By Eric B. Meyer Here’s a news flash: A new U.S. Senate bill would abolish non-competes for low-wage workers. The Jimmy John’s thing aside, is that … Read more
Getting Men to “Lean In” to Help Drive Diversity and Inclusion
Editor’s Note: This is the eighth of 12 essays from the new book, The Rise of HR; Wisdom From 73 Thoughts Leaders. It’s compiled by Dave Ulrich, Bill … Read more
OSHA Issues Guidelines on Restroom Access for Transgender Workers
By Eric B. Meyer Caitlyn Jenner got the cover of Vanity Fair and a million new Twitter followers shortly after confirming that she was no longer Bruce … Read more
Here’s One New Research Report That is a MUST Read For HR
Here’s some required reading for HR: Internet Trends 2015. Really. I’m not kidding. You may think from the title that Internet Trends 2015 is a … Read more
Supreme Court: Employer Motivations Matter in Religious Accommodation
By Eric B. Meyer Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision, ruled that an employer that does not know that a job applicant may need a religious … Read more
Will California Bill Help Eliminate Low-Ball Job Offers?
Asking the salary history of job applicants may become a banned question, but employers could be required to publish hiring rates and stick to them. This … Read more
Oregon Social Media Workplace Law: Just a Solution in Search of a Problem
By Eric B. Meyer Forcing job applicants to disclose social media logins and passwords as a condition of employment is so 2013 — kinda like this crappy … Read more
Here’s Why You Need to Take All Forms of Discrimination Seriously
By Eric B. Meyer Here are 100,000 reasons to take all forms of discrimination seriously. And, that includes discrimination against men. Remember my January … Read more
The Zappos Experiment Eliminating Managers? They’re Having Some Issues
I’ll believe in holacracy when CEOs start giving up their titles and submit themselves to it. Don’t know what holacracy is? Holacracy.com says … Read more
Survey: Hiring Managers Doing More Candidate Trolling on Social Media
By Eric B. Meyer I read different surveys about social media and hiring and the numbers vary greatly. For every survey that indicates that employers are … Read more