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Contrary to conventional wisdom, growing up with a working mother is unlikely to harm children socially and economically when they become adults, according to new research by a Harvard Business School.
by Daniel Pugen McCarthy Tetrault It’s been a cold, wintry start to 2008 (at least in Canada). The cobwebs from New Year’s Eve have passed and New Years’ resolutions already have been broken. As February began, the groundhog indicated six more weeks of winter and Ontario employees were counting down the days until Family Day […]
Employees’ perception of their company’s senior leadership is far from favorable, according to research from Willis Towers Watson, a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company.
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The 2016 budget bill (S.B. 6406C) signed into law on April 4 by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo includes a paid family leave program that will provide partially-paid leave to nearly every employee in the state. New York is the fourth state, following California, New Jersey and Rhode Island, to enact a paid family leave program administered as part […]
The federal Occupational Safety and Health’s (OSHA) reports on deficiencies in state-run OSHA programs were published in September 2010. Cal/OSHA has been working steadily ever since to address federal OSHA’s criticisms—including a criticism that Cal/OSHA had too narrowly drawn the criteria for “repeat” citations and criticisms of Cal/OSHA’s appeals process.
by Charlie Plumb The courts, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) hold differing views on whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or sexual identity. Nevertheless, on November 20, an Oklahoma City federal court jury awarded a transgender […]
by Dan Oswald I must say, I’m marveling at the three-ring circus the Republican primary has become. P.T. Barnum, the famous American showman and founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus, has been credited with saying, “If you want to draw a crowd, start a fight.” Well, it seems that Donald Trump is a student […]
HR writer Sarah McAdams reviews the book The Number: A Completely Different Way to Think About the Rest of Your Life by Lee Eisenberg. A few years ago, when Lee Eisenberg’s bestseller first came out, American workers had different priorities than they do today. “For tens of millions of middle-aged travelers, this is an odd […]
By Tom Sonde, president, SilverRoad Solutions Just about every HR department wishes management would do something to improve their HR system. Studies have reported that up to 80% of companies are unhappy with their systems. So why isn’t senior management doing something about it?