Eluned Anderson received a rejection email from a job application. That part is normal. What isn’t normal is why the hiring manager rejected her. The email contained this explanation: It was decided that your strong Welsh accent, accompanied by your regional activities, would not suit the office environment. This is
Business owners might have some smug satisfaction upon learning that, according to a Fox News Survey, 72 percent of employees who resigned during the ongoing great resignation have regrets. But you shouldn’t experience schadenfreude. Businesses should be examining their own hiring practices., as that is a clear contributor to
Yesterday, in most of North America, people lost an hour of their time. Unless you’re a person who goes to church or work on Sunday, the time change didn’t really hit you until you woke up this morning. Or, rather tried to wake up, because it’s freaking early. So, work from home
One of the purposes of good Human Resources is to prevent lawsuits. But your HR person and your employment attorney don’t follow you around all the time. So, business attorney Josh Joel, Counsel at Stanton Law, put together a list of phrases that often come out of managers’ mouths. When
When you interview job candidates, you’re paid for your time, either as part of your salaried duties or an actual hourly rate. Job candidates not only do it for free, but they also take time off work (often unpaid), hire babysitters, pay for transportation, and maybe even buy
Disney World is a place filled with fun. Rides, food, entertainment, from Mickey Mouse to Star Wars, and Toy Story, it’s got everything every child could possibly want. So why all the meltdowns from children and a few adults? I spent five glorious days at Disney World with my
From the first approval of the first Covid-19 vaccination, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission has held that employers can have mandatory vaccinations for their employees who work with other people (customers or coworkers), as long as businesses respect the Americans with Disabilities Act and Religious Exemptions. United Airlines implemented a mandatory
You should always write a thank you note after a hiring manager takes her precious time to step down from the clouds above to allow you to beg her for a job. Or something. Look, I hate this. Just what are you exactly thanking the manager for? Taking the time to
Sometimes, office romance makes headlines and ruins careers, like CNN head Jeffrey Zucker’s affair with Allison Gollust and the University of Michigan President, Mark Schlissel who had an affair with a direct report. But most office romance flies under the radar–except when it doesn’t. All that contact tracing when someone tested positive for Covid? Turns
Once you start hiring people, you run the risk of being sued by one of those employees. (And, no, you can’t avoid this by having only contractors–contractors have to meet very specific conditions. Trying to skirt these rules can also land you in court.) If you want to win
