Human Resource (HR)

This past week I had been invited back to a MBA Leadership class to discuss the topic "Who Am I: The Role of Human Capital within the Global Workplace.I spent about 40 minutes discussing the new roles of human capital within our organizations and then asked if their were any comments.

Under Title VII, an employee is protected against retaliation if the employee opposes his or her employer's discriminatory employment practice; files a charge of discrimination; or testifies, assists or participates in an investigation, proceeding or hearing relating to a discrimination charge. On Jan. 24, 2011, in Thompson v. North American Stainless LP, No. 09-291 (U.S. Jan. 24, 2011), the United States Supreme Court held that Title VII's anti-retaliation protections extend to a person closely connected to another employee who has claimed discrimination against his or her employer, even if the person has not engaged personally in activity protected under the statute.

5 Ways Abrasive Managers Get in Their Own Way and Everyone Else’s

Do you feel frustrated and maybe even betrayed by team members who seem unwilling to participate? 

Does their behavior leave you feeling isolated, and burdened with the responsibility of feeling like you have to do everything yourself?

Are you fed up with having to deal with insolent, unresponsive, defiant employees?

By now, who hasn’t heard about retailer Abercrombie and Fitch getting in trouble for allegedly requiring their employees to wear less, rather than more, clothing?  All summer, reports kept popping up about the EEOC taking action against Abercrombie for purportedly terminating an employee who refused to remove her hijab.  Allegedly, Abercrombie did not accommodate the employee’s religious beliefs and allow her to wear her hijab on the job.

Various sources define a hijab as the traditional covering worn by Muslim women that hides their hair and neck.  A hijab has also been defined as the Islamic practice of dressing modestly in clothing that covers most of the body.

When we talk about communication in the form of feedback at work, both managers and employees tend to get anxious and basic conversations quickly become burdensome and uncomfortable.

In my post, Did you mean to say it that way? I wrote about how we communicate and the importance of  being genuine vs. scripted.

As of September 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 14 million people are unemployed. At this rate, an employer can easily receive hundreds of responses to a single job posting. While a large applicant pool certainly gives the employer a wide variety of choices, it also makes background checks an important tool to be able to choose the most qualified candidate.