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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...
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....
Schafer: Target’s challenge is to reinvent workplace culture Written by: LEE SCHAFER, Star Tribune, March 7, 2015 Target’s investor meeting last week in New York quickly became a story about layoffs of up to “several thousand” employees at the corporate offices in...
From: The StarTribune, March 8, 2015 Think of us lowly Target team members By: Doug Champeau Pope Francis’ arrival at the Vatican signaled an upheaval in the day-to-day operations of one of the world’s largest Christian denominations. The housecleaning continues...
By Beth Bertelson: Losing a job can be difficult. There are many decisions to be made, including whether to sign a severance or separation agreement. When you sign these agreements, you are giving up your right to pursue legal action against your employer in exchange...
From Star Tribune, February 25, 2015 Associated Press: WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is considering the employment discrimination claim of a Muslim woman who was turned down for a job by clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch after she showed up at her job...
Minnesota is an employment-at-will state. Employment-at-will means that both the employer and the employee can end the employment relationship at any time without notice or reason. It means your employer has the right to terminate your employment at any time, for any...
When an employer rejects an employee’s suggested reasonable accommodation, it must come up with alternatives. An employer’s participation in the interactive process means more than simply meeting with an employee and rejecting her requested accommodation. To...
In 2008 Congress passed the Americans With Disabilities Amendments Act (ADAAA) to strengthen the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Congress intended to make it easier for individuals with disabilities seeking protection. By meeting the legal definition, employees...
On December 15, 2014, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that the time limitation to file a claim under the Minnesota Whistleblower Act (MWA), Minn. Stat. § 181.932 is six years. Previously, the Court had held the time period was two-years. The MWA prohibits an...
