Advertising jobs online has long been considered a fair and equal method of recruiting. But the data on who responds may indicate that there’s hidden bias in online recruiting.
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Tags: discrimination, Freakonomics, internet, minorities, online, recruiting
Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the number of religious-discrimination complaints against employers has gone up by 67%. To address that, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued new guidelines for employers on what’s considered a “religion” and what an employer’s obligations are for accommodating employees’ religious observations.
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Tags: discrimination, eeoc, equal employment opportunity commission, religion
HR’s new function: Standing up to workplace bullies. What used to be considered a good idea may now become law.
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Tags: bullying, discrimination, harassment, HR, legislation
In this real-life case, a Muslim employee performs poorly and is terminated. He sues the company for discrimination, noting that his boss made derogatory comments about Arabs and terrorism. Who won?
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Tags: arabs, discrimination, muslim, performance
Some organizations manage to come up with creative ideas to mask discrimination. We thought we’d heard them all, until a story started circulating about a Louisiana country club that tried to keep its dining room a men-only enclave.
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Tags: discrimination, men-only, nude
The Supreme Court’s ruling that retaliation rises to the level of discrimination has employers scrambling to figure out the effects in the real world.
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Tags: cbocs west v. humphries, cracker barrel, discrimination, retaliation, Supreme Court
“Lose weight or lose your job.” That’s what one woman heard from her male boss. And there was nothing illegal about the order.
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Tags: discrimination, international journal of obesity, obesity, overweight
Periodically, we ask three HR managers how they’d handle a difficult situation at work. Today’s problem: a boss who says anti-discrimination training is great for all supervisors, but won’t participate in the training himself.
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Tags: discrimination, lawsuits, Training
Discrimination charges against employers last year jumped to the highest number since 2002. With all the emphasis on following the law and training supervisors, why do things seem to be getting worse?
Tags: bias, discrimination, eeoc, FMLA, sex discrimination, sexual harassment
Sometimes, the road to a lawsuit or other trouble can be lined with good intentions – such as implementing a diversity program that in the end satisfies no one and angers just about everyone
Tags: , discrimination, diversity, harassment, homosexuals, minorities, reverse discrimination, white men
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