Suicidal employee sent ‘appalling’ legal threat in unfair dismissal case

A man working for the NHS was dismissed after disclosing that he was experiencing suicidal thoughts in a case described as appalling by a judge. HSJ reports that thejudgment, delivered... Read more »

Minimum Wage Rates by State and Municipality

A chart of minimum wage rates by state and municipality. Read more »

A Workplace Shooting Is Every HR Professional’s Fear

​HR professionals' jobs are more dangerous than many realize. An HR manager and an HR intern were among five employees killed at a warehouse in Aurora, Ill., on Feb. 15 by a... Read more »

New Onboarding Technology Cuts Down Manual Tasks

It’s no secret that good onboarding practices can reduce turnover and greatly improve new hires’ time to proficiency. What many HR leaders may not be aware of, however, is how next-generation onboarding... Read more »

Your Career Q&A: Why HR Doesn’t Exist to Help Employees

Many people join the HR profession because they want to do something meaningful that helps their fellow employees, but I know of no commercial enterprise that exists only to "help people." Companies... Read more »

Employee Who Got Work Restrictions Lifted Loses ADA Claim

When an employee abandoned the interactive process for identifying a reasonable accommodation and got her permanent work restrictions lifted, the employer was not liable for failing to provide an accommodation, according to... Read more »

Worker with Narcolepsy Fails to Show Disability Bias

A hospital in Montgomery County, Ala., did not act unlawfully in discharging an information technology department team head with narcolepsy after he let the hospital’s software licensing expire, incurring a penalty of... Read more »

Just Say NO to Dangerous Winter Travel

The winter is upon most of us across the nation. For those in the northern half, we have had an extremely cold and blustery start to the new year. For many, getting... Read more »

Outrage at HSBC as women offered vacuum cleaners in staff deal

HSBC has come under fire from employees in London and Hong Kong after staff were sent emails with controversially sexist deals. Reuters reports that Hong Kong staff were presented with deals offering... Read more »

Are Millennials the most challenging generation to work with?

Millennials - or those born between 1980 and 1999 - are often blamed in the media for disrupting societal norms. Recent headlines have accused this generation of killing everything from... Read more »
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