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Pay transparency promised pay equity. Is it working?

HR Brew

In 2007, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote a blistering dissent in a Title VII case brought by Lilly Ledbetter, a former supervisor at a Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant who discovered she was paid less than male colleagues in equal or less senior positions, and sued for sex discrimination.

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Honor Unleashed: The Untold Story of the First Black Marines

EverFi - HR

” Yet, the origins of these principles extend beyond my schooling, reaching back to an exceptional person who I am proud to refer to as my late-grandfather, Reuben McNair, a Montford Point Marine. The Montford Point Marines returned home, not to a hero’s welcome, but to continued discrimination. References : Andrusko, E.

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Don’t forget to check social networks during your workplace investigations

Ohio Employer's Law

Cleveland.com reports that a former bi-racial employee has sued a Steak ‘n Shake restaurant for race and disability discrimination: A discrimination lawsuit contends that two employees of a Steak ‘n Shake restaurant in Aurora used racial slurs, including n --, to refer to a black co-worker. plays a mentally disabled student.

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What Burnout Is and Why It Isn’t Confined To The Occupational Sphere

Workplace Psychology

Burnout refers specifically to phenomena in the occupational context and should not be applied to describe experiences in other areas of life.”. This refers to physical complaints that cannot be explained by a physical disorder, but are exacerbated by or result from some psychological problem. Psychological distress. Depressed mood.

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Disability Discrimination: Terminated Cancer Survivor’s ADA Claim Fails, Part 1

HR Daily Advisor

8th Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota) recently affirmed a district court’s ruling that an employee failed to establish a case of disability discrimination and retaliation. Background. Steve Jones is an attorney Jack Nelson Jones & Bryant, P.A

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What is Emotional Intelligence?

Criteria Corp

Just about everyone today has heard of emotional intelligence, often referred to as EI or EQ. They defined it as “the ability to monitor one’s own and others’ feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one’s thinking and actions.” But emotional intelligence is a relatively new construct.

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Align the Scales Correctly for a Better Work-Life Balance

HR Digest

Work-Life Balance Meaning According to Nancy Lockwood ’s 2003 Research Quarterly for SHRM , a work-life balance can be defined as “A state of equilibrium in which the demands of both a person’s job and personal life are equal.” The use of the term can be traced back as far as 1986, but its frequency has multiplied in recent years.