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One year ago this month, Colorado passed into law an amended version of the Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA). The new ENDA extends workplace discrimination protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity. As the one-year anniversary approaches, the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado is encouraging corporations, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, educational institutions, and other business entities to ensure that they ...

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration repeatedly ignored corruption at the highest levels within the Iraqi government and kept secret potentially embarrassing information so as not to undermine its relationship with Baghdad, according to two former State Department employees. Arthur Brennan, who briefly served in Baghdad as head of the department's Office of Accountability and Transparency last year, and James Mattil, who ...

May 12-A little-noticed program to remove criminal immigrants from the U.S. has local immigration officials boasting about big results as they comb jails, juvenile centers and courts across Washington state in search of deportable inmates. Since their big push began last June, immigration officials have placed 4,453 legal and illegal immigrants from throughout the state into removal proceedings. Last year, criminals ...

There usually comes a point in your career when you know you need more education to move up in an organization. Deciding to continue your education is the easy part; figuring out the best way to do it is the real challenge. Nowadays, there are a number of choices. Certifications Choices include certifications offered by HR professional associations such as the ...

On April 30, Californians celebrated Tax Freedom Day. It's the day the average Californian stops forking over hard-earned money to the federal, state and local governments and starts taking it home. Last year, California was the seventh highest-taxed state in the nation, but this year we've gotten even worse at fourth highest. In fact, you spend more days working for the ...

May 11-As the economy stalls, people are worrying more about losing their jobs - and that means the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is getting busier, officials said. The agency enforces federal laws against employment discrimination, investigating and litigating charges, and educating employers and employees. Its Charlotte office had nearly 1,900 cases in fiscal year 2007, up from about 1,650 the ...

Older workers are more vulnerable to losing their jobs than younger ones when companies cut costs. They know this instinctively, even though the law of the land forbids age-related discrimination. More experienced workers generally earn more than their younger counterparts. It's illegal to fire them based on age, but courts long have ruled that cost-cutting is an acceptable reason for firing ...

One of the four circumstances under which an employer is required to grant family or medical leave is a "serious health condition" - that is, a health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the functions of his or her job. Such a condition can be further defined as an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves ...

Are you interested in working in human resources but fear you lack the experience? Many Monster job seekers in this field are concerned about making this type of move. "Don't be afraid to apply for an opening," encourages Shannon Arens, a human resources specialist with Sioux City, Iowa-based Terra Industries Inc., a manufacturing company. "There's great growth potential." If you can't ...

Washington - With little prospect of overhauling the nation's immigration laws before the presidential election, members of Congress are attempting to address the issue in a more piecemeal fashion. Lawmakers have introduced hundreds of bills since January 2007 dealing with immigration at least in part. None has gotten more traction than a bill that would force companies to use government databases ...

When you attend a party, what do you talk about? Do you talk about what you'd like to do with your life, or what you're actually doing? Do you head straight for the punch bowl when someone mentions work? If talking about your human resources job makes you squirm a little, it may be time to think about making some changes ...

May 9-Razzoo's Cajun Cafe will pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the restaurant chain routinely declined to hire or promote men who wanted to be bartenders. In a lawsuit filed in 2005 against the Addison-based restaurant chain, the Dallas office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission represented nearly 90 male applicants, servers and bartenders. The initial complaint ...

Do or Die situation for IT recruitment consultancies in India Recruitment consultancy business in India is flourishing like anything. Apart from domestic consultancies the international IT recruitment companies have entered into India market for developing there business. In metro cities almost on every main road you could find a recruitment consultancy. In all of these consultancies there would be hundreds ...

Do or Die situation for IT recruitment consultancies in India Recruitment consultancy business in India is flourishing like anything. Apart from domestic consultancies the international IT recruitment companies have entered into India market for developing there business. In metro cities almost on every main road you could find a recruitment consultancy. In all of these consultancies there would be hundreds ...

For empowering, effective performance appraisals try the following: 1) Team Appraisals - how are WE doing? Recognize team achievements and challenges. What are OUR areas for improvements? 2) Process Appraisals - Does this process/procedure/program give us the desired result? 3) Emotionally Intelligent Appraisals - this isn't about the employee, it's about your relationship with the employee. Keep it real by: A) ...

With business and the economy becoming globally focused, many companies are sending their employees overseas. This global workforce has created new career opportunities for job seekers interested in the human resources field. What does a global human resources professional do? A little bit of everything. Individuals being sent abroad by their companies have many questions and need a variety of services ...

Be Inclusive Don’t just single out obese people. Choose a program that emphasizes the benefits of lifestyle change—whose principles center on healthful, nutritious foods and regular exercise—and everyone will benefit. “Fitness” and “thinness” are not always synonymous. Be Honest Tell employees it’s difficult to provide higher wages and better benefits when so much money is going to support preventable illnesses. And ...

Last month, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled in favor of a hospital employee who sued a surgeon for emotional distress and assault based on his treatment of the person at work. The ruling drew national attention as an acknowledgment by the courts of workplace bullying both as a phenomenon and as legal terminology, says Garry Mathiason, chair of the corporate compliance ...

May 7 - WASHINGTON - Forcing companies to use a government system to verify the legal status of workers would cause thousands of citizens and legal residents to be initially rejected for work and cripple the Social Security Administration, critics told Congress on Tuesday. The system, known as E-Verify, is currently voluntary, but several proposals in Congress - including an immigration ...

The Human Capital Institute (HCI), a professional association and think tank advancing the science of strategic management, and Vurv Technology, a leader in on demand talent management software, today announced research that HR leaders still do not meet the measures of talent management and business acumen. "The Role of HR in the Age of Talent," shows that only 22 percent of ...