As America honors its military veterans again today, there is encouraging news on the jobs front: The unemployment rate for the nation’s veterans has … Read more
When Sexting and Flirting isn’t Sexual Harassment At All
By Eric B. Meyer To prove sexual harassment, a plaintiff must have been subjected to pervasive or severe behavior based on the plaintiff’s sex. … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Inside Look Into What Our Evolving Workforce Cares About
Who says that HR professionals aren’t flexible and open to new ways of doing things? This was one of the thoughts that crossed my mind while … Read more
October Unemployment Drops to 5.8% as 214,000 Jobs Are Added
Job creation topped 200,000 for the ninth consecutive month, adding 214,000 new non-farm jobs in October. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate edged down to … Read more
Accommodating a Disability Doesn’t Require You Displace Someone Else
By Eric B. Meyer The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that companies provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee with a disability, if doing … Read more
EEOC Guidebook Cranks Up the Push to Combat LGBT Discrimination
By Eric B. Meyer Even without a federal law that specifically bans discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation or gender identify, … Read more
New Report Shows Working Dads Benefit From Flex Schedules, Too
The Working Mother Research Institute (WMRI), in partnership with Ernst & Young, recently released a report aimed at better understanding “how men are … Read more
How “Chief Performance Officers” Will Ultimately Impact HR
In its report The Future of Work: A Journey to 2022, PwC drops an intriguing prediction: By 2018, it says, analysts will attend a presentation by a Fortune … Read more
Are Wages For Workers Starting — Finally! — to Show Some Growth?
A news story about optimistic pay trends claims to find signs of an impending upsurge in base hourly rates. Conceding that this is not the consensus … Read more
A Millennial Twist: LinkedIn Pushing Bring Your Parents to Work Day
We’ve all probably heard of Bring Your Child to Work Day, but LinkedIn is upping the ante with Bring in Your Parents Day, which is exactly what it sounds … Read more