Four Signs of Potential Workplace Bias
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 06/30/2008 - 2:39pm.
The Level Playing Field Institute, an organization dedicated to promoting fairness in higher education and workplaces by removing barriers to full participation, recently conducted a study in which it was revealed that diversity employees are almost three times more likely to leave a company because they feel that they have been treated unfair or biased than are their white counterparts.
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New Workplace Created for the Disabled
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 11:20am.
Unfortunately, there are many misconceptions and stereotypes about the ability of disabled individuals to work effectively. Disabled people are often perceived as hindered by their disability and unable to work, although the majority of disabled individuals can work and be productive with very minor accommodations in the workplace.
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Executive Leadership Should Be the Driving Force Behind Diversity Hiring Efforts
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/20/2008 - 9:57pm.
As more and more companies focus and enhance their diversity recruiting efforts, some companies will inevitably choose to have their diversity recruiting efforts managed by human resources alone. But according to international recruiters who completed Korn/Ferry International’s Executive Recruiter Index, executive leadership should be the main driving force behind a company’s diversity recruiting efforts.
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Four Characteristics that Demostrate that a Company is Diversity Friendly
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 06/14/2008 - 6:43pm.
Unfortunately, though most companies will publicly display the notion that they welcome a diverse workforce on their website and in other literature, the mere fact that workplace discrimination cases continue to be filed at an unacceptably epidemic rate indicates that no matter what a company says about itself, it may not always be true.
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How To File an Employment Discrimination Claim
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 1:20pm.
Although workplace diversity seems to be making progress in many of the nation’s employers, current statistics compiled by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) indicate that workplace discrimination is on the rise. However, as is usually the case with many violations of the law, there are more actual occurrences than reported occurrences.
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Tavern on the Green Settles "Severe and Pervasive" Discrimination Suit
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 06/04/2008 - 11:05am.
A few years ago I had a lovely three course lunch with a few of my African American, Hispanic, and Asian friends at the world famous Tavern on the Green restaurant, just off of Central Park in New York City. The atmosphere and the food were wonderful, but according to a recent settlement what was alleged to be going on behind the scenes at the famed restaurant was something quite the opposite.
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How Gay Rights Rulings Will Change the Workplace and the Nation
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 05/31/2008 - 10:10pm.
In recent weeks, there have been two landmark decisions made that effectively grant gay couples the same status as married couples. The most prominent decision happened earlier this month when the California Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage in the nation's most populous state is legal. That ruling overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage.
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Should Workplace Sexual Harassment Claims Include Misconduct that Occurs Outside the Workplace?
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 4:20pm.
An interesting ruling out of India brings to light a new question on workplace sexual harassment: should we allow workplace sexual harassment claims to include acts that occur outside the physical workplace? At first glance, this question seems like an attempt at extending workplace policy into personal life, but that is not necessarily the case.
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Morehouse College Proves Diversity Works
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/15/2008 - 8:03pm.
For the first time in its 141-year history, Morehouse College, a Historically Black College known for educating some of the world’s most talented Black men, has a white valedictorian. Earlier this week, Joshua Packwood became the first white valedictorian in the college’s storied history .
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