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NJ says goodbye to salary-history questions for job applicants

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The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club.
Well, it may not be the first rule in New Jersey workplaces – we’ve got plenty of those and many more added in the past 12 months – but the most recent rule in New Jersey: you don’t talk about salary history when interviewing job candidates. Continue reading
PA Supreme Court will decide whether two businesses can agree not to poach each other’s employees

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Company A and Company B work together from time to time on certain projects. Both companies have invested a lot of time, money, and other resources into their respective workforces and do not want to risk employees switching companies. So, they enter into a no-hire or no-poach agreement; e.g., a ‘contract’ between two businesses where they agree not to hire the others’ employees during their business relationship and for some time after it ends.
Is that legal? Continue reading
Harassment training entirely via text message. Could this actually work?

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Yesterday, I received an unsolicited email from a company called Pluto.
Pluto claims to offer a text message harassment training course that helps startups get compliant in less than 5 minutes a day. Continue reading
Can sexual harassment investigations create an intolerable and hostile work environment for the harasser?

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The case of Al Franken and why good workplace investigations are so darn important
Yesterday, The New Yorker published Jane Mayer’s piece entitled “The Case of Al Franken,” which is “a close look at the accusations against the former senator.”
🔥🚒👨🚒Firefighter fired for hostile social media posts may have been discriminated against🔥🚒👨🚒
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The fire department began receiving complaints about these posts. Plus, the posts violated various provisions of the employee handbook. So, the next day, the firefighter was, err, fired. (For more on the initial lawsuit, you can read this story from CBS News.)
Fast forward three years and the firefighter is this close to a federal jury hearing his race discrimination claims. Continue reading
The top five, juiciest, greatest-ever HR compliance posts that I’ve read in the past 24 hours
But, first, I have a confession to make. I only read six posts. Continue reading
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