News from Ollis/Akers/Arney Human Resources Consulting

President Biden Announces Tax Credit for Small Businesses Offering Paid Leave for Vaccination

Recently, President Joe Biden issued a call for employers to take additional steps to help get their employees and communities vaccinated against COVID-19.

As part of that effort, President Biden announced a paid leave tax-credit for small- and medium-sized businesses. This credit will allow eligible employers to fully offset the cost of paid leave for employees to get vaccinated and recover from any after-effects of the vaccination.

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EEOC Resumes Collection of EEO Data

On March 29, 2021, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it will resume collection of the 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Component 1 data beginning on Monday, April 26, 2021.

As we discussed here, the EEOC previously delayed collection of EEO-1 Component 1, EEO-3 and EEO-5 data due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on employers. The EEOC is providing employers with an additional two weeks beyond its traditional 10-week period to provide two years’ worth of EEO-1 data.

Generally, employers with at least 100 employees, and federal contractors with 50 or more employees and a federal contract of $50,000 or more must file EEO-1 component 1 data. Component 1 data provides information on the race, ethnicity and gender composition of the workforce by job category during a specified period of time.

Husch Blackwell article found here

It Starts at the Top -

Leadership & Accountability Are Critical

According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), harassment is a form of employment discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Harassment is unwelcome conduct that is based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

Harassment is at the center of many workplace discrimination claims today. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, the EEOC secured a record amount of recovery of more than $535 million for victims of discrimination in the workplace, resolving more than 70,804 workplace discrimination charges. Notably, the EEOC recovered around $84.4 million for 902 victims of harassment through its litigation program from these charges.

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Management Development Cohort

We are excited to share that two additional Management Development Cohorts are forming! This is an informal way to learn, grow and contribute.

These cohorts are facilitated in very small groups of three or four participants, meet for one hour monthly, and are facilitated virtually. It’s part learning of a selected topic relevant to all managers and leaders; and part sharing and discussing. Cohort members also bring issues that they are experiencing to the group for discussion. The format is very casual and inviting.

Contact Karen Shannon if you would like to join one of the new Management Development Cohorts or would like to learn more.