From The Wall Street Journal, Workplace Report, dated January 18, 2022. Authored by Stephanie Forshee, a New York-based freelance writer. Video-editing company Kapwing Inc. co-founder Julia Enthoven began to receive emails last summer from people who were thrilled to...
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Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older Workers From Job Ads
The ability of advertisers to deliver their message to the precise audience most likely to respond is the cornerstone of Facebook’s business model. But using the system to expose job opportunities only to certain age groups has raised concerns about fairness to older...
Can Workplace Training Eliminate Biases?
Interesting article in the New York Times on unconscious or implicit bias: Can Training Eliminate Biases? Starbucks Will Test the Thesis
Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
“We are all one human race, destined for greatness. Let us live together in peace and love in a Beloved Community.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Resign or Be Fired?
When you are given the choice of resigning or being fired, you need to ask yourself, “What’s in it for me if I voluntarily resign?” In general, resigning from a job makes you ineligible for unemployment benefits. This loss can be significant. In Minnesota,...
Can I get unemployment benefits if I receive severance pay?
Yes, but your unemployment benefits may be delayed. In a published opinion from the Minnesota Court of Appeals filed today, Menyweather v. Dept. of Employment and Economic Development, File. No. 33318420-3 (Minn. Ct. App. Dec. 7, 2015), the Court affirmed the language...
EEOC To Study Workplace Harassment
The EEOC issued the following press release on March 30, 2015 announcing that it will study workplace harassment. Select Task Force of Academics, Practitioners and Stakeholders To Study How To Address And Prevent All Types of Workplace Harassment WASHINGTON–Jenny R....
Pregnant Women Can Seek Workplace Accommodations
The United States Supreme Court handed down a victory for employees today. This article below is from USA Today, March 25, 2015. Written By: Richard Wolf WASHINGTON — Pregnant workers can claim the same accommodations that employers grant to large numbers of similarly...
8 tips to help women negotiate more effectively
This article was taken from MPR’s website: By: Madelyn Mahon · Mar 11, 2015 Research shows that women have a harder time negotiating in the workplace than their male colleagues. They’re more reluctant to ask for raises, promotions or other benefits for fear of being...
StarTribune article: Hundreds of Target workers cut all at once
Written by: Adam Belz, Star Tribune The calendar invitations landed in inboxes across Target Corp. just after sunrise. Workers who’d arrived to find the offices stacked with white boxes were to report to conference rooms for simultaneous but separate 8:45 a.m....