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Teens May Need to Look Hard for Summer Jobs
To all the parents who’ve been stopping by the blawg lately to read about family responsibilities discrimination: we’ve got some bad news for your teenage children. The Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University has predicted historic low teen employment rates for this summer, despite job growth for older adults.
The Problem
According to the [...]
Tackling Recruiting Sourcers’ Challenges
This post, courtesy of Recruiting Blogswap, is written by Moises Lopez, of The Sourcing Corner blog.
Note: “Sourcing” refers to the first stage of recruiting: developing information regarding potential candidates. This function may be integrated with other aspects of recruiting or delegated or outsourced to specialized “sourcers.” Either way, the following offers useful tips.
Candidate sourcing [...]
Supreme Court Upholds Time Limits on Title VII Pay Discrimination Cases in 5-4 Decision
In a 5-4 decision that roused the ire of dissenting Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court said employees claiming intentional pay discrimination under Title VII must do so within 180 days of the original discriminatory action — not 180 days of their last paycheck.
The decision on Wednesday [May 29, 2007] in Ledbetter v. [...]
Are Generation Y’s Parents Too Involved?
As Generation Y heads into the workforce, they’re bringing new employment issues with them. The kids who grew up being told how special they were are entering a low-unemployment job market, allowing them to be picky about choosing an employer. George talked this through in his post What Millenials Want Out of [...]
Mommified: Social Science Evidence of Discrimination Against Mothers
Several weeks ago, “Equal Pay Day” rekindled discussions of pay inequality between men and women, highlighted by the release of a new study of the extent to which the pay gap reflects unlawful, gender-based discrimination.
George wrote a post on this topic for the Recruiting Blogswap, which was published by CollegeRecruiter.com under the title “The Gender-Pay [...]
