In many companies throughout the countries, employees that don’t speak English make us a non-trivial percentage of the workforce. For many parts of the U.S., these non-English-speaking employees are Spanish speakers, although, as refugees and immigrants enter the country and settle in various regions of the country, the number of speakers of other languages continues …
Monthly Archives: January 2021
Black Firefighter Sue His City Over Alleged Racial Discrimination
Posted On: 01/22/2021 | Categorized as: NewsJason Anderson was hired as a firefighter in the city of Everett, Washington in 2003. At the time of his hiring, he was among the first black men to serve in the city’s fire department. Anderson is now suing the city for allegedly discriminating and harassing him because of his race. According to this King …
Pittsburg, Kansas Approves Ordinance To Become More Inclusive
Posted On: 01/15/2021 | Categorized as: NewsAs companies and corporations across the country, and around the world, worked to set up human resources regulations to become more inclusive, local governments also fight in the ongoing war against discrimination by passing laws and ordinances to make their regions more inclusive. According to this KSN report, that’s exactly what is happening in Pittsburg, …
Psychologist Alleges Unfair Pay in Lawsuit Against Hospital
Posted On: 01/08/2021 | Categorized as: NewsClare Mundell, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist working in Bangor, Maine. She started working at Northern Light Acadia Hospital in November 2017 for 50 dollars an hour. She had no reason to suspect at the time that her male colleagues were allegedly making nearly double that, at 90 and 95 dollars an hour, according to …
Unused Vacation Days in Corporate America Put Some Companies in a Pickle
Posted On: 01/01/2021 | Categorized as: NewsThis last year has brought with it unseen challenges galore. Apart from the often-talked-about issues of health and social-distancing restrictions, the HR world faced another, much more unexpected issue as 2020 drew to a close: what to do with unused vacation time. In many companies, employees must “use it or lose it” when it comes …