By Godson Umejiego, Senior Correspondent USA

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the US Department of Labour’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programmes (OFCCP) will host, as part of a Hiring Initiative to Reimagine Equity (HIRE), a virtual roundtable entitled Untapped Potential: Reimagining Equity for Workers with Gaps in Employment History to discuss challenges workers face when reentering the workforce after periods of unemployment.   The webinar will hold on April 28, 2022, 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT.

HIRE is a multi-year joint initiative that aims to boost diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) efforts in hiring and recruitment practices to advance equal employment opportunity and help provide workers with access to good jobs.

Speakers will highlight the barriers that caregivers, older workers, people with long-term disabilities, and formerly incarcerated individuals face when reentering the workforce, the strengths these workers offer to employers, and promising practices to attract this untapped talent.

Confirmed to speak at the virtual event are:

•          Chair, EEOC, Charlotte A. Burrows

•          Director, OFCCP, Jenny R. Yang

•          Chair, Board of Trustees, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law and Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, Eve Hill

•          Executive Director, Mission: Launch, Teresa Y. Hodge

•          Vice President, A Better Balance, Elizabeth Gedmark

•          Senior Advisor, Financial Resilience, AARP, Heather Tinsley-Fix

Registration is required. Video/Dial-in information will be sent separately upon registration.

Interested persons are to register at: https://eeoc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_hwUhHWDuSO2yLfV4NSCn5w

A recording will be available on the EEOC’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheEEOC.

The EEOC advances opportunity in the workplace by enforcing federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination.