Archive for November, 2006

Basic ADA mistake leads to $2.2 Million Settlement

Monday, November 27th, 2006

A recent settlement between the EEOC and JPMorgan Chase & Co. illustrates some basic points about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the context of one of the most common — and difficult — situations: a lengthy employee medical leave of absence.

In this case, Morgan’s Bank One Corporation had the following policy:

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Trying something new for the Blogroll

Monday, November 20th, 2006

I’ve long had a very large and (hopefully) useful blogroll listing blogs on a wide variety of employment, labor, and HR topics.

Lately, it’s been sitting quietly on a separate page, visible only through a link at top right of this page. I did this because it had grown so large it would drag on [...]

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EEOC, OFCCP debate discrimination in recruiting and hiring

Thursday, November 9th, 2006

A recruiter friend, Karen Mattonen, tells me that many recruiters are becoming more eager to learn about discrimination laws as they become more aware of the legal risks inherent in their activities.

The stakes are increasing as candidates become more sophisticated and the new EEOC and OFCCP rules for compliance go into effect.

Last year, Karen [...]

New survey illuminates top HR concerns

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

What do you get when you compare different surveys and get consistent results? Hopefully, a pretty reliable measurement.

Today, I ran across a BLR article on top concerns of HR professionals that compared:

A BLR Daily Advisor survey, sent to a representative sample of 6,000 BLR newsletter readers
Another [...]

More on using facebook et al. in recruiting and hiring (Part II)

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

A couple of months ago, when I wrote the post “Employers Using Facebook for Background Checking: Is It Legal?” and the underlying post of the same name at collegerecruiter.com, I had no idea it would be such a hot topic, generating several interviews and other interesting phone conversations.

In the course of these further discussions, I [...]