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HRCI Changes Requirements for PHR, SPHR Recertification Starting 2021

UpstartHR

For instance, in 2018 the exam body of knowledge changed the most it had since I got my PHR back in 2009. CPAs must get ethics training every cycle to maintain their certification as well. Every so often HRCI, the Human Resources Certification Institute, changes the requirements for its exams. New HR Certification Ethics Requirement.

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How to Encourage Employees to Report Issues

HR Shelf

A study by California Law Review revealed that 82% of whistleblowers had to suffer harassment, about 60% had their jobs taken away, and about 17% lost their homes. Discrimination and harassment: When employees are mistreated due to their gender, race, nationality, religion, age, or disability. Read on to understand. .

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What is the role of Fair work Australia?

EmployeeConnect

Specifically, the Fair Work Ombudsman enforces compliance in line with the Fair Work Act 2009. You may be aware as an employee or employer that in Australia there are groups which will act towards the benefit and to protect employees. A particular group to be aware of is Fair work Australia. Fair Work Ombudsman. Fair Work Commission.

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The Fox News Harassment Suit vs CEO Roger Ailes Is A Classic Case of No One Standing Up to Ugly Old Guys.

The HR Capitalist

But now we have something from Fox News to unite us - a harassment suit brought by former Fox and Friends anchor Gretchen Carlson against Fox News Chief Roger Ailes. What can you learn from this? Make sure you have images enabled on this post - so you can see the split screen picture of Ailes and Carlson. Creepy, right? .

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CalChamber to Host HR Boot Camps

HRWatchdog

Discrimination and harassment prevention. Named vice president of legal affairs in 2009, she is CalChamber’s subject matter expert on California and federal employment law. Pickles also investigated and responded to administrative claims before state and federal agencies, and conducted employment law training seminars.

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EEOC Issues Guidance on Retaliation

HRWatchdog

Federal and state law both prohibit employers from taking adverse action against employees or job applicants who assert their right to be free from discrimination and harassment in the workplace. Charges of retaliation surpassed race discrimination in 2009 as the most frequently alleged basis of discrimination, accounting for 44.5

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Employment and Labor Law in Australia

Global People Strategist

Fair Work Act 2009. All Australian nationals and foreign workers are entitled to basic rights and protections under the Fair Work Act of 2009. All the industries and businesses in Australia that have employed foreign as well as local workers are subjected to the Fair Work Act 2009. With a small population of just 25.79