Tag: Disability
By Nadine VogelPresident, Springboard Consulting LLC According the the U.S. department of defense personnel and procurement statistics, tens of thousands of veterans serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, and surrounding duty stations have lost a hand or limb, been severely burned, blinded, have lost hearing, been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a traumatic brain injury… Read the full article
Whether you are interviewing a person with a disability for a job or meeting them for the first time at a party, here are some simple tips that will put you both at ease.
I was very interested to learn that in a recent news conference in Washington D.C., the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) shared a new proposal requiring that persons with disabilities have at least seven percent of jobs with federal contractors and subcontractors.
In high school I worked at my mom’s resale shop. With great ease, I slipped into a part-time job at the admissions office the second week of my freshmen year of college…
The nearly 14,000 people at CACI share a common goal of supporting men and women in our Armed Forces.
This October marks the 23rd anniversary of the month-long celebration of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM).
By Nadine VogelPresident, Springboard Consulting LLC Most companies today have what is known as employee resource or affinity groups. ERGs can be a tremendous asset for a company as long as they are seen as a group that connects directly to business goals and objectives and not a corporate sponsored support group. Historically, these groups… Read the full article
By Nadine VogelPresident, Springboard Consulting LLC The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued its final revised Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations in order to implement the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA). The regulations are designed to simplify determining who has a disability and shift the focus of employers from deciding whether the… Read the full article
By Nadine VogelPresident, Springboard Consulting LLC That’s so gay. That’s retarded. Are the children yours? Can you have children? But she doesn’t look like a lesbian. I have that handicapped woman on my team. Alarming? Yes, but these are just some of the remarks heard around the water cooler. These words are hurtful and can… Read the full article
By Nadine VogelPresident, Springboard Consulting LLC Is your company or organization a Federal contractor? If so, please take note that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor, has become more aggressive when it comes to compliance enforcement. In fact, the agency is increasing compliance evaluations and… Read the full article
