Talent Gap

Work/life balance is essential for a rewarding career. You owe it to yourself to make sure that the proper balance is in place.

A carefully planned and well written social media policy that outlines the organization's goals and expectations of employees' use of personal social media can help ensure compliance with the new rules and prevent costly disputes with employees.

In a recent decision, the California Court of Appeal confirmed that employers can lawfully use time rounding practices. The court's decision highlights, however, the fact that not all rounding practices are lawful, and that employers should use extreme caution in adopting and utilizing rounding policies.

On July 26, 2012, a federal judge in Las Vegas ordered Prospect Airport Services, Inc., a provider of wheelchair assistance services to airline passengers, to implement extensive measures to prevent future sexual harassment.

We are all familiar with the various classes of people provided for by both the Federal and State fair employment practices acts. These include the traditional race, gender, age, disability and many more too numerous to be listed here. Well, hold on to your hats as there seems to be a new one being added. It now seems that the unemployed are being added to the list.

Whether the practice of asking applicants for their Facebook passwords is legal or even advisable will be debated thoroughly in the weeks to come. The current Facebook frenzy about password privacy misses entirely the reality for hiring managers and Human Resources professionals.