Equity and Inclusion

1.  Is the Pay Gap Fake News? Well, no.  Recent U.S. Census data shows that women are currently making 81% of what men are paid. But as Time reports, “…nearly half of men (46%) [...]

1.  Google and Facebook Move on Harassment A week after Google employees around the world walked out to highlight the need for reform, Google and Facebook have dropped mandatory arbitration for [...]

1. #MeToo to Google: Don’t Be Evil Google employees across the world walked out of work to protest how the company handles sexual harassment complaints (the walkout was during non-business [...]

1.  Netflix: Keepers v. Catch-and-release “”If one of the members of the team was thinking of leaving for another firm, would the manager try hard to keep them from leaving?” If [...]

1. For St Patrick’s Day, Best Sick Note Ever 2.  11th Circuit Rules Sexual Orientation Discrimination Is Not Prohibited The 11th Circuit has jurisdiction over Alabama, Florida and Georgia. [...]

Let’s see if I can make Five for Friday a regular thing. In Focus: How to Prepare, Recover as Hurricane Matthew Heads for Florida Some useful disaster prep resources from SHRM. I talked to [...]

Some interesting reading material from the week. 1. Do You Really Need Two Facebook Accounts? Facebook at Work is on the way. When it comes to social media, how much is too much? Aliah D. Wright [...]