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Cupid Draw Back Your Bow and Let Your Arrow Go; Straight to My Coworker’s (?) Heart….
Update of last year’s survey of romance at work is discussed; cupid is apparently live and well at work! So, enjoy current and future romance….at work!
Religious Tolerance: Going A Little Too Far
Today I read a religious discrimination story from Suits in the Workplace.
The case discussed involved a manager who hired only people with a close religious bond to him, engaged in office prayer, gave business advantages to his coreligionists, sang religious songs and left religious materials on the plaintiff’s desk. The plaintiff sued for religious [...]
Bloomberg’s Solitaire Termination
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The mysteriously anonymous Editor of Blawg Review, a/k/a Ed., just sent me this lovely story. Thanks, Ed.
New York Mayor Bloomberg was visiting a city office. While making the rounds with his photographer, greeting workers, and posing for pictures, he noticed a $27,000-a-year [...]
Multi-Million Dollar Overtime Compensation Settlement
Swiss financial services giant UBS AG has settled class action suits by financial advisers and trainees for that position who claimed they were unlawfully treated as exempt from overtime pay.
UBS said it will pay as much as $89 million to resolve the suits at the federal and state level “because it did not believe [...]
This Just In: EEOC Reports Slight Decline In Discrimination Charges for 2005
EEOC just reported its FY 2005 employment discrimination statistics.
Of great interest was the fact that discrimination charges filed totaled 75,428, a decline of about 5% from the previous year. Otherwise, I don’t think there are any big (or even small) surprises.
The two most common charges are:
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Think You Are Unbiased? You May Be Wrong!
According to some relatively new research, hidden or “implicit” discriminatory bias may be far more common than we thought. Even so, with proper training, people with implicit biases can learn to hold their biases in check and avoid violating employment discrimination laws.
This research shows that most of the bias (70%) is targeted against African-Americans. [...]
Need Interviewing Practice? Go Online!
Want to practice your interviewing skills? Go online with this FREE program and practice away. Very realistic content and graphics. Enjoy and be ready for your next job hunt!
From the Other Side of the Fence: The Impact of the OFCCP Internet Applicant Regs on Job Hunting
Have you thought about how the new OFCCP regs on internet applicants will affect job hunters? This article has a number of hints for job hunters!
Believe It Or Not: Amazing Interview Stories
This article summarizes some really interesting stories about interviews. Decide which one you think is most unusual. If nothing else, you will be amazed at the variety of interview stories one can experience.
Hah, Hah, Hah, Huh???? Should This Testing Humor Get A Failing Grade?
Dale Dauten, a kind of hiring guru, writes some interesting newspaper columns. In today’s edition, he takes on multi-source feedback (i.e., 360 feedback) and employment testing. I’m not sure its funny, but the real question is do you disagree or agree with him.
Beyond Gun Bans: Understanding and Preventing Workplace Violence
As noted the other day, we provoked some controversy on the subject of banning guns in employee vehicles in workplace parking lots.
Several readers contributed personal viewpoints stating reasons for employees to keep weapons in vehicles. These reasons might strike other readers as somewhat persuasive — or not.
Certainly, the gunowners may well be right that [...]
Pst…Wanna Know What the Jobs With Big Demand and Big Bucks Are?
Despite the job woes in the U.S., experts say that there is a large demand and big bucks for certain jobs. Here are five jobs that fit this description.
Job Market Looking Up for Employees; Economic Consequences Mixed
Good economic news often seems to be bad news on Wall Street. As reported by the Washington Post, last month’s good unemployment and employment stats, while obviously good news for jobhunters, may be bad news for financial markets and long-term economic growth.
First, the news:
The nation’s unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent in January, [...]
Do You Live to Work or Work to Live: Maybe You Are A Workaholic!
Wondering whether you are a workaholic or not? This article discusses the problem (of course, you might not think it is a problem!) and offers a quiz to assess whether you are one or not!
KISS Principle (Keep It Simple, Stupid) Applied to Recruitment: A Basic Checklist For Improving Recruitment
The author compiles a very basic list of questions to help improve one’s recruitment program, based on the KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) principle.
