I heard a statistic today that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is expecting over 100,000 charges in FY2011 – the highest number ever in its history. Dealing with an increasing number of discrimination, wage & hour, and other employment-related claims is, unfortunately, the state of affairs in the workplace for some time to come.
Colorado Non-Compete Law In Flux
On September 30, 2010, oral argument (audio file) took place in an important case regarding non-compete law before the Colorado Supreme Court. The case is Lucht’s Concrete Pumping, Inc. v. Horner et al., Case No. 09SC627, and the issue on appeal is whether continued at-will employment is sufficient consideration to enforce a non-competition agreement entered into after
Happy 72nd Birthday, FLSA – Time For An Overhaul
In 1938, during the Great Depression, Congress enacted the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to:
“aid the unprotected, unorganized, and lowest paid of the nation’s working population; that is those employees who lacked sufficient bargaining power to secure for themselves a minimum subsistence wage.”
At that time, we had an industrial workforce and most jobs
Chief People Officers: Worth Their Weight in Gold?
On September 17, 2010, jetBlue named Joanna Geraghty as its first Chief People Officer (CPO). There is some speculation that the timing of the Steven Slater incident may have helped fuel this decision. But still, jetBlue has taken the leap and appears to be at the forefront of companies appointing CPOs, which are anything but the norm.
Today, human resource