Short Takes: Medical Information
Can we ever disclose employee medical information to outsiders?
Category: HR Management & Compliance
There are dozens of details to take care of in the day-to-day operation of your department and your company. We give you case studies, news updates, best practices and training tips that keep your organization fully in compliance with ever-changing employment law, and you fully aware of emerging HR trends.
Pay Bias: New U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Limits Old Claims, But Caution Still Required
San Francisco Finalizes Rules For Paid Sick Leave
Another Wal-Mart Class Action Gets Green Lighted
Supreme Court Won’t Review Construction Wage Order Ruling
One In Five Won’t– Or Can’t– Leave Work Behind On Vacation
Another Computer Employer Sued For Overtime Violation
Women’s Pay Inequities: A Matter of Discrimination …or Negotiation?
By BLR Founder and CEO Bob Brady Do women get paid less just because they don’t know how to ask for more? BLR’s CEO offers his thoughts … and asks for yours. Where are we on women’s pay? Recent reports point in both directions. On one hand, women college graduates get paid less than […]
Barbers Are Licensed, Why Not Leaders?
Just My E-pinionBy Steven M. Horner, SPHR Today’s guest columnist suggests that we’d have better business leaders if we made them get licenses to keep their jobs. Did you ever think about all of the service providers you come in contact with … barbers, accountants, lawyers, electricians, insurance agents, and so on? All of these […]
A Tool to Train in the Wider Aspects of Sexual Harassment
Most employees likely think of harassment in male vs. female terms. A new BLR interactive CD-ROM training course will make them conscious of a wider perspective. Ask your employees, or even your supervisors, for an example of “sexual harassment,” and you’ll likely hear the best-known version of it … a male showering a female with […]