Women have become the new workforce. There are now slightly more women workers than men, given the recession and the shrinking of the manufacturing and … Read more
The Wal-Mart Case Could Have a Far-reaching Impact on Recruiters
You may have read about the big case against Wal-Mart, where to sum it up, the Supreme Court will decide if a gender-discrimination lawsuit can be brought … Read more
Big Government Sets Diversity Benchmark for Big Business
As President Obama weighs a sweeping new Executive Order that would establish a coordinated “government-wide effort to promote diversity and inclusion” … Read more
Lawrence of Arabia: The Art of Leadership From the Back of a Camel
Editor’s Note: With the Academy Awards nearly here, TLNT asked some prominent thought leaders to reflect on their favorite movie with a management or HR … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Social Media in the Workplace, Legal Outsourcing, Bungled Layoffs
Think the battle for acceptance of social media in the workplace is over? Think again. “With social networking exploding,” The Miami Herald reports, “at … Read more
The FMLA Challenge: Reinterpreting the Law for a Diverse World
By William R. Hanna Nothing in the world of employment law remains static and unchanged – least of all, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Since … Read more
Reaching Your Hispanic Workforce: Is Your HR Strategy Keeping Up?
Your workforce is becoming more and more diverse — but are your assumptions about changing demographics keeping up with reality? The 2010 U.S. Census is … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Muslim Discrimination, Fired in Philly, and HR Issues at QB
It’s been a busy week here at TLNT, and we seem to have picked up a lot of new readers recently. So that makes me wonder: are you getting anything … Read more
HR’s Big Task: Keeping Its Finger on the Pulse of the Workforce
By Michelle T. Johnson When average people think of the HR department in the company where they work, they tend to think of the “resources” aspect of the … Read more
Just What is Diversity, Anyway?
By Michelle T. Johnson Not to get all Bill Clinton, but I feel the pain of anyone who thinks diversity is a synonym for political correctness. Diversity … Read more