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Unemployment Discrimination Rears Head Again

HRExecutive

With the economy slowly, but surely making its way back (at least for now), cases involving unemployment discrimination have taken a back seat to recruiting and talent management, as stories go. At the time of that story, New York was one of 10 states mulling a state law banning such discrimination. I guess it will be economy-driven.

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Crimcheck Technologies and Avionté Announce Strategic Partnership and Integrated Solutions that Improve Staffing Productivity

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

A case in point is the 2013 FSLA sanctions which were slapped on Sitel Operating Corp. – A case in point is the 2013 class-action lawsuit brought against Colgate – Palmolive Co. Inadvertent Discrimination During Hiring Anti-discrimination laws are among the easiest to violate especially during the hiring process.

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4 Takeaways from the HCCA 2019 Compliance Institute

Precheck

Specifically, consider adopting a zero tolerance policy for substantiated complaints of discrimination and harassment, without regard to whether an employee is a “high performer” or a long-term employee. You have to follow the policy no matter how painful it is,” Gima emphasized.

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Skills?

China Gorman

I’m traveling this week and am sharing one of my most popular posts from 2013. Cognitive Load Management: the ability to discriminate and filter information for importance, and to understand how to maximize cognitive functioning using a variety of tools and techniques. Might be worth a re-visit!

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Stop Spying on Social Media

HRExecutive

In 2013, a judge ruled that Pier Sixty had violated the National Labor Relations Act by discharging Perez in retaliation for protected activity. Pier Sixty employees were in the midst of unionizing when Perez made his post, which ended with “Vote YES for the Union!”. Advertisement.

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Google Settles $118 Million Gender Pay Discrimination Lawsuit

Trusaic

This time, however, the story is a little different, as the multinational technology giant is under fire for gender pay discrimination. The female workers span over 200 job titles and date as far back as 2013. This isn’t the first time Google has been in the spotlight for pay discrimination. Google’s missteps.

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Book Review: Applied Psychology in Talent Management (8th ed.) by Wayne Cascio and Herman Aguinis

Workplace Psychology

At the beginning of the book, the authors provided this confusing definition of adverse impact: “Adverse impact (unintentional) discrimination occurs when identical standards or procedures are applied to everyone, even though they lead to a substantial difference in employment outcomes (e.g., The adverse impact ratio is SR 1 /SR 2 =.10/.20