This is the inaugural issue of the South Carolina Diversity Council’s electronic newsletter. Produced quarterly by the Council in cooperation with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, this newsletter seeks to increase awareness of diversity issues in the workplace and provide a wide array of tools and “best practices” to assist companies in their own diversity initiatives.
The mission of the South Carolina Diversity Council is to encourage, support and educate business and industry leaders as they seek to value and strengthen diversity in the workplace. Contributors to this quarter’s edition include Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina (Recipient of the 2005 South Carolina Diversity in the Workplace award), Fisher & Phillips LLP and Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. For more information on the Council or to join the Council, click here. First Quarter Edition - UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY - THE POWER OF INCLUSION
Gayel Wigfall - Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina
The term diversity refers to the multidimensional combination of shared and unique human characteristics that exists among any collection of people. Diversity is much more than race and gender; it encompasses all of the elements that make us who we are
Click here for complete article UPDATE ON NEW EEO-1 REPORT
Cheryl L. Behymer - Fisher & Phillips LLP
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has evaluated comments submitted by employers, civil rights groups, and other interested parties about the proposed revisions to the EEO-1 report. The EEO-1 Report requires employers with 100 or more employees and federal contractors with 50 or more employees and federal contracts of $50,000 or more to provide a count of their employees by job category and ethnicity, race, and gender.
Click here for complete article AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN CYBERSPACE
Cheryl L. Behymer - Fisher & Phillips LLP
Are you a federal contractor subject to affirmative action requirements? Do you have a computer? Have potential applicants learned that you have a computer and attempted to send employment applications or resumes electronically? If so, the new regulations issued by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) will interest you.
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Merle Code - Ogletree Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
The challenge facing businesses understands how to successfully manage workplace diversity. Diversity is defined as any collective mixture characterized by similarities and differences with accompanying tension.
Click here for complete article 2005 Excellence in Workplace Diversity Award winner - Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina
Click here for more information The 16th Annual Human Resources and Employment Law Conference
Sponsored by the Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C., the conference is set for May 3-5, 2006 at the Crowne Plaza Hilton Head Beach Resort. Friday's agenda will have a special emphasis on diversity issues and initiatives. The opening session will be presented by Dan Huneau, chair of the South Carolina Diversity Council. Click here for more information Produced by the South Carolina Diversity Council
2006
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