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Development & Evaluation, Employee retention

Retaliation: The Most Successful Discrimination Claim

February 20, 2024

Via: HR Hero

A retaliation claim can be successful even when the original discrimination claim fails to establish a violation of law. The same laws—federal and typically state laws—that prohibit discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, or genetic […]


Development & Evaluation, Employee retention

Equal pay regime could be extended to race and disability

February 5, 2024

Via: Personnel Today

Currently the equal pay regime only applies on grounds of sex. Under the party’s plans, a new Race Equality Act would enshrine in law the full right to equal pay for black, Asian and ethnic minority workers and disabled people. […]


News

Walmart to pay $60K over claim it did not promote woman with young children

January 12, 2024

Via: HR Dive

Employees generally may be wary of expressing interest in promotions due, in part, to fears about bias or unfair treatment, according to a 2022 Syndio survey. Moreover, a 2021 Indeed report cited survey data that showed women were less comfortable […]


Communication, Development & Evaluation

Reverse Bullying: When Managers Feel Intimidated by Their Subordinates

December 11, 2023

Via: SHRM

Managers have been well-trained on what discrimination, retaliation, harassment and bullying look and feel like in the workplace. But “reverse bullying” often gets short shrift, even though it is just as real. Subordinates have been known to “intimidate upward,” making […]


Development & Evaluation, Employee retention

Pay Equity Issues Can Arise in Multiple Ways for Employers

December 4, 2023

Via: HR Hero

Pay equity for women remains an issue for many employers. Among those championing gender pay equity is Megan Rapinoe, an American soccer star who’s set to retire from professional play at the end of the National Women’s Soccer League final […]


News

Toxic culture at immigration centre saw staff abuse migrants

September 19, 2023

Via: Personnel Today

Staff at Brook House immigration detention centre near Gatwick Airport were found to have subjected detainees to degrading treatment, including forcibly moving people while they were naked, and speaking to migrants using racist, homophobic and derogatory language. Staff often showed […]


News

What happens when an employee is discharged under stigmatizing circumstances

September 13, 2023

Via: HRD America

In a recent case, a student filed a complaint alleging that her professor showed racial bias against her, routinely demeaned and embarrassed her in front of her classmates, and failed to offer the required disability accommodations for her dyslexia. The […]


Diversity & Inclusion

Women Are Always the Wrong Age

August 29, 2023

Via: Entrepreneur

Julie O’Neill spent nearly three decades as a top anchor for Cincinnati’s WCPO news station, but early last year, her career took a gut-wrenching turn. Despite her longtime coverage of the Cincinnati Bengals, O’Neill was passed over in favor of […]


Research

EEOC, Black employee reach settlement in racial discrimination case

August 9, 2023

Via: HR Dive

The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws that ban discrimination in the workplace over race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability and genetic information. Yet, in this case, the agency had to defend itself against such claims. In […]


Diversity & Inclusion

LGBTQ Rights Lose to Employer’s Religious Beliefs

July 14, 2023

Via: HR Hero

On June 20, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to all Texas employers) delivered a blow to advocates of LGBTQ rights in the workplace when it sided with a self-described Christian business whose policies discriminated against […]


Research

The Evolution of HR and DE&I

June 5, 2023

Via: SHRM

Lilly Ledbetter still remembers the shock she felt on the day in 1998 when she learned that her male counterparts at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. were earning as much as 40 percent more than she was. After all, Ledbetter […]


Software

How ChatGPT Could Discriminate Against Applicants

April 18, 2023

Via: SHRM

The Biden administration is considering putting restrictions on AI tools, such as ChatGPT, amid growing concerns that the technology could be used to discriminate against job applicants and spread misinformation. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is fielding opinions […]


Diversity & Inclusion

Menopause leave rejected, but what’s the alternative?

February 28, 2023

Via: Personnel Today

The government has decided to reject a proposal to pilot a menopause leave proposal in England. But is it making the right call? It’s a tricky question. Arguably, some of the concerns cited by the government seem a little far-fetched: […]


Software

States and Cities Limit AI Use in Employment Decision-Making

February 22, 2023

Via: HR Hero

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in employment decision-making is on the rise, with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte Burrows stating that more than 80% of employers use this technology. Employers can use software that incorporates algorithmic decision-making […]


News

Fired Employee Didn’t Prove Age Discrimination or Retaliation

February 21, 2023

Via: SHRM

A longtime employee of an insurance company failed to show that his termination was the result of age discrimination or retaliation for expressing disagreement with the outcome of a sexual-harassment investigation, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. The […]


Research

Employee Told to Retake Physical Fitness Test Could Proceed with Bias Claims

January 9, 2023

Via: SHRM

A doctor who brought sex and age discrimination claims against the U.S. attorney general because she failed an allegedly discriminatory physical fitness test that was a condition of her employment and was told to either retake the test, resign or […]


Development & Evaluation, Engagement

Pause and Think Before You Terminate Employees

December 27, 2022

Via: HR Hero

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. It’s impossible to prevent all fired […]


Communication, Development & Evaluation

Workplace Investigations: Another Critical Duty in Your HR Hat

December 8, 2022

Via: HR Hero

As an HR professional, one of your many duties may include conducting a thorough investigation into various issues that arise in the workplace. Whether the issue involves a claim of harassment, a claim of discrimination or a claim workplace misconduct, […]


Communication, Development & Evaluation

The Customer Isn’t Always Right: Addressing Third-Party Discrimination

November 4, 2022

Via: HR Hero

In pursuit of customer satisfaction, employers may be inclined to take a hands-off approach when customers or other third parties exhibit discriminatory conduct towards their employees. This can be a costly mistake. Courts have repeatedly held employers responsible for the […]


Development & Evaluation, Employee retention

Limits to Scheduling Flexibility Did Not Show Discriminatory Motive

October 4, 2022

Via: SHRM

An employee who violated a paid-time-off (PTO) policy was not retaliated against for time off due to her disabilities, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. In 2017, Brooks Life Science Inc. hired the plaintiff, a Black woman who […]