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The Southeastern Michigan Industry Liaison Group (SMILG) was established in 1993, as a non-profit organization dedicated to creating and fostering a spirit of cooperation between southeastern Michigan employers and federal contractors and the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and related state and local agencies.
SMILG is one of the preeminent ILG's in the country. It was the recipient of the first annual Department of Labor Exemplary Service Award in 1998.
What is an Industry Liaison Group?
Industry Liaison Group (ILG) is a concept, spawned by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCCP) programs in the early 1980's to encourage open communication between industry and the OFCCP. The objectives have expanded since the ILG's beginnings to include partnerships with other government agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and state and local agencies. Local ILGs are found in every Department of Labor (DOL) region.
What is the National Industry Liaison Group?
TheNational Industry Liaison Group (ILG) is the premier employer association on affirmative action and equal employment opportunity in the United States, supporting approximately 200 ILGs. The NILG is proud of the voluntary and unique partnership of public and private sector cooperation, it has been able to foster as an effective approach in dealing with important legal and regulatory issues regarding affirmative action and equal opportunity. No other employer association has a broader base of constituents focused on EO/AA matters.
2010 Second Quarter Coffee and Compliance
Reducing Risk and Liability under ADA/ADAAA with Best Practices Presentation
Get answers to these & other questions:
- What are the changes since the ADAA Legislation?
- What are best practices in handling having an accessible workplace (Interactive Session)?
- What are the best practices for accessibility in the workplace?
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Speaker: Jon Geier (Risk portion)
Paul Hastings, LLP
Partner, Employment Division
Click here for Jon's bio
and
Best Practices Session Speakers:
Frances West,
World Wide Director, IBM Human Ability & Accessibility Center
and
John Evans,
Business Consulting and Enablement Manager,
IBM Human Ability & Accessibility Center
Thursday, May 20, 2010
8:30 am - 9:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon Program
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Eastern Michigan University
38777 W. Six Mile Road
Suite 400
Livonia, MI 48152
Just west off of I-275.
Large black glass building on south side of 6 Mile.
Click here for map and driving directions
No Charge
Register Now - Seating is Limited!!!
Click HERE
to view information on how to mail your registration information to SMILG
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Click HERE to register online.
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August 3 - 6, 2010
at the Red Rock Resort
To register go to http://www.ilgnvegas2010.com/
Federal Contractors Required to Use E-Verify Beginning Sept. 8, 2009
WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is reminding federal contractors and subcontractors that effective Sept. 8, 2009, they will be required to use the E-Verify system to verify their employees’ eligibility to work in the United States if their contract includes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) E-Verify Clause. In July, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano strengthened employment eligibility verification by announcing the Administration’s support for the regulation that will award federal contracts only to employers who use E-Verify to check employee work authorization.
E-Verify, which compares information from the Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9) (see link to the right) against federal government databases to verify workers’ employment eligibility, is a free web-based system operated by DHS in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA). The system facilitates compliance with federal immigration laws and helps to deter unauthorized individuals from attempting to work and also helps employers avoid employing unauthorized aliens.
The Federal Acquisition Rule; Case 2007-013; Employment Eligibility Verification (see link to the right) extends use of the E-Verify system to covered federal contractors and subcontractors, including those who receive American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds. Applicable federal contracts awarded and solicitations issued after Sept. 8 will include a clause committing government contractors to use E-Verify.
Companies awarded a contract with the E-Verify clause on or after Sept. 8 will be required to enroll in E-Verify within 30 days of the contract award date. E-Verify must be used to confirm that all new hires, whether employed on a federal contract or not, and existing employees directly working on these contracts are legally authorized to work in the United States.
More than 145,000 participating employers at nearly 550,000 worksites nationwide currently use E-Verify to electronically verify their workers’ employment eligibility. Since Oct. 1, 2008, more than 7.6 million employment verification queries have been run through the system and approximately 97 percent of all queries are now automatically confirmed as work-authorized within 24 hours or less. Source: USCIS
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Southeastern Michigan
Industry Liaison Group (SMILG)
P.O. Box 3293
Southfield, Michigan 48037
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