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Stop Spying on Social Media

HRExecutive

According to a 2011 court case, NLRB v. Protected activity is defined as two or more employees who are acting together to improve issues such as wages, hours and working conditions. Ten of his colleagues saw this post, and it eventually made its way to his manager, Robert McSweeney, the target of the vehemence. Advertisement.

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Employment and Labor Law in Australia

Global People Strategist

The purpose of the Act was to foster a healthy working relationship between the employer and the employees and provide all employees with basic employment rights such as minimum wage, paid leaves, compensation for overtime, protection against unlawful dismissal, and health and safety. Work Health and Safety Act 2011. Partnerships.

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Pat yourselves on the back, employers. EEOC Charges dipped to a new 27-year low!!!??

The Employer Handbook

A deeper look inside the numbers shows that sex discrimination claims were down year over year by nearly five percent, with fewer sexual harassment claims filed in 2019 than in 2016, which was a year before the #MeToo movement began. the EEOC believes based on its investigation that there was sexual harassment) was at its lowest since 2010.

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Lonely, Burned Out, and Depressed: The State of Millennials’ Mental Health Entering the 2020s

Thrive Global

Because of longer work hours and stagnant wages , millennials suffer from higher rates of burnout than other generations. Millennials are changing the way people look at and talk about mental health. Millennials also feel that their jobs have an outsize role in their overall mental health. Depression is on the rise among millennials.

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Building An Ethical Organisation: Boost Morale & Consumer Trust

6Q

Not too long ago, most companies cared only about the bottom line – sales, revenue, profit margins – and not so much about ethics. But now, as the business landscape evolves, being an ethical organisation and being successful goes in tandem. To succeed as an organisation, you need to have ethical structures in place. What is an ethical organisation?

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Workplace Changes Under the Biden Administration

Zenefits

While former President Donald Trump pulled worker safety protections , rolled back Obama-era protections for women workers , and sharply limited worker visas , President Biden’s administration is looking to overhaul labor law, provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented individuals, and raise the federal minimum wage, among other initiatives.