Why the wait? The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs readily concedes that it has a serious and endemic problem linked with pervasive sexual harassment in its facilities nationwide. Notwithstanding the admission, though, VA principals stress that remedial action will...
During an acquisition, upper management from the acquiring company typically recognizes the key talent in place at the acquired organization. After all, it was these people who helped make the company an attractive acquisition target. Retaining high achievers is a...
Human resource departments are often the first-place workers go for guidance when experiencing discrimination within the workplace. But are these departments as helpful as we would like? According to one survey, human resource departments throughout the country are...
You can't assume that position with our business rival, given that a prerequisite for doing so will be your use of proprietary information that you took from us when you quit our company beforehand.Yes, I can, because my new job description differs markedly from what...
Well, there’s a legislative-executive disconnect.The Michigan Legislature is an oft-divided entity that often can’t garner sufficient support to pass given legislation. Thus, it is virtually an uppercase headline when that body comes together in resounding...
Short on widespread discriminatory evidence, but long on damning statistics. That is essentially one summation of a workplace discrimination lawsuit filed recently against mega Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley by an ex-employee.And not just any former worker. The...
A group of U.S. senators recently drafted a notably forceful letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. They lambasted his company for its “significant gaps between professed commitment to racial justice and the company’s actions and business...
For decades, women have been victims of workplace sexual harassment, fighting off unwanted advances and threats from professional counterparts. But it is not just women who can be victims. In scenarios sometimes overlooked, men, too, have been targets of sexual...
A statement released by a Detroit medical center bases justification for its firing of multiple nurses on alleged “employee admissions of violations of patients’ rights to privacy.”The terminated nurses – four emergency department employees at...
According to the nonprofit newsroom ProPublica, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) fired or forced out approximately 44,000 workers after being injured on the job. The agency also changed or revoked disability accommodations for another 15,130. These firings took place to...
