Can you require the “ability to speak, read and write in English”? Or is this a surefire discrimination issue if the applicant meets all other job qualifications? Absolutely you can require this–if the job actually requires you to speak, read and write English. For instance, my job absolutely
The owner of the company I work for has tasked me with coming up with a way to make employee evaluations “empowering and fun”. While I understand how to use employee evaluations in an empowering way, I have absolutely no idea how to make them “fun”. Furthermore, I’m
I am the HR and Finance Manager of a small company, 15 employees. I have been at this job for 6 months and my previous employment focused more on finance so my HR experience is very limited. The issue that I am having is that I know one
My husband was fired March 25 without notice. They were “restructuring”. My husband was due to start his vacation the day after – on March 26. Nothing like trying to figure out if you qualify for food stamps to get you in that vacation mode!! My question is
I began my new job at Large Multi-National Company in a small division. I was hired into the finance department to deal mainly with fraud detection/prevention and accounts receivables. At the time I was hired there was 1 other person working in finance, and that was the CFO
I’m executive director of a small nonprofit with a total of three employees. I have one employee who works hard and one who does not. However, they like to talk instead of working a bit much. How does one get the point across that although you don’t expect
If you get paid twice a month (usually the 15th/30th of each month), you get 24 pay checks a year. If you get paid every other week (usually Fridays), you get 26 pay checks a year. Therefore, a paycheck for scenario 1 is not going to equal a
Greetings Evil HR Lady, I’ve recently experienced an HR issue–that maybe all HR folks experience at some point– that I would really like your opinion on. Since I’ve only been with Company X only 4 months, I’ve spent much of that time creating forms, processes, working with managers,
Is up now, and was up yesterday, but somebody around here is a little late. It’s over at Fortify Your Oasis, with your host, Rowan Manahan.
Dear Evil HR Lady (Oh – I do love that title): I am the general counsel for a small engineering firm in NY, and as such, spend a great deal of my time working with the Human Resources department. Most of the time, it’s a kick, but this
