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While it’s frowned upon to ask a job candidate whether he or she is a parent, you can still attract this protected class to your company by offering work/life balance benefits, especially during the summer, when most kids are home from school.
Employers confused over what constitutes joint employment have seen the confusion largely cleared up, thanks to a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision issued December 14.
With the globalization of business activity, more Americans than ever work overseas and more international companies do business here in the United States. Now the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has released a series of fact sheets outlining the responsibilities and rights of multinational employers and their employees under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, […]
Road construction is an inconvenient fact of life in a modern world in which automobiles are central to how people get from place to place. Roadways need frequent repair and maintenance, causing traffic disruption and delays, not to mention a great deal of manpower. While the labor needed to build, maintain and repair roads is […]
Please participate in our brief Your HR Department Survey and see how what you are doing stacks up against what other successful companies are doing. We’ll publish the survey results in a future issue (or we’ll send them directly to you, if you prefer). Do you “sit at the table”? What’s being outsourced? […]
As you work on designing and implementing your leadership development programs, here are five things you’ll want to make sure your business leaders know how to do right now and over the course of the next few years.
Almost two years ago, in March 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued a Charge of Discrimination against Nike, alleging that aspects of the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) policies may have resulted in discrimination against white employees and job applicants. Most recently, in an escalation of its investigation, on February 4, 2026, the EEOC took the unusual step of filing a subpoena […]
From November 13 to 17, we spent a full week focusing on learning and development! As the week comes to a close, we’re taking a look back at all our online events and digital resources that helped HR leaders level up employee training. Monday Panel Discussion | Building a Learning Culture: Optimizing L&D for a Successful Workplace […]
JJiffy Lube® International uses Web-based courses, coaching, instructor-led courses, and computer-based simulation to provide ongoing learning opportunities for employees at its franchises across the country. Web-based training courses are offered through Jiffy Lube University (JLU) for employees completing orientation and the certification process in 10 different areas, says Kenneth Barber, manager of learning and development […]
A scientist who worked for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in Los Alamos discovered that a male coworker was making more money than she was for substantially equal work. Accordingly, she filed suit in Albuquerque federal district court, alleging discrimination on the basis of sex under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and violations of the federal Equal Pay Act (EPA).