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Why HR Should Be a Business Priority from Day One

Cornerstone On Demand

You're probably not thinking about a handbook and employee policies—but you should be. If not, you can end up like one of these case studies in HR nightmares: Thinx made headlines with its period-proof panties, but now it's in the news because of a sexual harassment claim against the CEO. Not just any HR—but good HR.

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“Being an Indian or a woman, you know, you really can’t excel like men.”

The Employer Handbook

It all hit the fan: lower 2014 performance review; followed by a PIP; followed by the plaintiff’s internal gender and national origin discrimination complaint against her manager (which the company found to be unsubstantiated); followed by a termination of employment two months later; followed by the lawsuit. Spoiler Alert: Not very].

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Violence, harassment, discrimination and decimated newsrooms: Indian journalists fight a silent battle

Thrive Global

For thousands of journalists reporting sensitive events, threats, violence, dealing with online abuse and trolling are just a few among many challenges. Yet, their emotional and psychological wellbeing is not front and center in our social discourse. Suddenly a mob attacked Gunasekar. They scolded me and hit me again.

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Is Workplace Bullying Illegal?

HR Counselor's Corner

Bullying violates federal and state laws prohibiting harassment in the workplace when the basis for it is tied to a protected status, such as color, national origin, race, religion, age, sex, and disability. If bullying targets a person based on their status in a protected class, that bullying may qualify as illegal harassment.

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The Employer Handbook

Just minutes before the Today Show went live yesterday on NBC, network chairman Andy Lack released a statement saying that a colleague had come forward reporting “inappropriate sexual behavior” from host Matt Lauer. Many news outlets reported the bad behavior took place on a trip to the Sochi Olympics in 2014. cue music ].

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Gary Vaynerchuk, Cynthia Marshall, and Others to Keynote at Talent Connect 2019

Linkedin Talent Blog

Read on to learn more about each speaker and what they will be talking about at Talent Connect. Read on to learn more about each speaker and what they will be talking about at Talent Connect. As announced earlier this month, former First Lady Michelle Obama will be joining us for a fireside chat. How has he done all that?

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Five for ’15: The legal issues that need to be on your radar

Ohio Employer's Law

My phone will start to ring as employers realize that they haven’t updated their handbook since the (first) Bush administration, of haven’t conducted harassment training since before Anita Hill made sexual harassment a household phrase. Vape” was the Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year for 2014.