April 1, 2009
April 1, 2009
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released its statistics for fiscal year 2008 which ended September 30, 2008. The number of cases filed in every category increased, totaling a record 95,402 claims filed, a 15% increase. Age discrimination saw the biggest increase, + 29% and retaliation claims increased by 23%. In cases filed, race discrimination maintained its lead, followed by retaliation, sex, and age. As the unemployment rate soars, so will the discrimination cases. The unemployment rate in LaPorte County, Indiana increased from 5.9% in January 2008 to 11.1% in January 2009. According to ELT-Inc., every 1.5% increase in […]
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March 1, 2009
March 1, 2009
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Lilly Ledbetter was a supervisor at a Goodyear tire factory in Alabama for more than 19 years. At the end of her career, she discovered she had been paid less than her male colleague. The Supreme Court invalidated Ledbetter’s claim because the wage discrimination initially occurred when she started her job, nearly 20 years earlier. According to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, claims must be filed within 180 days after the alleged unlawful practice or in our case, 300 days since Indiana operates equal employment agencies. This new law, the first piece of legislation signed by President Obama […]
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February 1, 2009
February 1, 2009
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Employees need to feel secure about the future, proud and a part of their companies to perform at their best. Few companies can deliver that supportive environment today. Whether a company is directly impacted by today’s economy or not, people cannot escape the economic tension. During these times of uncertainty, teambuilding may help support the emotional needs of employees. Teamwork has been promoted as a management solution since Bruce Tuckman introduced the Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing Model in the mid-1960s. Tuckman added Adjourning as a final stage ten years later. Paul Hershey and Ken Blanchard’s Situational Leadership Theory ® (SLT) […]
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January 1, 2009
January 1, 2009
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A mass layoff is loosely defined as a single employer laying off at least 50 employees. The statistics are measured by new filings of unemployment insurance benefits for each month. In October of 2007, Indiana had 29 mass layoff events and 5,129 initial claims for unemployment. This past October, Indiana had 63 such events and 7,961 initial unemployment claims. The majority of these companies are still in business. Recent studies have revealed the effect down-sizing has on the survivors. We have all heard doing more with less. Sirota Survey Intelligence, a New York based HR Consulting firm conducted an employee […]
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