?Takeaway: The Americans with Disabilities Act protects workers with mental illnesses, such as depression and anxiety. Nevertheless, an employer can discipline misconduct by such a worker, even if the misconduct arises from... Read more »
?The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., a construction company based in Baltimore, will pay $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit over racial harassment and retaliation claims at a worksite in Tennessee. The U.S. Equal... Read more »
?Takeaway: Inconsistencies in corrective action given to employees for similar misconduct may lead to discrimination and retaliation claims. Employers should consider the relevant circumstances of the employee’s actions and how similar issues... Read more »
?More than half of federal-sector equal employment opportunity (EEO) complaints since 2018 have included an allegation of harassment, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The agency is working to... Read more »
?Editor’s Note: SHRM has partnered with Harvard Business Review to bring you relevant articles on key HR topics and strategies. Do you have a chronic complainer on your team? Most of us have worked with... Read more »
Overselling.Oversharing.Avoiding eye contact.Watching the clock. Using loaded phrases such as “We have a fast-paced culture,” which should have been axed years ago. Managers who behave in these ways while interviewing job applicants run the risk... Read more »
?Fred Meyer Stores, a supermarket chain based in Portland, Ore., illegally disciplined workers for wearing items with the Black Lives Matter logo, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) administrative judge recently ruled.... Read more »
?The barriers to advancement that women face in the workplace have been well-documented. However, a new report by Linkage, a women’s leadership development firm acquired by SHRM, revealed that many organizations aren’t... Read more »
?The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released a new “Employee Rights Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)” poster to reflect recent legal changes made under the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections... Read more »
?U.S. worker productivity year-over-year has declined for five straight quarters for the first time on record. Does that support the arguments made by critics of remote work that traditional, in-person work produces... Read more »