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The Proactive Employer is your source for the latest news and commentary on workplace issues, HR best practices, employment litgiation risk management and EEO compliance. Host Stephanie R. Thomas, Ph.D., simplifies the complexities of today's business environment and engages listeners in discussions on key workplace challenges. Featuring conversations with leading policymakers, thought leaders and subject matter experts, The Proactive Employer focuses on issues of interest to HR professionals, compliance officers, corporate counsel, employment attorneys, and others interested in workplace issues in the United States and around the world. Our goal is to provide the information you need in a format you can use. We get past the rhetoric and reduce the noise to actionable items. At The Proactive Employer, we focus on the bottom line and give you the practical suggestions you need to become an employer of choice.

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The Proactive Employer Podcast is pleased to announce a special roundtable discussion on HR and social media! In his new book, Think Before You Click: Strategies for Managing Social Media in the Workplace, Jon Hyman assembles... more

The Proactive Employer Podcast is pleased to announce a special roundtable discussion on HR and social media! In his new book, Think Before You Click: Strategies for Managing Social Media in the Workplace, Jon Hyman assembles... more

The Department of Labor's Spring 2011 regulatory agenda is now available. This agenda focuses on supporting the "Plan/Prevent/Protect" strategy of increasing compliance, and outlines all of the regulations the Agency expects to have... more

Recently, the Department of Labor announced that AstraZeneca will pay $250K to settle allegations of gender discrimination. The settlement decree also requires AstraZeneca to conduct a statistical analysis of base pay of sales specialists.... more

On Monday, June 20th, the Supreme Court reversed certification in the Wal-Mart class action claim. The decision means that the gender discrimination lawsuit - involving 1.5 million female employees - included too many women who had a... more

There are big changes underway at the OFCCP. We've been talking about these changes and what they mean for you all month long. In this week's podcast installment, we're going to conclude OFCCP month at The Proactive Employer... more

The OFCCP wants more data. The agency's current proposal for all of this additional data has been described by some as both "burdensome" and "stealthy". In fact, McGuire Woods went so far as to say that the OFCCP "does not... more

June is OFCCP month at The Proactive Employer. This week's podcast installment picks up on two changes we touched on in last week's installment. We'll be focusing on the recent shift from Active Case Management to Active... more

In recent months, the OFCCP has been very busy. The shift from Active Case Management to Active Case Enforcement, the new CSAL Scheduling letters, the proposed rescission of the Compensation Standards and Guidelines, the... more

Each year, more than 700,000 people are released from federal and state prisons, and another 9 million cycle through local jails. Federal agencies are funding reentry efforts in communities all around the country, and the Obama... more

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