Archive for April, 2006

More Ninth Circuit News

Posted by Lori Dorn on April 15th, 2006

In a recent ruling, the Ninth Circuit ruled that employers can set separate grooming standards for men and women as long as those standards are not based upon gender stereotypes or would be otherwise burdensome on one gender over the other.
This in itself is not surprising as the case was made in 1982 [...]

Hammonds Redux

Posted by Lori Dorn on April 13th, 2006

Nearly a year later, Keith Hammonds is still trying to defend his article, “Why We Hate HR”. (no, I really don’t want to link to it again…)
According to the HRO 2006 website:
In August, 2005, Keith Hammonds wrote one of the most controversial cover stories in the history of HR, entitled “Why We [...]

Fourth Best

Posted by Lori Dorn on April 13th, 2006

According to a national survey conducted by Money magazine and Salary.com, the Human Resources Manager position is the fourth best job in America. The survey, which took many different factors into consideration such as growth, pay, stress level and responsibility can be found here.
What’s specifically said about the HR Manager job:

Why it’s great: [...]

When In Doubt

Posted by Lori Dorn on April 6th, 2006

…PROMOTE.
Wal-Mart promotes executive who warned of sick workers
By Bloomberg News | April 6, 2006
A Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executive who suggested last year that the world’s largest retailer should avoid hiring unhealthy workers has been promoted to head its human-resources division.
The world’s largest retailer yesterday shifted five executives to new posts, moves that the [...]