Solomon to testify at House Oversight Committee hearing into Boeing complaint
June 15th, 2011
According to published reports, Lafe Solomon, the Acting General Counsel for the NLRB will testify at a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, despite his earlier refusal to appear. The hearing, which is to be held on Friday, June 17 in South Carolina, is expected to provide a hostile audience to [Read more...]
Canadian study shows lack of dads’ work-life balance is hurting families and business
June 15th, 2011
A failure to recognize the changing needs of working fathers could have a negative effect on a business’s bottom line and keep women stuck under the glass ceiling, concludes a Father’s Day study by Bettermen Solutions founder, Cameron Phillips. The report, entitled Work Life Balance: A Working Father’s Perspective, finds that men are stuck between [Read more...]
OPM issues policy guidance on issues related to transgender employees in the federal workplace
June 14th, 2011
On the last day of May, President Barack Obama proclaimed June 2011 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. “Every generation of Americans has brought our Nation closer to fulfilling its promise of equality,” he said. “While progress has taken time, our achievements in advancing the rights of LGBT Americans remind us that history [Read more...]
University of Iowa study shows employee training might actually increase turnover
June 14th, 2011
American businesses spend billions of dollars training employees to produce a better, more productive workforce. But a new study by University of Iowa researchers finds that many of these programs might actually increase turnover while driving up a firm’s costs. The study found that employees feel little compulsion to stay with an employer that provides [Read more...]
EEOC sues Dollar General Store for failing to accommodate, demoting dyslexic employee
June 13th, 2011
A Muncie, Indiana, Dollar General Store and its parent company, Dolgencorp, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee who had dyslexia and then firing him because of the disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) claims in a lawsuit filed on June 9, 2011.
The [Read more...]
