Henrietta (name has been changed) worked for Big Company for several years. Then she had a baby and quit working to stay home. Her boss valued Henrietta’s skills and begged her to come back. Henrietta agreed, provided that she could work remotely. Her boss agreed. After salary negotiations,
President Donald Trump fired the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, stating, without evidence, that she falsified job numbers to assist Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. Trump then accused her of rigging the numbers this summer, as revisions included a drop of 258,000
AI should be the best employee, not subject to FLSA, you have. Making it work overtime? No problem. Asking it to deep research and then you go to lunch while it works? Amazing. Telling it it’s an absolute idiot for what it did wrong? Well, you may need
A summer law intern at the white-shoe firm Sidley Austin got fired for biting other people. It’s weird enough that she bit someone, but apparently, she bit at least five people and possibly others. She shouldn’t have bitten anyone, and she should have been disciplined and told, in no
AI is advising women and minorities to undervalue themselves—putting employers at risk if they follow suit. A new study found that AI advises women, minorities, and others to ask for lower salaries than men. It doesn’t do this 100 percent of the time, but the study found that the differences in salary
It’s an employer’s market in many fields right now and the number of applicants for job postings can be overwhelming for prospective employers. Marie Lobbezoo, a human resources director and moderator at the Improve Your HR Facebook group, which I run, posted on LinkedIn about what this looks like from a
Sometimes I make bad choices, like responding to people on Twitter. There are terrible HR people out there. For sure. There are terrible CEOs, marketing analysts, line cooks, teachers, yoga instructors, accountants, and every other profession out there. Most people are doing their best. Even HR.
An employee has been struggling with performance, out of character for her. Constantly on her phone and clearly upset. The HR manager stopped by to see if she could help. “Oh,” says the employee, “I just broke up with my boyfriend and it’s really tough.” No one knew
A Coldplay concert seems like a fun place for a date—unless your date might also be your affair partner. And especially if you’re the CEO of a billion-dollar software development company and she’s your chief people officer. In a viral video, Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and chief people officer
You should never let an intern use ChatGPT. Or any AI for that matter. Take a look at this scenario ChatGPT created: Maternity Leave Misclassification Scenario: A pregnant employee starts having complications at 24 weeks and goes on FMLA. HR incorrectly starts counting the 12 weeks from this
