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
New App Prevents Employees From Checking Work Email After Hours
By Eric B. Meyer Today’s post is sponsored by the letters S, E, and O With a tip of the hat to whomever posted a link to this story on Twitter, the … Read more
Is Speaking an Essential Qualification For an HR Pro?
By Eric B. Meyer Whether you work in a department of many, or just one, your job as an HR professional has you juggling many balls. You’re running an … Read more
NLRB Revisits the Definition of an Independent Contractor
By Nelson D. Cary Employees are permitted to join unions. Independent contractors are not. Thus, whether a particular working relationship involves an … Read more
Employee Fired After Making Threats of Violence on Facebook
By Eric B. Meyer Earlier this week I addressed how what an employee says on Facebook can mean losing a job offer. In that case, the National Labor … Read more