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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program (OFCCP) launched a joint initiative called Hiring Initiative to Reimagine Equity (HIRE). HIRE is a multi-year collaborative effort to expand access to good jobs for workers from underrepresented communities and help address key hiring and recruiting challenges.

HIRE will 1) host convenings on organizational policy and practices to reimagine equity and expand opportunity in hiring, 2) identify strategies to remove unnecessary barriers to hiring and to promote effective, job-related hiring and recruitment practices to cultivate a diverse pool of qualified workers, 3) promote equity in the use of tech-based hiring systems, and 4) develop resources to promote adoption of innovative and evidence-based, recruiting and hiring practices that advance equity.

This initiative aims to expand access to good jobs by developing a better understanding among employers of the needs and challenges faced by various underrepresented communities. By addressing key hiring and recruiting challenges and identifying strategies to remove hiring barriers along the lines of race, color, ethnicity, gender, LGBTQ+ status, religion, disability, age and veteran status.

Currently, HIRE is engaging with employers, federal contractors, worker and civil rights organizations, social scientists, and others working to develop innovative recruiting and hiring initiatives. Only time will tell whether this initiative will truly address COVID-19's disproportionate impact, our country's history of systemic inequality and the struggles of underrepresented communities in the workplace.

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