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Are you doing enough to leverage tech for employee relations?

HRExecutive

It may not be surprising that during 2020, social and political conflict —along with ongoing challenges due to COVID-19—helped position the employee relations (ER) function as a vital factor in shaping positive employee experiences. million employees globally, including 2.3 million employees in the U.S.

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This Employee Relations Department redeemed itself (sort of).

The Employer Handbook

My “muse” was an Employee Relations Department that caught the attention of the EEOC for its alleged poor handling of an employee’s complaints of sexual harassment. The federal court decision I read last night involves a different employee working for the same employer.

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7 Toxic Factors That Damage Employee Relations

6Q

Additionally, Human Resource managers spend 24% of their time resolving employee relations disputes. Why are employee relations issues so prevalent and how can they be improved? The ultimate goal is to cultivate stronger and healthier employee relations and a happy workplace that runs efficiently and effectively.

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What is employee relations? Beyond the basics of HR

Business Management Daily

Employee relations is a buzzword that is thrown around a lot within human resources and people management discussions, but do you truly know what it means? Many people confuse employee relations with general HR, but it’s actually a bit different. What is employee relations ?

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Supreme Court Analyzes Discrimination Law in Job Transfer Case

SHRM Resources

6 that will determine whether involuntary job transfers can constitute discrimination in some circumstances. The court focused on whether tangible harm is required in order to prove discrimination. Supreme Court heard a case on Dec.

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EEOC Wants to Curb Mental Health Discrimination

SHRM Resources

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), spoke with SHRM Online about why the federal government is cracking down on companies that discriminate against workers with a mental health condition. Andrew Lucas, a commissioner with the U.S.

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Employers Beware: Discrimination Lawsuits Continue to Rise

SHRM Resources

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed 143 discrimination or harassment lawsuits in fiscal year 2023—a more than 50 percent increase over the filings from the previous year. New federal data shows that the U.S.