RTO or “return to work” issues continue to plague employers.
Executives tend to want workers to come into the workplace, and employees collectively respond “Meh. We’ll see.”
Employers, I implore you to craft your RTO policies with enough flexibility to
Last night I had the pleasure of listening to what representatives of three esteemed agencies had to say: an ADR coordinator at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or “EEOC,” the federal agency that enforces the federal anti-discrimination laws; the assistant
I nursed all three of my children when they were infants (they are horrified by this, naturally). When I returned to work, I pumped breastmilk at three – yes three – different law firms.
Nothing comes as close to the
“Was that on purpose?” a lawyer at the firm where I worked asked me more than twenty years ago when I disclosed that I was pregnant with my first child.
Clearly, this resonated with me, and I tell the story
Vacation, all I ever wanted.
Vacation, had to get away.
So goes the song by 80’s pop band, The Go-Go’s. Growing up in South Florida, we did not really go on vacation. We had the beach just 15 minutes away.
Last week, the Iowa Supreme Court upheld a 2019 jury verdict that found the state discriminated against a transgender state prison employee by denying him the use of men’s restrooms and locker rooms at his workplace.
The ruling means former
Mental health is having a moment. Quite a few moments, in fact.
While a colleague’s depression or a supervisor’s PTSD or the rainmaker’s substance abuse issue or the CEO’s anxiety that prevents her from sleeping may have been swept under
Anti-harassment, -discrimination, and -retaliation policies and procedures are not just for show.
These policies and procedures must be clear, strong, and, most important, followed. And the tone is set at the top.
Leaders that ignore their companies’ own anti-harassment procedures
Most employers know that discriminating against an employee based on a disability is wrong. Time and again, however, employers fail to consider the “perceived as disabled” prong of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
One management services organization that
This week, equal pay for women in the workplace spotlights U.S. Women’s Soccer. The U.S. Women’s National Soccer team has been advocating for equal pay for six, yes six, years.
They have been relentless in their pursuit of equal pay,