and empowering workers to have agency in the labor market, but they are also incentivizing employer-based practices that improve job quality.  Truly a systems approach to workforce issues! *A “good job” is one that provides Economic Stability, #economicmobility , and #equity , Respect and Voice. https://lnkd.in/eAdxH4FE (p 22)

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against the United Labor Agency (ULA), a workforce development organization in Cleveland. The EEOC alleges that ULA violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by denying reasonable accommodations to an employee with breast cancer and ultimately forcing her to resign. What to know? ⚖️ In January 2022, ULA required its workforce to return to the office after a period of remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ⚖️ The company denied the employee's request to temporarily work remotely as she was immunosuppressed and was undergoing radiation treatment. ⚖️ Upon returning to the office, the worker was repeatedly omitted from staff e-mails informing personnel of COVID-19 exposures despite her requests to be notified. ⚖️ The employee was "forced" to resign in March 2022 due to health concerns, per the EEOC. ⚖️ The EEOC seeks back pay, compensatory and punitive damages for the employee, and equitable relief to prevent future discrimination. More on EEOC v. ULA here 📲 https://buff.ly/48UoLp8 Source: SHRM #EmploymentLaw #EmploymentLawyer #EmploymentLaws #LadyLawyer #BlackLawyers #SmallBusiness #FloridaLawyer #PalmBeachLawyer #BreastCancerAwareness #Pinktober #Pink #BreastCancer #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #October

At Building 41 we provide a wide array of business support activities, one of these is ‘Inclusive Island’. This programme can guide you and your organisation to become an inclusive employer. “Companies that hire disabled employees tend to outperform others. They experience 28% higher revenues, lower turnover, an access to a wider talent pool. These companies are also four times more likely to enjoy higher shareholder returns." "Investing in employees with disabilities to empower them to progress through the hierarchy into leadership positions in the workplace is crucial. There is no place for archaic pay gaps that ostracise the disabled community anymore.“ Applications are open until the end of July 2024 for organisations who already employ 10 or more people. On 1st August, applications will be opened to include organisations with fewer than 10 employees, subject to the level of early take up and funding. For more information visit https://lnkd.in/eb_RUrCr #IsleOfWight #Inclusive

In the last half-century, subsidized employment programs have helped Black Americans in the workforce, according to a new report from Georgetown University Read about the approach’s success in Marketplace from Kai Ryssdal and Richard Cunningham https://lnkd.in/g5Hgu8uP #GeorgetownUniversity #BlackWorkers #WorkforceSuccess #BlackExperiences #EqualOpportunity #WorkforceEquality

This #DisabilityPrideMonth, we urge leaders to reflect on their responsibility to create accessible workplaces, recognize that ADA provisions are the minimum requirements, and and include disabled people while envisioning and enacting new systems.

At least 20 states enacted legislation related to public employees’ position requirements or qualifications, up from 18 in 2023. Positions targeted by states ranged from judicial branch employees and public safety personnel to teachers and even conservation employees. States are altering prerequisites for public sector employment by reducing previous experience required, reevaluating or removing degree requirements, and convening work groups or task forces to make administrative recommendations. Other strategies include examining citizenship requirements and increasing the accessibility of positions to people with disabilities. #EHworkforce https://lnkd.in/d_epMfWQ

There are people with disabilities that have abilities and want a career and to participate in the workforce. But there are entrepreneurs with disabilities that have created their own job/career that need to be included by governments, companies and organisations especially in procuring their services. #disabilityisnotinability #disabilityinclusion #disabilitybusinessowners #entrepreneureswithdisabilites

📢 Did you know that ALL 435 US House seats and 33 Senate seats are up for election this November 5th, 2024?! This is on top of the Presidential election. Elections have a HUGE impact on the workplace. The federal and state government can impact pay transparency, parental leave, pay equity, sick leave, the legality of NDAs and forced arbitration, equal employment and affirmative action, non-discrimination, labor union activity, disability inclusion and accommodation and so much more. If you are a supporter of DEI, public policy and down ballot elections are some of the most important tools you have accessible to your work. If you are a DEI leader, make sure you are working with your public policy team and understand (and try to influence) that policy agenda. As a friend said, I’ll be reminding y’all about this often in the coming months.

"The new UK government plans to bring in sweeping new changes that would extend equal pay rights to ethnic minority and disabled workers. For the first time, companies with 250 employees or more would have to report ethnicity and disability pay gaps, King Charles III said on Wednesday as he set out Prime Minister Keir Starmer agenda for the upcoming year" as reported by Bloomberg. Starmer said the government would “legislate to introduce a new deal for working people to ban exploitative practices and enhance employment rights”. What does this mean for fashion, beauty and luxury? It will: -Increase accountability for leaders and decision makers -Utilise data to demonstrate the current state of affairs and provide the leverage needed to create change -Recognise and address the disparity of employee experiences -Begin the path to a more inclusive industry by increasing access for under represented groups, removing financial barriers Read more. https://lnkd.in/eedEDdH6

As of April 2025, UK companies with 250+ employees will be required to disclose ethnicity and disability pay gap data. An evolution from the FCA’s mandatory disclosure on gender and ethnicity at Exec level for the FTSE 250 - released back in April 2022. A great step in the right direction to encourage UK businesses to address the disparities for minority groups.