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Weekly blogosphere update
This week I was struck by a couple of blogging and technology-related posts, so my focus on this week’s blogosphere tour is only partially on the HR/Employment blogosphere.
I’m starting with a couple of posts from the DennisKennedy.com blog Dennis is not an HR/Employment blogger, but a fellow St. Louisan and well-respected law-and-technology expert.
The first [...]
A klutzy Dad’s reflections on aptitude, training, and skiing
Today I have a block of mostly uninterrupted time to write. With no Internet connection, but the laptop in tow, I’ve decided to depart from my norm and write something 100% original — and somewhat personal.
How do we discover our own talents – and those of others? To what extent are there even such things [...]
Take This Job and Keep It! Reducing Employee Turnover
Consultants have been warning for several years now that when (and if) companies start hiring again, turnover will increase. Well, according to the Department of Labor, projected turnover surpassed 20% in the first 11 months from January to November, 2004, the first time it has passed 20% since 2001.
Even if turnover is not on [...]
Tweaking the newsreader/syndication options
I decided to try FeedBurner’s service for tracking RSS/newsreader readership. It’s an experiment with a beta version of a new service, so we’ll see.
In doing this, I modified the options under “Syndication” in the sidebar at right.
Do me a favor: if you’re reading this Blawg with a newsreader or My Yahoo or My MSN, [...]
Is the FMLA the "the Far More Leave than anyone intended Act"?
The Wall Street Journal’s Career Journal asks: “Has the Family and Medical Leave Act given employees too much freedom to take time off?”
Certainly many employers think so. But there are also employee rights lobbyists pushing to expand its coverage. Meanwhile, the quantity of litigation and resulting body of caselaw keeps growing. [...]
Praying For Help: Will 2005 Be Known As The Year of Religious Discrimination Charges?
In this article from Corporate Counsel, some new and emerging examples of religious discrimination lawsuits are discussed. Despite religious discrimination charges being the smallest category under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (accounting for only 3% of claims brought to the EEOC), experts suggest that there has been a significant rise in such cases. Some [...]
Ready, Aim, FIRED: Blogging Employees In the Spotlight Again (a/k/a Firing Bloggers Part V)
Looks like blogging is getting a lot of attention, especially from companies that are firing employees who are blogging about them!
As the headline suggests, we’ve covered this issue pretty extensively already. But it won’t go away, and lately it’s been fascinating the mainstream media.
So today I’ll link to the first four parts of my coverage [...]
Virtual Walk-Ins: A Powerful Recruitment Source
A recent survey by CareeerXroads concludes that “virtual” walk-ins are becoming a very important source of job applicants. As noted by the author of the study: “A company’s website is increasingly becoming the destination for job seekers.”
It is highly noteworthy that
85% of the respondents claim they have gone to company websites at least once [...]
EEOC Data for 2004
EEOC just released information about charges, as well as other information, for the 2004 year.
The number of charges filed with EEOC for 2004 actually
declined slightly, to from 81,293 in 2003 to 79,432 in 2004. In other categories, there were also slight declines in charges (e.g., race charges declined slightly in 2004, to 27,696, down [...]
What I was going to say for Valentine’s Day before Michael beat me to it!
Last year, V-D came and went, and I noticed lots of articles about workplace romance, but just didn’t get around to blogging them until May, when I saw a fresh batch.
So I figured today would be a good day to revisit the issue.
Perhaps the following is worth looking at in conjunction with Michael’s post [...]
Love is in the air…….
As it is February 14 today, it is only fitting that we cover a recent survey regarding romance at work.
According to Vault’s 2005 survey, 58% of employees say they have been involved in an office romance, up from 46% in their survey two years ago.
The survey finds that people in love with someone at [...]
Weekly HR/Employment blogosphere roundup
I’m thinking about making this a regular Monday feature (if I can get to it every weekend).
So let’s get going.
First up:
Veteran blawger B. Janell Grenier, Esq., of Benefitsblog, (”a tax, benefits and ERISA law commentary and news filter”) has this gratifying story of how the growing recognition of bloggers and blogging has made its way [...]
Strategies For Handling A Changing Workforce
It should be no surprise to anyone that the workforce is changing in many different ways. Littler Mendelson has prepared a lengthy report that you can download, which outlines “four strategic initiatives involving the changing workplace,” including:
diversity initiatives, adddressing skilled worker shortages, the increasing use of contingent workers, and establishing a legally compliant workplace.
Go here [...]
Websurfing find: HR portal contains massive, highly organized link collection
Once in a while (actually quite often for me) you’re just clicking away on the web, maybe doing a google search on something, and you stumble onto a site with apparent depth and breadth that you definitely want to bookmark for later reference.
I think this may be one, though I’ll have to admit [...]
How class actions encourage greed
OK, this blawg is my place to speak my piece (and Michael his), so once in a while I can rant a bit about things I hate.
I’m not oppposed to the very idea of class actions, and will even concede they theoretically can serve a socially useful function.
But how they work in practice [...]
