A recent Bloomberg article on American work environments notes a view prevalent among business principals that workers have long had too much freedom in publicly lashing out against alleged workplace wrongs. The Bloomberg piece especially spotlights "comments made on...
Year: 2020
They say, you say: Is that a trade secret?
OK, so you took a few files and documents with you when you recently terminated employment with Company A, intending to use them in your new digs with Company B. They served you well and unquestionably increased your efficiency during your former employment tenure, so...
Federal research lab dinged in age discrimination lawsuit
Federal research and development center Jet Propulsion Laboratory obviously commands exceptional acumen in its oversight of some singular and notably complicated tasks.Like operating missions to the Moon. Like designing robotic space vehicles. Like managing...
High rate of sexual harassment cited by VA workers
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...
Retention agreements are vital to keeping high-performing employees
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...
Are our workplaces failing at human resources?
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...
Noncompete agreements often center stage in business spats
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...
MI governor vetoes whistleblower bill, citing legislative overreach
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...
Multinational financial firm targeted in discrimination lawsuit
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...
Social media giant under fire for alleged discrimination
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...