What Are You Doing to Honor #GlobalTADay?
Tomorrow, September 4, is Global Talent Acquisition Day. Which made us wonder: what are you doing to honor your talent acquisition professionals?
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Service Animal Incidents Get Hospital, Deli Owner in a Pickle
A man has accused a New Jersey hospital for discrimination for not recognizing his dog as a service animal—because it was a 12-pound poodle.
Best of Faces of HR: Diversity Edition
It’s HR Diversity week here at HR Daily Advisor, and we couldn’t be more excited! Since Monday, we’ve run a gamut of free virtual events and resources to help organizations incorporate successful diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) initiatives in their workplaces. For this week’s Faces column, we’re diving deeper, spotlighting a few diversity HR […]
Crisis Planning: When Bad Things Happen to Good Companies
Planning for the problems facing your business is not just about what might happen, but when it will happen, and what you will do about it before, during, and after these problems appear. This statement will serve you best if it gets you to change the way you look at the world and change the […]
ADA Accommodation Is Tricky, But Litigation Is Trickier
Postol, who is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Seyfarth Shaw, LLP, offered his ADA tips at SHRM’s Employment Law and Legislative Conference, held recently in Washington, D.C. What Defenses Are Left Employers still have some cards to play in the ADA game. Postol suggest employers take note of the following: 1. Employer […]
Legal Protections for Domestic Violence Survivors
What legal protections exist at the federal level for the survivors of domestic violence? The answer: surprisingly few. The reason this is surprising is because domestic violence has a direct impact on the workplace. People dealing with domestic violence are likely to need to take time away from work for things like medical treatment, obtaining […]
You’re doing it wrong—the proper way to approach creative thinking
by Dan Oswald Fifty years ago, NASA asked Dr. George Land to develop a creativity assessment aimed at helping the space agency identify and hire the most creative engineers and scientists. The test proved successful for NASA, and in 1968, Land decided to use his assessment to test the creativity of 1,600 4- and 5-year-olds […]
Do Your Trainers Know How to Tailor Training for Different Learning Styles?
The training question is, “Since supervisors are bound to have a variety of learning styles, how do you tailor a training session to accommodate them all?” Here is how our training expert responded: Savvy trainers incorporate a variety of learning styles into their training programs and adjust their explanations during training according to an individual’s […]
Salary Cuts Made Whole by Year’s End Thanks to Teamwork, Renewed Resolve
For Root Learning, 2008 was one of its best years on record. The Sylvania, Ohio-based company was able to pay off its debt and award debt-retirement bonuses to its approximately 100 employees. However, the celebration was short-lived. With the downturn in the economy, sales dropped 30 percent during the first quarter of 2009, leaving company […]
Pause and Think Before You Terminate Employees
While the unemployment rate continues to remain low, given the current potential for a recession or sustained economic downturn, more employers are firing employees. Some employers are also seeing more discrimination claims following terminations.