Have You Taken These 6 Steps to Create a More Diverse Workforce?
Continuing yesterday’s post, here are six additional action items you’ll want to contemplate doing if you want to develop a more diverse workforce and workplace at your organization.
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Are You Resolved to Give Wellness Training in 2013?
This exercise is applicable for all employees and comes from one of BLR’s popular HR Training Presentations in PowerPoint® sessions on “Healthy Aging.” The objective of the exercise is to find out how well trainees are meeting the requirements of healthy aging. Instructions: Have trainees complete the worksheet below. (Let them know that this is […]
Vermont approves highest state minimum wage in country
by Sophie Zdatny On June 9, Governor Peter Shumlin signed House Bill 522 into law, making Vermont the first state to approve a minimum wage above the $10.10 goal set by President Barack Obama. As of January 1, 2015, Vermont’s minimum wage will rise to $9.15, from its current level at $7.25. The minimum wage […]
Training Advances Corporate Responsibility in the Community
In an effort to advance its campaign against human trafficking, Hyatt (www.hyatt.com) recently launched an internal global training program to raise awareness about this issue. The program was developed in conjunction with the Polaris Project (www.polarisproject.org), an organization dedicated to combating human trafficking. “The program is designed to provide managers and line staff at Hyatt […]
Solving the Talent Crunch: A Q&A with Zoe Harte of Upwork
Recruiting Daily Advisor (RDA) recently sat down with Zoë Harte, Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Talent Innovation at Upwork to discuss the current hiring crisis and what can be done about it.
Texas federal court fast-tracks suit challenging DOL’s overtime rule
Update: A ruling on the November 16 injunction hearing is expected on November 22. We will provide coverage on the ruling once it is issued. A federal district court has agreed to fast-track a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new overtime regulation. The court has scheduled oral arguments for November 16, just […]
House Panel Assails NLRB’s Recent ‘Union Favoritism’
Controversy surrounding actions coming out of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) intensified on September 22 when a congressional committee examined what the panel’s chairman called the agency’s “assault on American workers and job creators.” The House Education and the Workforce Committee, chaired by Representative John Kline, a Minnesota Republican, titled the hearing “Culture of […]
5 Hiring-Related Pitfalls to Avoid
Your managers may think they’re doing a good job of interviewing and hiring, says New York attorney Barbara Meister Cummins, but most of them are “traveling without a map.” Here are 5 of Cummins’s “Top Failures”:
Same-Sex Harassment: High Court Rules Same-Sex Harassment Is Illegal And Clarifies Standards For All Claims
Some employers pay little attention to dirty jokes, horseplay and locker room antics among male co-workers. But a new U.S. Supreme Court ruling makes it more important than ever to take a closer look at this kind of behavior. The court found that alleged sexual abuse of a male oil rig worker by his male […]
Workers’ Compensation: Court Throws Out Comp Award for Employee Who Claimed a Psychiatric Injury Stemming from a Workplace Investigation
A new California Court of Appeal decision highlights just how crucial it is to carry out workplace misconduct investigations in good faith. We’ll explain what happened.