A How-To List for Building a Culture of Respect
March 14, 2010 at 11:10 pm by: Diversity Insight
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Expressions of Faith in the Workplace
March 14, 2010 at 11:08 pm by: Diversity Insight
Q:I have a couple of employees who just started using religious expressions (e.g., “God bless” and “Your friend in God”) in their e-mails. Another employee is offended by the e-mails and wants me to make them stop. Any words of wisdom?
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Male-Male Sexual Harassment Claims on the Rise
March 14, 2010 at 11:06 pm by: Diversity Insight
According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), sexual harassment charges by men have doubled since 1992, accounting for 16 percent of the 12,696 sexual harassment charges filed in the 2009 fiscal year. And while female-male sexual harassment certainly makes up some portion of those claims, it’s evident that male-male harassment claims are also on the rise. These claims are resulting in costly settlements to resolve alleged behaviors that some employers may not even believe are illegal.
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Stereotypes Are Alive and Well
March 14, 2010 at 11:02 pm by: Diversity Insight
We are beyond the day when an employer could evaluate employees by assuming or insisting that they matched the stereotypes associated with their group.
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Language of Prosperity: Multilingual Employees
February 14, 2010 at 9:11 pm by: Diversity Insight
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Outed Vets Get Benefits for California Domestic Partners
February 14, 2010 at 9:08 pm by: Diversity Insight
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Outback to Pay $19 Million for Sex Bias
February 14, 2010 at 9:04 pm by: Diversity Insight
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that Outback Steakhouse has agreed to pay $19 million and furnish significant remedial relief to settle a major class-action lawsuit alleging sex discrimination against thousands of women at hundreds of its corporately owned restaurants nationwide.
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Women’s History Month: March 2010
February 14, 2010 at 9:00 pm by: Celeste Blackburn
National Women’s History Month’s roots go back to March 8, 1857, when women from New York City factories staged a protest over working conditions. International Women’s Day was first observed in 1909, but it wasn’t until 1981 that Congress established National Women’s History Week to be commemorated the second week of March. In 1987, Congress expanded the week to a month. Here are some facts from the U.S. Census Bureau about women in the workplace: Continue Reading »
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Recession Hard on Black, Hispanic Job Hunters
January 17, 2010 at 9:10 pm by: Diversity Insight
According to a report released in November by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), African American and Hispanic workers were hit particularly hard during the first year of the current recession. The report notes that while “the overall labor market conditions deteriorated markedly in 2008 following the onset of the recession in December 2007 . . . labor market problems for blacks or African Americans and Hispanics or Latinos were especially acute.”
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Diversity a Goal for New OPM Deputy Director
January 17, 2010 at 9:09 pm by: Diversity Insight
Boston-native Christine M. Griffin has taken over the number two spot at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). One of her top tasks will be to help OPM Director John Berry increase the diversity of the federal government, which he has called one of his top long-term goals.
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