Hiring

Lund Boat gets on board with hiring female applicants

10/12/2012

New York Mills-based Lund Boat and parent company Brunswick Corp. have agreed to settle sex discrimination charges filed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.

There’s just no guessing about cross-dressing: Focus hiring on qualifications, not appearance

10/12/2012

While a man who wears dresses and makeup might make his orientation or self-image perception clear, that’s not true of a woman who dresses like a man, at least not according to a recent 8th Circuit Court of Appeals decision.

Cincinnati gov’t. contractor draws Uncle Sam’s ire

10/09/2012

Meyer Tool has agreed to pay $325,000 to settle race discrimination charges leveled by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. The OFCCP claims the company systematically discriminated against black applicants.

Is ‘he who hired also fired’ a good defense against discrimination charges?

09/26/2012

Q. If an employee claims he was discriminated against by the same supervisor who hired and fired him, does the employer have a defense to the discrimination claim?

Must we pay an intern we plan to bring in?

09/26/2012

Q. We plan on hiring a college intern later this year. Will we have to pay him or her?

Cut the fat: Can you reject obese applicants?

09/24/2012

In the past decade, two things have definitely grown: Americans’ waistlines and the desire for U.S. employers to reduce their employee-related health care costs. Those two trends have more employers considering a legally risky thought: Can we refuse to hire overweight people?

Hiring: Sometimes, personal questions are OK

09/21/2012

We all know that hiring managers are supposed to avoid personal or intrusive questions when interviewing job applicants. However, under some limited circumstances, getting answers to such questions may be relevant and necessary to the hiring process.

New Illinois law bars employer access to social media accounts

09/20/2012

Some employers have recently begun to require employees and applicants to provide their passwords or otherwise allow access to their social media accounts. The Illinois Legislature has now put a stop to that practice.

Use rational criteria to make hiring decisions

09/20/2012

As long as hiring managers can logically explain why one applicant was selected instead of another, courts probably won’t question the choice.

Create a winning team with a ‘Moneyball’ approach to hiring

09/18/2012

In the 2011 film Moneyball, Billy Beane, general manager of baseball’s low-budget Oakland A’s, assembled a winning team by going against conventional wisdom. He chose players based on analysis and evidence—not “gut feelings.” He also focused—as any leader should—on how each new player’s personality, talents and abilities would mesh to meet the team goals. Here are five tips for building a successful team: