What do Mozilla, the Clinton Global Initiative, and the Obama Administration all have in common? If you said, “This sounds like the set up for an unfunny … Read more
Best Companies to Work For Are Mostly Pretty Bad With Job Candidates
If God hadn’t promised Noah to never again flood the Earth again, most of America’s best companies to work for would be moving to higher ground about now. … Read more
Yes, It’s Easy For Employees to Be Considered Disabled Under the ADA
By Eric B. Meyer When the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act went into effect in 2009, it significantly lowered the bar for proving a … Read more
The Opposite of Engagement: Best Buy Shows How NOT to Handle Layoffs
Life hasn’t been easy for big box electronics retailer Best Buy the past few years. Best Buy used to be one of THE best places to buy all manner of … Read more
“Borgata Babes” Case: Judge Doesn’t Buy Weight Discrimination Claim
By Eric B. Meyer Sex sells. So, when 22 female cocktail servers at an Atlantic City casino pursued claims of discrimination based on their appearance, it … Read more
Courts Rule That Alien Workers Can Collect Unpaid Wages Under FLSA
By John E. Thompson Two federal appellate courts have ruled this year that, as one of them put it, “aliens, authorized to work or not, may recover … Read more
Weekly Wrap: If You Have to be Laid Off, It Helps If You Worked at Boeing
Nobody in their right mind wants to be laid off, especially now that unemployment benefits that were expanded due to the Great Recession are returning to … Read more
Health Insurers Say Their Costs Will Increase by Only 5-6% in 2013
Some give all the credit to Obamacare. Others cite the poor economy or employers forcing workers to bear more of the cost of their medical expenses. … Read more
The Brain Drain: Using Technology to Capture Retiring Boomer Knowledge
The Baby Boomer generation has experienced some of the most drastic changes to how we conduct business that the world has ever seen. Among them: … Read more
July Unemployment Dips Slightly, But Mediocre Job Growth Continues
Chalk up the mediocre July jobs report to the dog days of summer. No sector of the economy showed much hiring energy as the U.S. Department of Labor’s … Read more