From HR World comes a handy post, meant for employers but just as informative for job seekers, outlining the questions they can’t ask you. Read the whole enchilada here.
It never ceases to amaze me how many employers feel they have a right to know incredibly personal information such as that sought by the questions in […]

If you change diapers, help the elderly or disabled with daily needs, or work in the service industry, you’re in one of the 3 job positions most prone to depression, according to a survey conducted by the federal government’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The report is available on the agency’s website.
Who’s […]

Dan Rather, former CBS anchor, has sued his former employer for $70 million in a breach of contract action that claims CBS wrongfully forced him out and harmed his reputation.
If you aren’t familiar with the story behind his ouster, here’s a pretty good recap from The Times (London) Online:
The report claimed that during […]

Cynthia Haddad was employed by Wal-Mart as a pharmacist for 11 years - and was then fired in 2004. She brought suit against the monster company alleging she was terminated as a result of gender discrimination, prohibited under federal law (Title VII) and many state legislative schemes as well. On June 20, 2007, her jury […]

As reported by Law.com, eleven states are considering legislation that would empower employees who’ve been subjected to abusive bully bosses to sue those bosses for the damages that result. The article reports that the laws would give “victims of abuse like taunting and yelling the right to sue for damages.” The states where such laws […]

A stay-at-home mom’s life seems, to those mired knee-deep in corporate drudgery, like a dream life, perhaps, but a recent study illustrates it isn’t all hugs and PB & J sandwiches on the couch watching Teen Titans on Cartoon Network.
According to the study, in order to replicate the services provided by the typical SAHM, […]

The Democrat-led Senate easily passed a minimum wage hike last week by a vote of 94-3. Although it looked shaky there for awhile, the bipartisan compromises reached by party leaders worked to ensure a significant level of support for the raise from $5.15 in three stages up to $7.25. It’s the first raise such workers […]

Score one for Wal-Mart. The retail giant, heavily criticized for its poor treatment of its workforce, won the latest round in its battle against the Maryland Fair Share Health Care Fund Act with an opinion from the 4th Circuit upholding the district court’s ruling that the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) preempted the state […]

This article from the New York Times (free registration required) details the plans of some minorities’ and workplace rights groups to push for enhanced FMLA rights. On the groups’ collective mind? Paid sick leave.
From the article:
Now supporters are planning a big push for sick day legislation not just in Congress, but in Maine, Maryland, Montana […]