Job Interviews Can Be a Good Selection Device
The Economist magazine reports that job interviews are “the worst way to select people, except for all the others.” One of the more encour…
Suggestions on How to Diffuse a Tense Situation
Of primary importance is that the best avoidance is to recognize the early warning signs. In other words, at the beginning of a confrontat…
Employers Blame Unions for Recent Shutdowns
A good amount of publicity has come out recently about two major closings that employers blame on their unions. In the most recent, at the…
$27 Million Verdict against Employer on Disability Discrimination over Refusal to Return Employee to Work
In December of 2025, an Oregon federal judge refused Union Pacific’s effort to set aside a $27 million verdict in a suit from the worker al…
Harassment Claimed from Co-worker Complaints That Employee Didn’t Speak Much English
Discrimination rules applicable to national origin is a priority for the current chairperson of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissio…
Employment Costs Rise at Lowest Level in Five Years
According to a December 2025 report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), increases in wages and benefits increased 3.5% in the twelve…