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The Ghost of Facebook: Why employers should be scared

January 13, 2011

In the event my previous cautionary tale on Facebook, the NLRB, and Free Speech was not reason enough to make you want to gain a deeper professional understanding of social media as an HR practitioner, here comes another scary Facebook story.   An article from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review features a story about how employer comments on [...]

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Bad hiring practices: Secret Code Words for Discriminating Workplaces

November 1, 2010

From the blog archives I originally wrote this short outburst about discrimination and diversity in July 2008.   I thought you might enjoy it (again) while I am on my hiatus.  Cheers! There is an excellent, disturbing article in yesterday’s Chicago Tribune. It is called “Coded Prejudice is cloaked dagger” and was written by Dehleen Glanton. [...]

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Labor Management Issues Still Simmering

November 5, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Labor and Employment Law Conference Today was day one of the 3rd annual ABA Labor and Employment Law Annual CLE Conference.  Like most conference events, this one comes complete with keynotes speakers and various breakout sessions.   Instead of being a conference for HR practitioners, this is a mainly a conference for lawyers. [...]

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