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As Servicemembers Return to the Workforce, EEOC Reminds Employers of Accommodation Responsibilities

By Kathryn McGovern Feb 29, 2012 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Feb 29, 2012

As large numbers of veterans return from Iraq and Afghanistan, employers must remember that their disability accommodation responsibilities have increased in recent months, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in releasing new guidance Tuesday. The commission updated its Veterans and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): A Guide for Employers which explains how protections for […]

EEOC Discrimination Charges Set Records in 2009

By HR Hero Jan 7, 2010 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jan 7, 2010

According to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announcement yesterday, 93,277 workplace discrimination charges, the second highest level of charges ever filed with the agency, were filed in 2009. Additionally, the EEOC obtained over $376 million in monetary relief for discrimination victims in 2009. The EEOC received a record high number of private-sector charges alleging […]

Short Takes: Overtime on Bonuses

By jessica Dec 1, 2005 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 19, 2015

Could I get some clarification on whether we owe overtime on predetermined bonuses? We pay a production bonus to our assembly workers when they hit certain production levels. The bonus is not a great amount of money, but it does seem to keep production levels up. Now we’ve heard that we should somehow be paying […]

April 25 date set for Northwestern football union vote

By Tammy Binford Apr 3, 2014 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Apr 3, 2014

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has scheduled an April 25 union representation vote for Northwestern University football players. Spokespersons in both the Chicago and Washington, D.C., NLRB offices confirmed that the April 25 date has been set but didn’t have more information such as which players will be eligible to vote and when results […]

Senate confirms Acosta as secretary of labor

By HR Hero Apr 28, 2017 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Apr 28, 2017

On April 27, the Senate confirmed Alexander Acosta as secretary of labor by a vote of 60-38.  Eight Democrats joined the Republican majority in voting for President Donald Trump’s nominee, completing Trump’s Cabinet just shy of his 100th day in office. Acosta, a former National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member, previously served as assistant attorney […]

News Notes: Continued Steady Decline In Union Membership

By Jennifer Carsen Mar 1, 2004 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 19, 2015

Recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) figures reveal the number of workers who belong to labor unions has continued its steady 20-year decline. In 2003, just 12.9 percent of U.S. workers belonged to a labor union, down from 13.3 percent a year earlier. For private sector workers, union membership fell from 8.6 percent to […]

News Notes: “Serial” Harasser Costs Employer $1 Million

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Dec 1, 1997 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 18, 2015

Three employees were awarded more than $1 million in damages after claiming that their employer failed to stop a co-worker who was harassing company employees for nearly two decades. The employees, who worked as customer service representatives for Ameritech Corp., alleged the co-worker had harassed 18 women over a 19-year period before finally being fired […]