No Discrimination When Decision-Maker Was Unaware of Disability

?Takeaway: Employers may take adverse action against employees with disabilities or members of other protected categories if they are insubordinate.  ?A federal district court in Connecticut granted summary judgment against disability and... Read more »

Case Study: People Analytics Unearth Valuable Insights on PTO

?Paid time off (PTO) doesn’t sound like the most interesting part of an HR executive’s job, but in 2020, Matthew Hamilton, vice president, people analytics and HRIS at Birmingham, Ala.-based Protective Life... Read more »

Young Adults Resolve to Improve Mental Health in the New Year

?Millennials and Generation Z say improving their mental health is their top resolution for 2023, according to a Forbes Health survey conducted in November with 1,005 U.S. adults. Half of respondents between... Read more »

3 Tools to Replace Conventional Employee Discipline

?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... Read more »

California Mandatory Postings and Pamphlets: What’s New for 2023

?California employers are required to post several notices and distribute various pamphlets informing employees of their employment rights. Effective Jan. 1, 2023, eight out of 18 of these required notices will be... Read more »

Hospital Supervisor with MS Cannot Go Forward with Failure-to-Accommodate Claim

?Takeaway: A hospital supervisor with MS could not go forward with his failure-to-accommodate claim when the hospital approved permission for him to work from home on a case-by-case basis when his MS... Read more »

Reverse Bias Claims Fail in Absence of Any Evidence of Discrimination

Takeaway: When a white employee failed to show any connection between his race and his failure to receive either of two jobs, his reverse discrimination claims could not proceed to trial.  ?A... Read more »

The Damaging Effects of Workplace Racism

?Two Black men who worked at a paper plant in McClellan, Calif., experienced racial harassment from co-workers and a supervisor. The company must now pay up. Paper manufacturers Packaging Corporation of America... Read more »

NLRB Broadens Potential Remedies for Unfair Labor Practices

?Employers that violate federal labor law must compensate workers to make up for the direct consequences of unfair labor practices, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled on Dec. 13. This ruling... Read more »

How to Support Middle Managers in a Hybrid Workplace

?As organizations continue to evolve their hybrid workplace strategies, the plight of middle managers is starting to come into clearer focus. “Middle management has always been a challenge, even without layering in... Read more »