EEOC ANNOUNCES NEW RESOURCES ABOUT SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY WORKPLACE RIGHTS6/17/2021 Federal Agency Continues Its Work in Forefront of LGBTQ+ RightsThe U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is observing LGBTQ+ Pride Month, and the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, by announcing the release of new resources to educate employees, applicants and employers about the rights of all employees, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workers, to be free from sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination in employment. The materials include a new landing page on the EEOC website that consolidates information concerning sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination and a new technical assistance document to help the public understand the Bostock decision and established EEOC positions on the laws the agency enforces. The new landing page consolidates information the public needs to know about the scope of protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as information about harassment, retaliation and how to file a charge of discrimination with the EEOC. Additionally, there are links to EEOC statistics and updated fact sheets concerning recent EEOC litigation and federal sector decisions regarding sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination.
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Gordon Flesch Company (GFC) has agreed to acquire Jim Gordon, Inc. (JGI), a leading Canon, Sharp and Lexmark dealer. This acquisition will help make GFC one of the largest office technology providers in the state of Indiana and solidify its position as the nation’s largest independent Canon dealer. Monroe County Community School Corporation (MCCSC) is hosting an Employment Fair on Thursday, July 8th, 2021 from 9am – 2pm at Bloomington High School South Cafeteria (1965 S Walnut St., Bloomington, IN 47401). Openings include: Administrative Assistants ~ Childcare Services ~ Custodial Services ~ Food Services ~ Guest Teachers ~ Health Services ~ Maintenance ~ Para-Professionals ~ School Age Care ~ Security ~ Teachers ~ Transportation Everyone is Welcome ~ Meet with supervisors and apply onsite. www.mccsc.edu The Indiana Department of Labor’s Bureau of Youth Employment announced today that Hoosier employers must adhere to new requirements regarding minor employees younger than 18 years old, beginning July 1, 2021. The announcement comes just weeks before the school year ends, and the biggest youth employment season begins. The new requirements will eliminate the need for work permits and replace them with a new employer registration platform known as the Youth Employment System, or YES. “Schools will no longer be responsible for issuing work permits, or tracking and registering minor employees,” said State Labor Commissioner Joe Hoage. “That latter responsibility will now fall to employers via YES.” The Blue & Co., LLC Bloomington office is excited to announce that it has moved to a new location at 2670 East 2nd Street, Bloomington, IN 47401 effective Monday, May 24, 2021. “We are always looking for ways to better serve our clients,” said Jim Suttner, tax director at the Bloomington office. “This move will put us in a more desirable location for our clients and we look forward to continuing to serve them in our new location.” Blue Benefits Consulting, an affiliate of Blue & Co., will share the same office space. Blue Benefits Consulting provides personalized options to meet companies’ retirement plan needs. Its professionals help clients obtain the most benefit from their retirement plan with services that keep the plan running smoothly — whether they are starting a new plan or working with an existing plan. From ABC News: As Moderna nears 200 millionth dose, workers celebrate personal milestones too6/8/2021 Employees of Catalent, a manufacturer in Indiana, take pride in their work. Moderna is on the cusp of delivering the 200 millionth dose of its COVID-19 vaccine. Tiera May works at the facility in the small college town of Bloomington, Indiana, finalizing the batch. "The vaccine that my grandma received came from our facility," said May, associate project coordinator at the facility, owned by pharmaceutical manufacturing company Catalent. May is Native American, from the Cherokee tribe, and she's spent the better part of a year working on Moderna's vaccine. "We were putting out something that was going directly to my grandma and not only that, but it was preserving our heritage and preserving our identity." When it comes to synthetic video, seeing is believing. Synthetic video pairs any face with any words, in any language, in any voice. It’s created not by a person filming an actor on a set, but by artificial intelligence (AI), in cyberspace. The result is surprisingly realistic, as this demo from Bloomington-based startup Deep Word shows. CEO Ankush Bikkasani, a senior at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, launched Deep Word in November 2020. Since then, Deep Word has acquired 19,000 users, who have generated 38,000 synthetic videos. As a freelance videographer, Bikkasani experienced the pain points associated with traditional filming firsthand: traveling to a location, setting up equipment, filming multiple takes, and so on. He started to read about deep fakes and the available software, but found that wasn’t a solution. “Deep fakes are essentially a very high-quality face swap,” he explained in an interview with The Mill, Bloomington’s center for entrepreneurship. “They put your face on mine, or my face on yours. But what we needed was the ability to change or modify the things that somebody was saying.” SAVE THE DATE! Join us for our first Key Leader Series event! We will announce the formation of the Crane Regional Defense Group, established in 2020 as a grassroots effort to expand community support and advocate for Crane at the local and federal level. Featuring guest speaker: Dr. Angie Lewis, Technical Director at NSWC Crane. This is a FREE event. Lunch will be provided! Date: Thursday, August 12 Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Location: WestGate Academy | 13598 East WestGate Drive Odon, IN More information: craneregionaldefensegroup.org Register at: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ei0sc9y2b3acb021&llr=e7cr5elab As part of a state-wide effort and in partnership with Walmart, all Ivy Tech Community College campuses across the state will host a Vaccine Clinic this Thursday, June 10th from 10am – 3pm. Our clinic in Bloomington will provide the J&J vaccine and will be held in Shreve Hall. This clinic is open to all employees, students, and community members on a first-come, first-served basis. In addition, everyone being vaccinated at the June 10th clinic has the opportunity to WIN a FREE Laptop! Please get your vaccination and spread the word about the clinic! Small businesses often start from a dream and passion of one owner or a small group. In this session, we discuss how to access capital and increase contracts through partnerships. This panel of experts will provide information on mentoring programs and discuss the importance of creating relationships to grow and increase your business opportunities.
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