This woman had many supervisors, and only one of them harassed her. Is that a hostile work environment? Lisa Dahlke worked as part-time banker for a bank with several locations in the Milwaukee area. Dahlke moved from location to location as was needed. Starting in 2006, Dahlke claimed that Jason Golembiewski, her new manager at […]
Posted on March 31st, 2014 by admin
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Following the NLRB’s recent ruling that Northwestern University football players are “employees” of the school, should they be paying taxes on their scholarship money? That’s only one of the questions that came out of NLRB regional director Peter Ohr’s ruling that the Evanston, IL players should be allowed to form a union and bargain […]
Posted on March 30th, 2014 by admin
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Now that Obamacare has kicked in, more and more companies are refusing to hire people who smoke. But some legal dangers do remain. As we pointed out in a post in February 2013, there’s no federal law that protects smokers or entitles them to equal protections when it comes to hiring, promotions, etc. That’s because the […]
Posted on March 29th, 2014 by admin
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Yet another provision of healthcare reform might get nixed this summer. The Supreme Court recently heard arguments regarding healthcare reform‘s birth control mandate, which would require companies to cover insured employees for the use of all contraceptives. Consensus: The High Court might rule the requirement illegal when it issues its decision in June. During a heated […]
Posted on March 28th, 2014 by admin
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A new study says managers of both genders have a hard-wired bias toward hiring men. Indeed, the research, compiled by business profs at Northwestern University, University of Chicago and Columbia University, showed that managers of both sexes are twice as likely to hire men. The full study, How Stereotypes Impair Women’s Careers in Science, was published […]
Posted on March 27th, 2014 by admin
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Today, most HR professionals recognize that talent management can impact business results significantly. Unfortunately, they find it difficult to communicate that value to upper management, who are sometimes skeptical of the strategic value of HR functions. However, to be a talent management leader, you must have a cohesive, strategic view of technology and how it […]
Posted on March 26th, 2014 by admin
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Can workers’ compensation benefits be denied to an injured-on-the-job worker if it was found that she committed workplace misconduct? Yes, at least in Ohio. In that state, employees who voluntarily abandon their jobs are ineligible for workers’ compensation benefits. And the Ohio Supreme Court recently adopted a very liberal definition of voluntary abandonment. Worker […]
Posted on March 25th, 2014 by admin
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Amid accusations of employees sleeping with each other’s significant others, this company did everything right. Jamilya Pina, who is African-American, worked as a sales associate and manager at The Children’s Place. While employed there, Pina was dating Michael Williams, an African-American colleague of hers. Pina, however, began to suspect that Williams was being unfaithful, and she accused […]
Posted on March 24th, 2014 by admin
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is starting to poke around one of the workplace’s biggest trouble areas. The agency recently held a meeting to gather info about the growing use of social media and if and how it affects laws the EEOC enforces. Five individuals spoke with agency officials at EEOC headquarters about how […]
Posted on March 23rd, 2014 by admin
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OK, it’s a huge part of the job. But even the most dedicated HR pro will admit that going through stacks of candidate resumes can turn your brain to jelly. And what hastens the jelly-formation process? Reading the same tired buzzwords over and over and over. Harris Poll, on behalf of CareerBuilder, recently canvassed 2,201 […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2014 by admin
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