Human Resources

Why Hackers Love C-Level Executives

“Every statistic I’ve seen shows that executives are the least likely to adhere to policies that they expect everyone else […]

Gender Bias Suit Hits Employment Firm Ogletree

Ogletree Deakins, one of the nation’s largest labor and employment firms, has been sued for gender discrimination in a class […]

Rampant Age Bias Alleged In Targeted Facebook Job Ads

The advertising strategy called microtargeting has been refined to razor sharp precision by Facebook, which collects extensive data on its […]

Fear Of Sex Transgressions Is Bridling Holiday Parties

What a difference a year makes. A survey released in November by executive outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas finds […]

Getting Real With Sexual Harassment Training

Two Supreme Court decisions gave many legal departments the idea that if you cover the base with something you can tell a court was “sexual harassment  training,” you might get off the liability hook…

The Cybersecurity Threat From Terminated Employees

A manageable problem, but one that requires concerted and ongoing effort to manage. Among the recommendations: Carefully log…

sexual harassment

If An Employee Claims Sexual Harassment, Whose Interest Does HR Represent?

Revelations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein, and with it a growing awareness that sexual harassment may be deeply ingrained in […]

Is Diversity Really A “Win-Win”?

New Yorker writer Kelefa Sanneh examines the evolution of the concept “diversity” and how it has been applied to institutions […]

Understanding The New Laws On Pay Equity

California led the way in pay equity legislation with its Fair Pay Act in 2015, and since then other states, […]

Marijuana use

New Laws Complicate Employee Marijuana Use Rules

While the first wave of medical marijuana laws beginning in 1996 generally left intact the rights of employers to prohibit […]

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