Sex Discrimination Includes Sexual Orientation
On April 4 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals became the first appeals court to rule that sex includes sexual orientation. The Court's ruling creates law in Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
Privacy Violations Are Nothing To Celebrate
There’s no law against it, but some employees may feel that announcing their birthday violates their privacy.
Know Your Labor Laws
Every state has different laws and there are many gray areas. Don’t leave these matters to chance or overpay in legal fees when you can access your own HR library. Here’s an example of Oregon Labor Laws.
How You Drug Test – Zero Tolerance or Neutral Impairment Standards?
With the rollout of legalized marijuana in Oregon and other States, many employment practices that we’ve had in place for decades need to be reexamined with this new reality in mind.
Recreational Marijuana and Workplace Standards – How to Begin Sorting It Out
In late 2015, Oregon legalized the recreational purchase of marijuana, generating no small amount of confusion with employers about what this means for their workplace.
The HR Wisdom of Inigo Montoya
What I found surprised me – regardless of where in the organization the employee resided, there was an over-reliance on code words that never really communicated anything.