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May 3, 2021

EEOC TO HOST 24TH ANNUAL EXAMINING CONFLICTS IN EMPLOYMENT LAWS (EXCEL) TRAINING CONFERENCE
Virtual Training Event for Public and Private Sectors to Take Place June 15-17

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that registration is open for its 24th Annual Examining Conflicts in Employment Laws (EXCEL) Training Conference. The virtual training conference is being held June 15-17, 2021.

EXCEL is the premier training conference for equal employment opportunity and human resource professionals, employment law attorneys, and alternative dispute resolution professionals in both the private and public sector (including federal, state, and local) communities.

This highly informative and interactive training conference, featuring EEOC senior leaders and some of the nation’s most sought-after experts in EEO, offers nearly 40 live, simulated live, and on-demand workshops. In addition to access to a robust agenda of workshops on popular and emerging topics in EEO, conference attendees will have the opportunity to network and participate in live forums.

Registration for this much-anticipated three-day virtual training conference is priced moderately at $900 per person. Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI), Federal EEO Investigator, and Federal EEO Counselor Refresher credits will be provided. Additionally, application will be made with the Virginia State Bar for Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit and support will be provided for conference attendees to apply for CLE credit in other states. For a copy of the agenda and to register today visit the EXCEL registration page at www.eeotraining.eeoc.gov.

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Marital Histories Differ Between Native-Born and Foreign-Born Adults

Foreign-born people are older when they first marry, less likely to remarry than native-born. Learn more in this America Counts story.

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Marital Histories Differ Between Native-Born and Foreign-Born Adults

Foreign-born adults in the United States are more likely than those native born to tie the knot, marry at an older age and not remarry as often, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report.

The report released last month highlights the relationship between nativity and marital history.
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It shows that mixed nativity marriages (a native-born married to a foreign-born) were more common among Asian and Hispanic women than among non-Hispanic White women and Black women — a pattern that may be driven by recent immigration from Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia.

As a nation of immigrants, the U.S. population has historically included people born in the United States (native-born) and in different countries (foreign-born). Due to cultural, political, legal, social, economic and other factors, the marital histories of the two groups tend to differ.

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