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Depression and Other Mental Health Conditions in the Workplace: An Increasing Employer Challenge

By Steven E. Bers, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P. Jun 16, 2026 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jun 16, 2026

According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) most recent published annual reporting, claims for disability-related discrimination (38%) outpaced race (34%) and sex (26%) related filings. Indeed, in the past three reporting years, the number of charges filed claiming disability-related discrimination increased by 34% (25,004 to 33,668), more than in any other filing category. Disability […]

Coach Fouls Out On Retaliation Claim

By Michael P. Maslanka, UNT Dallas College of Law Dec 4, 2024 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Dec 4, 2024

Retaliation claims are very dangerous for Texas employers. This is why any advantage is very welcome. So, a case that came out in September from the federal appeals court covering Texas is welcome news. Coach Complains; Coach Removed Charles Julien worked as a teacher and basketball coach for a high school. Following a losing season […]

‘They Never Told Me I Had to Get to Work on Time’

By Stephen Bruce, PhD, PHR Apr 29, 2012 Learning & Development

Updated: Apr 29, 2012

Ridiculous as it sounds, “they never told me” is a standard defense in employment lawsuits. It plays to the jury’s sense of fairness, and it plays pretty well. ‘Surely They Know What I Want’ Managers and supervisors don’t like confronting their employees about performance problems so they tend to assume that employees are aware that […]

3 Flaws of Employee Engagement Video: Flaw #3—Engagement Drives Results

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Oct 19, 2015 Talent

Updated: Oct 19, 2015

Why do so many employee engagement initiatives fail? Nicole Price of Cy Wakeman explains that there are three key reasons based on faulty assumptions made by employers. In this video, Price discusses the 3rd flaw—believing that engagement alone drives results—during a session at BLR’s Advanced Employment Issues Symposium (AEIS). Nicole Price, vice president of Training […]

Include Customer Harassment in Your Harassment Training

By Heather Hunt May 27, 2014 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 27, 2014

According to a recent article on HR.BLR.com, you might want to incorporate a recent court case, which involved accusations of ongoing sexual and racial harassment by a customer, into your training on harassment. For the details of the case, click here. What the court said The appeals court majority reversed on the hostile work environment […]

Looking to Improve Employee Engagement? Hold Your Managers Accountable

By Guest Columnist Apr 14, 2016 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Apr 14, 2016

By Hugh Tonks In yesterday’s Advisor, guest columnist Evan Hackel provided three ways to make interactions among employees more proactive and positive. Today, we present an article by Hugh Tonks, CEO of Thymometrics®, a supplier of employee engagement surveys. Tonks’ recommendation for improving engagement? Accountability on the part of management.

They Just Want to Be Noticed

By Recruiting Daily Advisor Editorial Staff Aug 8, 2017 Recruiting

Updated: Aug 8, 2017

In yesterday’s Advisor we took a look at a study done by CareerBuilder concerning what lengths candidates will go to in order to get noticed. Today we’ll see a few more examples along with some suggestions on how to handle them.