Government Matters (Full Show) – January 27, 2022
Labor Department and EEOC launch initiative to advance equity in hiring; identity theft involving government documents and benefits
Labor Department and EEOC launch initiative to advance equity in hiring; identity theft involving government documents and benefits
A new government effort, the Hiring Initiative to Reimagine Equity (HIRE), will work to expand access to jobs to underrepresented communities. The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) just launched HIRE to address long-standing recruitment challenges. Jenny R. Yang, director of the OFCCP, said […]
The mission of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is to protect American consumers. Part of that is reducing the risk of identity theft. At the beginning of last year, there were nearly a quarter of a million reports of fraud related to government documents or benefits. Kelle Slaughter, identity theft program manager at the FTC, said credit card […]
