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EEOC to Examine Treatment of Unemployed Job Seekers

Written by EEOC Wednesday, 16 February 2011 08:46

"'The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission"-to Meet Feb. 16 at Agency Headquarters In order to examine the practice by employers of excluding currently unemployed persons from applicant pools, including in job announcements, the Commission will hear from invited panelists on the potential impact on job seekers.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, February 16, at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E. In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the Commission’s deliberations.

The meeting agenda includes:

Panel 1: U.S. Department of Labor’s Latest Unemployment Data

William E. Spriggs, Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor

Panel 2: Unemployment Status Screening

Christine Owens, Executive Director, National Employment Law Project (NELP)
Fernan R. Cepero, Vice President for Human Resources, The YMCA of Greater Rochester, representing SHRM
Amy Dias, Partner, Jones Day
Helen Norton, Professor, University of Colorado Law School

Panel 3: Impact on Unemployed Persons

Fatima Goss Graves, Vice President for Education and Employment, National Women’s Law Center
Algernon Austin, Director of the Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy Program, Economic Policy Institute
Joyce Bender, CEO, Bender Consulting Services

A brief question-and-answer session with EEOC Commissioners will follow each panel discussion.

Seating is limited and it is suggested that visitors arrive 30 minutes before the meeting in order to be processed through security and escorted to the meeting room.

The Commission agenda is subject to revision. Additional information about the hearing, when available, will be posted at http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/meetings/index.cfm.

The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.

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