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HR Don’t Get No Respect? You Can’t Blame This One On Lawyers … Or Can You?
It is hard to believe that after 20 years of being called Human Resources, it is widely reported that HR doesn’t get no respect. Blame it on the lawyers?? Can’t blame this one on them? George, what do you think? Well according to this article in BusinessWeek Online, there are three major reasons as to [...]
Employment Agencies Beware! Discrimination Laws Apply To You, Too
According to this press release from the New York State Attorney General’s Office, domestic employment agencies have had problems with discrimination. In specific,
the press release names eight employment agencies based in New York City that have agreed to stop screening candidates for domestic positions based on ethnicity.
The press release notes that:
the agencies routinely solicited [...]
What an idea for a new age law office!
(photo by Fifi LePew/Marcia Cirillo via flickr)
Yup, this is for real. I ran across the photo while cruising flickr for cool pix.
My curiousity having gotten the best of me, I googled “law & coffee,” and found a number of very curious articles that one could definitely file under “the future of work” [...]
We Find You Vs. You Find Us: The Tale of Two Recruiting Paradigms
In the ongoing saga of two different recruitment strategies, John Sullivan outlines the differences between them. “We find you” is characterized by employee referrals, professional affiliation lists, most wanted lists (NOT the kind you find in post offices). The “you find us” strategy is characterized by job ads, corporate websites, and job fairs.
John argues that [...]
HR/Employment Blogosphere update for June 6, 2005
Take a break for a minute and jam with me in the Blogosphere!
(photo by renegade rene via flickr)
Employment Discrimination
Recruiting.com posts briefly on “The Fair Employment Mark,” described in detail by the law professors who apparently originated it as: “a certification mark that companies can apply to their products and services to indicate that [...]
Know Someone You Despise? Encourage Him or Her to Apply to the Grey Marketing Team
According to Joel Cheesman’s blog, the Grey Marketing Team is an example of a job scam. He states that this company
is a fake company listing fake jobs on Monster, HotJobs and who-knows-who-else
Read here for more details on this company.
Apparently, this posting suggests that it is difficult to eliminate job scams on the internet!
Job hunters beware!
Sphere: [...]
Socioeconomic analysis of employment at will
My musings about employment at will a few weeks ago have drawn quite a bit of lingering interest.
So it’s only right for me to let you know when greater minds than mine address the subject from a somewhat different angle.
Phillip Wilson, at Laboring Away at the Institute, writes: “Defense of Employment At Will,” inspired [...]
Disposing of trash: one man’s properly destroyed trash is another man’s spoliated evidence
When I read Michael’s post about the FTC Rule on disposing of consumer report information, with its reference to “burning or shredding papers or destroying electronic files or media,” I immediately saw a whole different side of the story — a scary one for employers and their attorneys.
We worry about allegations of spoliation of evidence. [...]
Found It: Most Bizarre Employment Law Cases of 2004
I just stumbled across this listing of the 10 most bizarre employment law cases of 2004. I had been looking for this unsuccessfully and just came across it, thanks to overlawyered.com.
The 10th case on the list involves the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (Canada), which ruled that a Native Canadian was not discriminated against [...]
Disposing of Trash: FTC Rule Goes Into Effect Yesterday!
Does your company collect information about employees or applicants regarding such things as employment background? Is your company covered by FACTA? Beginning yesterday, June 1, 2005, a new federal rule requires businesses and individuals to take appropriate measures to dispose of sensitive information derived from consumer reports. Any business or individual who uses a consumer [...]
George stumbles onto vast treasure trove of HR links
I’ve previously posted several treasure troves of HR/employment links.
Well, now I’ve hit the mother lode.
(photo by woesis / Lily Childs via flickr) (No, that’s not George in the photo, but it is a nice pic of a treasure trove, isn’t it?)
The photo illustrates my delight when I stumbled onto a site that brags [...]
Positive development on employee blogging from Big Blue
IBM unveiled its guidelines for blogging by employees.
The company says it is “encouraging all 320,000+ employees world wide to consider engaging actively in the practice of ‘blogging.’”
Significantly, and appropriately, the guidelines were “written by IBM bloggers over a period of ten days using an internal wiki.”
Thanks to Christopher Hannegan’s Blog for the tip.
James Snell’s [...]
HR/Employment Blogosphere update for June 1, 2005
In honor of (and as a result of) the Memorial Day holiday, this feature is a few days late. But who besides me is counting?
HR
Susan Heathfield of About.com HR provides several detailed articles on employee compensation, all under the heading: “Develop a Pay Structure That Reflects Your Company Values.”
Regina Miller at HR’s Brand New [...]
