With the availability of online human resource courses, webinars, degree programs, and more, you need not leave your office to get the best and latest expert training.... (Continue reading)
Workplace flexibility is a top priority of the Women's Bureau. ... (Continue reading)
Equal pay is the top priority of the Women's Bureau. ... (Continue reading)
Introducing new series on issues impacting women's employment. ... (Continue reading)
How long various types of HR records must be kept, according to applicable employment laws.... (Continue reading)
According to a recent leadership development study from Development Dimensions International (DDI), many new managers don’t know what it takes to succeed and weren’t ready for the challenges and obstacles that they faced as leaders. Finding the First Rung as New Managers A... (Continue reading)
In Part II, we discuss the various methods suggested by studies and employers to implement diversity in the workplace.... (Continue reading)
Diversity, tricky to apply, is found by studies and employers' experience to be an essential element of workplace success.... (Continue reading)
A new book penned by Dennis and Michelle Reina lays out a guide for employers to rebuild trust in the workplace.... (Continue reading)
EEOC Files Disparate Impact Lawsuit Based on Use of Credit Records in Hiring In a press release today, the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) announced the filing of a nationwide hiring discrimination lawsuit against Kaplan Higher Education Corp. The EEOC... (Continue reading)
Guidelines to help make the task of selecting resource management and employee performance management software easier.... (Continue reading)
A survey found: (1) "a dramatic increase in the number of organizations that offer benefits to part-time employees": and (2) an increase in those offering part time employment. ... (Continue reading)
Introducing the WorkLife Law Family Responsibilities Discrimination (FRD) Prevention Plan, a/k/a “How to Minimize Risk Before Your Company, in Legal Trouble, Asks You: ‘How Did We Get Here? What Do We Do Now?’” Here is a useful exercise: Imagine that... (Continue reading)
Introduction: Should You Have an Employee Handbook? An employee handbook that’s prepared and reviewed thoroughly and properly customized is great. But as with a written employee evaluation–which can either help or hurt your legal position, depending on whether it was... (Continue reading)
Avoiding Discrimination against Employees Who Care for Disabled Family Members Most employers and HR managers understand the discrimination laws in terms of protecting people based on “protected characteristics,” such as race, national origin, religion, gender, age, or disability. A protected... (Continue reading)
The Lawsuit Alleging Misrepresentations in Responding to Reference Checks In a 2008 federal court of appeals case, two medical employers responded to reference checks for the same anesthesiologist, Dr. Robert Berry. Dr. Berry was then hired by the inquiring hospital,... (Continue reading)
After the Layoffs, the Intra-Company Depression Lower productivity. An atmosphere of guilt, anxiety, and anger. The air filled with gossip. A breakdown of relationships and teamwork. This isn’t exactly the scenario you need to see in your company during an... (Continue reading)
This post on workplace investigations that hold up to scrutiny emphasizes the importance of vertical and horizontal consistency and reasonableness in the investigation of allegations of workplace misconduct, such as harassment.... (Continue reading)
This guest post from HireAbility, courtesy of Recruiting Blogswap, argues for a continuing role of the resume in a largely electronic job application process, using resume parsing technology to bring the resume into the 21st Century.... (Continue reading)