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A Shifting Landscape of Workplace Challenges

EverFi - HR

Over the last 19 months, employers and employees have been grappling with these and other constantly-evolving challenges and opportunities in the workplace. Explore ways to prevent and address harassment, discrimination and microaggressions, particularly in hybrid/remote working environments. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Pandemic discrimination: remind staff of policies

Business Management Daily

A website tracking harassment of Asian-Americans documented 650 incidents in the first eight days it operated. Asian-Americans have become the target of harassment and racist vitriol as the COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the country. As during that period, employers may face similar episodes in the workplace.

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What is the Key to Employee Retention?

Abel HR

million Americans quit their job EACH MONTH in 2008—marking the highest rate of turnover since the oh-so-fun recession of 2001, according to a recent report from the National Bureau of Labor Statistics. Topping that list, rather surprisingly, was the concept of continued learning. A staggering 3.5 So how can Abel HR help?

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Is Sexual Orientation Protected by Federal Law?

HR Daily Advisor

City of Providence , contributes to a widening division among federal courts about whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964—which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin—covers discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The ruling, Franchina v.

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Understand Forced Arbitration Clauses and considerations before use

Business Management Daily

According to the Economic Policy Institute, the option to sue employers isn’t currently available to more than 60 million workers in the United States due to something called forced arbitration. This works by including an arbitration clause in employment contracts. One would think so, but that’s not always the case.