$2.6 Million Lawsuit Highlights How Discrimination Plagues the Construction Industry

?A recent lawsuit against a Maryland-based company underscores how discrimination has run rampant in the construction industry. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) obtained a default judgment in U.S. District Court... Read more »

How Employers Can Encourage Workplace Friendships

?Work isn’t just a place where people do their jobs. It’s also where they learn more about themselves, uncover their strengths and weaknesses, and connect with the people around them. By spending... Read more »

Train Managers as PUMP Act Enforcement and PWFA Effective Dates Approach

?Managers need to know what to do if an employee alleges that their employer isn’t complying with the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers (PUMP) Act or if an employee seeks... Read more »

How to Deliver Constructive Feedback Effectively

?Why is it that so many managers tend to look the other way when attempting to deliver corrective feedback to their employees?  We know the path of least resistance is avoidance, but... Read more »

Executive with Disabilities Shares Her Story

?While workers with disabilities are landing jobs at record rates, they continue to deal with unique challenges, such as physical barriers and social stigmas associated with their condition, that can make work... Read more »

Why ‘Backdoor Layoffs’ Can Easily Backfire

?Layoffs have been dominating the news recently, with companies such as Accenture, Amazon, Meta and others announcing significant workforce cutbacks. But another trend emerging in the wake of these job cuts is... Read more »

Employee’s Disability May Have Been a Factor in Layoff

?Takeaway: Where a disabled employee’s eventual layoff may have been based in part on discriminatory animus by the employee’s supervisor, the employee could proceed with her disability bias claim, even though she... Read more »

Employee’s Disability May Have Been Factor in Layoff

?Takeaway: Where a disabled employee’s eventual layoff may have been based in part on discriminatory animus by the employee’s supervisor, the employee could proceed with her disability bias claim, even though she... Read more »

Tips on How to Agreeably Disagree

?Former employment attorney and author Jathan Janove writes for SHRM Online on how to inject greater humanity into HR compliance. Jathan welcomes your questions and suggestions for future columns. Contact him at the e-mail... Read more »

From Puzzles to Potlucks: How to Engage Employees in a Hybrid Workplace

Goodbye, watercooler. Hello, Disney jigsaw puzzle. That’s the situation at the Orlando, Fla., office of Sabre International, a software and technology company that specializes in travel. Last year, Amanda Brunson, the company’s... Read more »