Pedro Jaime Torres-Díaz comments on how companies can sustain a sound diversity, equity and inclusion program in “Why Do DE&I Programs Fail?” published by SHRM.
Archives for October 26, 2022
“Wage Claim Procedures and DLSE Berman Hearings (CA),” Practical Guidance
This article provides readers with a detailed description of the wage claim process with the California Labor Commissioner’s Office.
FordHarrison Grows Nationwide with Eight Skilled Employment Attorneys Including Seasoned Miami Litigator
FordHarrison LLP, one of the country’s largest management-side labor and employment law firms, is pleased to announce that the firm recently added eight attorneys to offices throughout the U.S. Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and St. Louis are among the cities with new attorneys.
How Is Your Company Responding to Labor Organizing? We Want to Hear.
Employers are taking a variety of approaches to union campaigns.
What Great Remote Managers Do Differently
Remote work brought a subtle but important shift in how employees expect their managers to work with them.
Employers, It’s Time to Update Your EEO Poster
It is old news to most covered employers1 that they are obligated to post certain notices for their workforce. What these employers may not know, however, is that the EEOC recently updated and replaced its “EEO is the Law” poster.
The “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster,
This is the 4-step process for implementing a successful flextime policy in the workplace
Many employees see flexibility as a necessity, rather than a perk.
How to Handle Conflict in the Workplace
Learn and implement the five C’s of workplace conflict resolution.
Generation Z in the Workplace: What Employers Need to Know
As a new age-group makes its way into the office, savvy leaders will need to adjust how they run their firms
A Snapshot of Workplace Inequity
SHRM Research Institute and Boston College find 6 in 10 organizations allocate little or no resources to DE&I
Labor union’s lawsuit alleges ‘disparate’ treatment of state workers because of race, gender
AFSCME, the labor union representing thousands of state employees, is suing Gov. Phil Murphy and the state of New Jersey, alleging the state discriminated against its members by awarding pay raises to correctional officers but not workers represented by AFSCME.
High inflation pushes half of American workers to consider second jobs
Americans are looking for extra work to boost wages that lag due to inflation.
Mass. offers jobs back to some workers fired over COVID vaccine mandate
Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration is offering some former workers who were let go over their refusal to comply with the state’s COVID vaccine mandate their old jobs back.
Low-wage workers are bearing the financial brunt of denied abortions
It has always been difficult to be pregnant on the job and to raise a child, but especially so for low-wage workers.
Will remote workers be the first to be fired?
Many large employers are already cutting staff and implementing hiring freezes amid an economic downturn that probably will soon be a full-blown recession (at least according to most economists and CEOs).