Author: HR Hero

EEOC Develops Best Practices Against Caregiver Discrimination

By HR Hero Apr 22, 2009 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Apr 22, 2009

On April 22, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) offered employers new guidance and best practices on avoiding discrimination against workers with caregiving responsibilities. The best practices document is available online at www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/caregiver-best-practices.html and illustrates proactive measures employers can take that go beyond federal non-discrimination requirements. It supplements a 2007 EEOC guidance document on unlawful […]

FTC, HHS Propose Rules, Seek Comments on Electronic Health Records

By HR Hero Apr 22, 2009 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Apr 22, 2009

Does your organization offer or plan to offer employees online or electronic personal health records (PHRs)? Can employees enter their personal health information into online programs that help them evaluate and improve their health, such as weight loss applications? If you’ve answered yes or if your organization provides electronic PHR programs to others, you should […]

Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Workforce

By Celeste Blackburn Apr 22, 2009 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Apr 22, 2009

Resources for Humans managing editor Celeste Blackburn reviews Natalie Holder-Winfield’s book Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Workforce: New Rules for a New Generation. In the foreword to Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Workforce, Natalie Holder-Winfield reveals how she left a successful practice with a well-known law firm to join eight other women to create a […]

For First Time, 22,000 Mounties Can Begin Organizing in 2010

By Sara Parchello, Partner, Bennett Jones Apr 21, 2009 Northern Exposure

Updated: Apr 21, 2009

By Sara Parchello The face of unionization in Canada is changing. Although it’s declining in the private sector, it’s increasing in the public sector. A few recent decisions by Canadian courts show this trend. The most recent is a decision involving the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (commonly known as the “Mounties”). On April 6, 2009, […]

Hot List: Bestselling “Business and Investing” books on Amazon.com

By Celeste Blackburn Apr 20, 2009 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Apr 20, 2009

Amazon.com updates its list of the bestselling books every hour. Here is a snapshot of what is hot right now, this Monday morning, April 20, in the main section of the “Business and Investing” category. 1. Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano. Galeano analyzes the […]

Diversity Programs Important During Recession

By Florida Employment Law Letter Apr 19, 2009 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Apr 19, 2009

Now is not the time to kill your diversity program. According to new research from George Mason University, workplace discrimination actually increases in an economic downturn. A recent study by Eden King, an assistant professor of psychology at the Fairfax, Virginia, college, found that competition for fewer jobs and resources often forces minority groups to […]

Helping Introverts Help the Company

By Florida Employment Law Letter Apr 19, 2009 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Apr 19, 2009

Managers often hire people who mirror them behaviorally; when they don’t, they tend to get frustrated and criticize the employee because of his or her work style. Performance-based concerns are valid, but if the employee is “getting the job done,” it’s a different matter. Diverse work styles and thought processes, say experts, can offer a […]

EEOC Reports Job Bias Claims at New Record

By Diversity Insight Apr 19, 2009 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Apr 19, 2009

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that workplace discrimination charge filings increased 15 percent last year to an unprecedented level of 95,402. While the agency stated that it didn’t know if this was a trend, it was an indication of a persistent problem. All of the main categories of charge filings with the […]

Firefighter Gets $1.1 Million for Discrimination

By Diversity Insight Apr 19, 2009 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Apr 19, 2009

The Second Appellate Division of the California Court of Appeal recently upheld a jury verdict exceeding $1.1 million against the Pasadena Fire Department for subjecting a firefighter to a fitness-for-duty examination and retiring him, failing to provide a reasonable accommodation for his perceived disability, and failing to engage in an interactive process. Firefighter Loses Racial […]

Dazed and Confused in an ‘Uncertain Economy’

By Dan Oswald Apr 17, 2009 Oswald Letter

Updated: Apr 17, 2009

I’m in the process of writing my Q1 report for our board of directors and I’m trying to come up with the appropriate adjective to describe the current economic environment and explain its impact on our business. As I searched for the right adjective to describe the business climate we’re facing I first considered “challenging.” […]