Musings of an organization consultant
Posted in Pay and Benefits, Selection and Hiring on Jun 10th, 2010
How Much is Education and Experience Worth?
Clients often express a desire to pay for exceptional education and experience and want a policy to support this approach. But the caveat is usually that this wish is only for some, but not all, jobs. What to do?
The answer may depend on whether the organization emphasizes external [...]
Posted in Government, Personnel Policy, Selection and Hiring on Feb 16th, 2010
In my recent newsletter I reported that the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice issued a report to a House Subcommittee on December 3, 2009 outlining a number of efforts to renew enforcement efforts in the area of Title VII and Disability Rights. Here are two excerpts from that report that have particular [...]
Posted in Pay and Benefits, Selection and Hiring on Feb 3rd, 2010
As we begin 2010, most of us are feeling the burden of greater demands at work while at the same time we are less hopeful about improving our compensation package. Many of us are in the difficult position of recommending pay policies that will not be favorably received. What can we do? Stay informed, be as consistent and objective as possible, [...]
Posted in Personnel Policy, Selection and Hiring on Nov 24th, 2009
Last Saturday, November 21st, the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA) became effective. Careful and thoughtful attention to how you consider this new law in your workplace can make a huge difference in lives of your employees and can also make you less vulnerable to EEOC complaints and lawsuits. Under the law, employers may not ask [...]
Posted in Selection and Hiring on Jun 30th, 2009
If I were in the classroom, this case would be a real teaching moment. In the build up to this perfect storm, we find a city government which conducts a valid selection test for promotion in the firefighter ranks, but when a group of minority candidates is not fairly represented among those who pass the [...]
Posted in Personnel Policy, Selection and Hiring on Jun 22nd, 2009
If we create a public space which can be viewed by anyone, do we then have the right to say that it is an invasion of privacy for an employer to ask what public spaces we inhabit on the Web?
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