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Retaliation: Decision-Maker’s Ignorance of Prior Harassment Complaints Doesn’t Insulate Employer from Liability for Retaliatory Discharge

By Jennifer Carsen Sep 1, 2004 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 19, 2015

Suppose a supervisor retaliates against an employee who complained about sexual harassment by initiating a disciplinary investigation against the employee. The employee is ultimately terminated for disciplinary reasons and sues you for retaliation. Can you claim you’re not liable because the person who made the termination decision didn’t know about the harassment complaints? Not according […]

Who Are Today’s Freelancers?

By Recruiting Daily Advisor Editorial Staff Oct 2, 2017 Recruiting

Updated: Oct 2, 2017

If you still think of freelancers as people who occasionally take on work assignments, you’re out of step with today’s employment marketplace. Freelance employment is on the increase, and freelancers now represent a significant percentage of the workforce.

How Data Driven Hiring Trumps Intuition When Building a Rock Star Team

By Guest Columnist Nov 7, 2016 Recruiting

Updated: Nov 7, 2016

By Tonya Lanthier “If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it. If you can’t understand it, you can’t control it. If you can’t control it, you can’t improve it.” —H. James Harrington Interviewing a new hire can be a lot like a blind date. You show up with very little information about the person […]

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Supreme Court Upholds Healthcare Reform Law

By Jessica Webb Ayer Jun 28, 2012 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jun 28, 2012

By Jessica Webb-Ayer The wait is over: The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that the massive healthcare reform law (also known as the Affordable Care Act, or ACA) enacted in March 2010 is constitutional. So what happened, and what does this mean for employers? Read the Supreme Court’s decision on Health Care Reform The most […]

Wal-Mart Settles for $ 86 Million? Your Settlement Probably Won’t Be so High

By Stephen Bruce, PhD, PHR Oct 2, 2012 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Oct 2, 2012

Wal-Mart has settled a lawsuit over unpaid wages to over 200,000 workers that could cost them up to $86 million. Over the past few years, the giant retailer has paid as much as $640 million to settle 63 federal and state class-action lawsuits alleging unpaid wages. And what about your organization? Your settlement costs probably […]

Rolling the dice: the day I started BLR

By Dan Oswald May 2, 2016 Oswald Letter

Updated: May 2, 2016

From Dan: As a way to honor the individuals who have taught me critical life lessons about people and business, I’ve invited several to write guest columns to run in this space over the next few weeks. Today’s voice of experience is provided by Robert L. Brady, who founded Business and Legal Resources (BLR) in […]

Best Source of Candidates? Internal—But It’s Not as Easy as It Seems

By Lin Grensing-Pophal, Contributing Editor May 10, 2018 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 10, 2018

Internal recruitment has long been a crucial element of filling key roles within organizations. Such internal staff adjustments have a number of benefits; however, despite the benefits, many companies struggle to identify those employees who can and should be moved to a different role, whether laterally to a new function or upward into a position […]

FLSA Lawsuits—Throttle ‘The Big Three’

By Stephen Bruce, PhD, PHR Nov 16, 2008 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Nov 17, 2008

Wage and hour just shouldn’t be that hard, but the lawsuits keep coming, and the dollar amounts are staggering—especially when class actions amplify fees, fines, and judgments. What’s the problem? A number of factors make wage and hour a challenge: Many of the decisions about overtime, break time, meal time, and hours of work are […]

NY corrections department must pay $1 million for discrimination in settlement with EEOC

By Diversity Insight Jun 16, 2008 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Jun 16, 2008

The New York State Department of Correctional Services will pay almost $1 million to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. The department was accused of providing inferior benefits to female employees on maternity leave. Both male and […]