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Ugly Policy Alleged at NBC: Only Beautiful People Need Apply
A recent lawsuit suggests it is illegal to base hiring on good looks, but most management attorneys say it isn't technically prohibited by federal law
Plaintiffs Can Now Receive Emotional Distress Damages in Wage and Hour Retaliation Claims
Jurors often feel empathy for plaintiffs in retaliation cases—which could get expensive for employers, now that emotional distress damages are available for retaliation claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act
SHRM Symposium: Stay Competitive with Benefits or Risk Employee Flight
Does your company offer the benefits that most employees want? If not, you may be wasting money and finding it hard to hire and retain valued employees. "If you're there…
Employer Branding 2.0: Produce Better-Aligned Candidates
Employer brand goes beyond recruitment advertising—especially if connected with the organization’s consumer brand and overall HR strategy. Brand can be a powerful business tool that communicates the company’s values, sets…
Your Career Q&A: What's the Best Career Advice You've Ever Gotten?
Our career advice columnist offers the best tips that he has accrued in his 30-plus years on the job. Best-selling author Martin Yate, a career coach and former HR professional,…
When Millennials Switch Jobs, Where Do They Go?
Looking at the Millennial set – those born between 1980 and 1996 – as well as Generation Z, there is one unsimilarity that is beyond debate: younger generations are willing…
Improve Retention Up to 50 Percent Because Post-Exit Interviews Get More Honest Answers
Most corporate retention programs are driven by emotion rather than data. As a result, even though a data-driven “loss prevention” effort is common throughout the business, there is no one…
Engineer’s Anti-Diversity Memo Gets Sharp Rebuke From Google
A political firestorm has erupted at Google over a 10-page memo by a software engineer challenging the company’s diversity efforts, declaring that biology and not society explains why there are…
Memo Challenging Google’s Diversity Efforts Sparks Firestorm
A political firestorm has erupted at Google over a 10-page memo by a software engineer challenging the company’s diversity efforts, declaring that biology and not society explains why there are…