Chances are you’ve heard of the Rust Belt and the Bible Belt—the regions of the US characterized, respectively, by economic decline and evangelical Christianity. You may have also heard of the Sun Belt, the portion of the country roughly below the 36th parallel, where the sun’s always shining, business is booming, and everyone’s happily retired. […]
Although we tend to think of discrimination in the workplace as a distinct incident—a boss denying his female subordinate a promotion because she’s a woman, an employee using a racial slur to refer to a colleague—it’s usually more of a process or a pattern. Discrimination happens over time, and may only become apparent through repeated […]
There’s a right way and a wrong way to handle a workplace harassment claim. The right way, as we examined in the Harassment Suite, involves a comprehensive policy, quick action, detailed reporting, objective investigators, and controls in place to protect employees’ privacy. The wrong way? Allowing or encouraging anyone to retaliate against the individual(s) making […]
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