US EEOC, DOL Launch Hiring Initiative to Reimagine Equity -- Market Talk
January 19 2022 - 05:55PM
Dow Jones News
By Stephen Nakrosis
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says it helped
launch the Hiring Initiative to Reimagine Equity, or HIRE,
today.
The program, launched in collaboration with the Department of
Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, is intended
to "identify strategies to remove hiring barriers that limit
opportunity along the lines of race, color, ethnicity, gender,
LGBTQ+ status, religion, disability, age and veteran status," the
agencies say.
EEOC Chairwoman Charlotte A. Burrows, who will co-chair the
effort with OFCCP Director Jenny R. Yang, says "The HIRE initiative
aims to expand employment opportunities as our nation recovers from
the pandemic," and adds "working with employers and workers to
prevent unfair and unnecessary obstacles to equal employment
opportunity is a key component of this initiative."
Write to Stephen Nakrosis at stephen.nakrosis@wsj.com
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January 19, 2022 17:40 ET (22:40 GMT)
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