On average, organizations gave mothers 41 paid days of maternity leave, compared with 22 paid days of paternity leave for fathers. That statistic comes from 2016 Paid Leave in the Workplace, a survey recently conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management.
Does this disparity demonstrate discrimination against men?
A few weeks ago, I blogged here about a federal agency — one that rhymes with EEOB — reaching a 7-figure settlement with its workers of alleged Fair Labor Standards Act overtime violations involving comp time.
Last week, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion, in which it addressed another tricky situation involving overtime offsets.
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In other words, don’t take your foot off the gas pedal preparing for the pending U.S. Department of Labor’s Overtime Rules.
Either that, or clutch your pearls a little tighter.
Yup. EEO-1’s, open enrollment. That HR life’s a beach, amirite? Pass me a frozen beverage.
Oh, it’s Monday? Better make it two.
It’s the CareerBuilder.com survey of “The Most Outrageous Resume Mistakes Employers Have Found.” Eat your heart out “Butt Fumble“!
Maybe.
(Hey, don’t blame me. I voted for Kodos.)
Either way, it’s free and I’ve done all the hard work for you. Indeed, here’s what I did:
And here is your bounty:
In their quest to survive and eventually thrive, many small businesses do not prioritize EEO compliance. I’m not saying that small businesses purposefully set out to break the law. It’s just that, with a limited budget, HR’s squeaky wheel isn’t the first to get greased.
Perhaps recognizing this reality, yesterday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced (here) that had released a new online resource center designed to help small business owners comply with the laws enforced by EEOC.
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