HR Professional consultant, writer, researcher, podcast host. Founder of The Sound Staffing LLC and the HR Learning Podcast.
Heidi Macomber reads the Preface and Chapter 1, The Role of Management, from the book The Practice of Management by Peter F. Drucker … More Chapter 1, The Role of Management, The Practice of Management by Drucker
Heidi Macomber short read – 3/20/20 US DOL cites Dollar Tree Store for $106,029 repeat Trip and Fall OSHA Violation . … More U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CITES DOLLAR TREE STORE FOR TRIP AND FALL HAZARDS AT ALABAMA LOCATION
Heidi Macomber reads the 3/18/20 EEOC bulletin re What You Should Know About the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and COVID-19 … More What You Should Know About the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and COVID-19
Heidi Macomber reads the 3/16/20 EEOC bulletin re MedStar Washington Hospital aka MedStar Health to Pay $150K to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit.
Such alleged conduct violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits disability discrimination and retaliation, including the failure to provide reasonable accommodations to enable an individual with a disability to perform her job or to consider reassignment as a reasonable accommodation. The ADA also prohibits retaliation for seeking accommodations or opposing disability discrimination. The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. Washington Hospital Center Corporation d/b/a MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Health, Inc., Case No. 18-2160) in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its administrative conciliation process. … More MEDSTAR WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER / MEDSTAR HEALTH TO PAY $150,000 TO SETTLE EEOC DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION
Heidi Macomber reads the 3/5/2020 EEOC news bulletin re Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas and a disability discrimination lawsuit. Hitachi entered a consent decree with the EEOC and will pay $85,000 and adopt and implement a written ADA policy and a procedure for requesting reasonable accommodations under the ADA. … More Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
Join me as I read chapter 15, Developing Managers in Peter Drucker’s book, The Practice of Management. This book was published in 1993, I have some ?s, They are at the bottom of the page on this post. Thanks for listening. … More Developing Managers – Peter Drucker
Heidi Macomber reads today’s EEOC news bulletin regarding another sexual harassment lawsuit, this time involving Select Staffing and the Albuquerque Police Department. Select Staffing will pay $199.5K to settle the sexual harassment suit. Sexual harassment is a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. … More SELECT STAFFING TO PAY $199,500 TO SETTLE EEOC SEXUAL HARASSMENT SUIT
Heidi Macomber reads a 2/11/20 EEOC bulletin where a Lids Retailer fired a store manager who reported sexual harassment and filed a charge with the EEOC. Hat World, Inc. d/b/a Lids, et al will pay for $33K to settle the lawsuit. … More Hat World to Pay $33,000 to Settle EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit
Heidi Macomber reads the 2/11/20 EEOC bulletin re EEOC Sues Yale New Haven Hospital for Age and Disability Discrimination. … More EEOC SUES YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL FOR AGE AND DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
Heidi Macomber reads the 2/10/20 EEOC bulletin – Upstate Dairy Cooperative, Inc. to pay $1.35M to settle sex discrimination lawsuit. This includes a violation of federal record keeping laws related to hiring documents. … More UPSTATE NIAGARA COOPERATIVE, INC. TO PAY $1.35 MILLION TO SETTLE SEX DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT
Join me as I read Chapter 1 of Malcolm Gladwell’s book, The Tipping Point. Chapter 1, The 3 Rules of Epidemics. … More The Tipping Point – 1
HHS OCR Settle Second Case in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative 12/12/2019 but then vacates 3rd Party Directive in Federal court decision dated 1/23/2020. … More OCR Settles Second Case in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative but then Vacates 3rd Party Directive in Federal Court
Join me as I read Malcolm Gladwell’s Introduction to The Tipping Point, How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. … More The Tipping Point – Intro
Heidi Macomber reports on the EEOC’s St Louis District Office news bulletin dated 2/7/20 re EEOC Sues Doubletree Hotel in Jefferson City for Sexual Harassment … More EEOC Sues Doubletree Hotel in Jefferson City for Sexual Harassment
Heidi Macomber reads 11/26/19 HHS OCR news update re OCR Secures $2.175M HIPAA Settlement- Alleged failure to Properly Notify HHS of PHI Breach … More OCR Secures $2.175 Million HIPAA Settlement After Hospitals Failed to Properly Notify HHS of a Breach of Unsecured Protected Health Information
Heidi Macomber read’s the 2/4/20 update from the EEOC re Global Ministries to Pay $50K to Settle EEOC Retaliation Discrimination Suit. … More GLOBAL MINISTRIES TO PAY $50,000 TO SETTLE EEOC RETALIATION DISCRIMINATION SUIT
Heidi Macomber reads November 7, 2019 news update from the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights re URMC $3 million settlement for failure to encrypt mobile devices. … More Failure to Encrypt Mobile Devices Leads to $3 Million HIPAA Settlement
Heidi Macomber reads DOL WHD Final Rule updating FLSA regs on Joint Employer … More U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Rule To Update FLSA’s Joint Employer Regulations
Heidi Macomber reads NLRB 1/10/20 updated re CNN to Pay $76 Million in BackPay including NLRB Fact Sheet on Proposed Rule regarding the Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status … More NLRB – CNN TO PAY $76 MILLION IN BACKPAY
Heidi Macomber reads Chapter Two, FEEDBACK (and Other Dirty Words) by M. Tamra Chandler and Laura Dowling Grealish. Chapter Two explores the authors’ movement to fix feedback. … More Feedback – Chapter 2, Chandler and Grealish – a Movement to Fix Feedback
Heidi Macomber reads today’s post re an EEOC lawsuit charging Jackson National Life Insurance for race, national origin, sex discrimination, harassment and retaliation. Jackson will pay 21 former employees in largest monetary settlement ever reached by the EEOCs Phoenix District and Denver Field Offices. … More JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE TO PAY $20.5 MILLION TO SETTLE EEOC LAWSUIT
Heidi Macomber reads and summarizes the first DOL WHD Opinion Letter of 2020 – FLSA2020-1 … More DOL Opinion Letter FLSA2020-1
Heidi Macomber reads the 12/30/19 EEOC press release “Life Care Centers of America to Pay $170,000 to Settle EEOC Discrimination Lawsuit” including notes on the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA). … More Life Care Centers of America to Pay $170,000 to Settle EEOC Discrimination Lawsuit
Heidi Macomber reads NLRB decision dated 12/23/19 United Parcel Service, Inc. and Robert C. Atkinson, Jr. Case 06–CA–143062 … More NLRB – Babcock is Overruled in UPS Inc. and Robert C. Atkinson Jr. Case 06–CA–143062
Heidi Macomber reads EEOC update dated December 20, 2019, United Airlines to Pay $321K and Fight Internet Harassment to Settle EEOC Discrimination Suit … More United Airlines to Pay $321,000 and Fight Internet Harassment to Settle EEOC Discrimination Suit
Heidi Macomber reads EEOC notice dated 12/19/19 Massey Services Will Pay $63K to Settle EEOC Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit … More Massey Services Will Pay $63,000 to Settle EEOC Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit
Heidi Macomber reads 12/18/19 EEOC notice re Uber to Pay $4.4 Million to Resolve EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Charge including notes on sexual harassment and retaliation … More Uber to Pay $4.4 Million to Resolve EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Charge
Heidi Macomber reads EEOC bulletin dated 11/18/19 re Goodwill Industries to Pay $65K to Settle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit. … More GOODWILL INDUSTRIES TO PAY $65,000 TO SETTLE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT
Heidi Macomber reads EEOC bulletin dated 11/21/19 re Crossmark to Pay $2.65 Million to Settle Disability Lawsuit. … More CROSSMARK TO PAY $2.65 MILLION TO SETTLE DISABILITY LAWSUIT
Heidi Macomber reads the intro, chapter 1 and about the authors page from FEEDBACK (and Other Dirty Words), Why We Fear It, How to Fix It, by M. Tamra Chandler with Laura Dowling Grealish. … More FEEDBACK (and Other Dirty Words) by M. Tamra Chandler
Heidi Macomber reads EEOC bulletin dated 11/18/19, Dollar General to Pay $6 Million to Settle EEOC Class Race Discrimination Suit and additional joint publication by the EEOC and FTC, Background Checks, What Employers Need to Know. … More DOLLAR GENERAL TO PAY $6 MILLION TO SETTLE EEOC CLASS RACE DISCRIMINATION SUIT
Heidi Macomber reads EEOC bulletin dated 11/18/19 re EEOC and LifeWell Living Center, LLC Conciliate Disability Charge as well as Part IV, Reasonable Accommodation Procedures, C. Interactive Process of the EEOC Policy on Reasonable Accommodation for Individuals with Disabilities. … More EEOC and LifeWell Living Center, LLC Conciliate Disability Charge
Heidi Macomber reads Competitive Strategy by Michael Porter – Book Introduction and Parts One, Two and Three summaries … More Competitive Strategy by Michael Porter – Book Introduction
Heidi Macomber reads the Job Accommodation Networks (JAN) Employers’ Practical Guide to Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA specific to Job Applications and Interviews. … More JAN – Employers’ Practical Guide to Reasonable Accommodation Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) – Job Applications and Interviews
Heidi Macomber reads the EEOC bulletin dated 11/15/19 re Adecco to pay $49.5K to settle EEOC disability discrimination suit. … More ADECCO USA TO PAY $49,500 TO SETTLE EEOC DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION SUIT
Heidi Macomber reads EEOC bulletin dated 11/14/19 re Walmart to Pay $80K and Implement Nationwide Change in Policy to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit. … More WALMART TO PAY $80,000 AND IMPLEMENT NATIONWIDE CHANGE IN POLICY TO SETTLE EEOC DISABILITY LAWSUIT
Heidi Macomber reads the intro to the book Simple Sabotage by Robert M. Galford, Bob Frish & Cary Greene (2015), A modern field manual for detecting and rooting out everyday behaviors that undermine your workforce. … More Simple Sabotage
Heidi Macomber reads EEOC notice dated 11/13/19 re The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a public hearing on Proposed EEO-1 Report amendments on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 … More EEOC CONVENES PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED REVISION OF THE EMPLOYER INFORMATION REPORT (EEO-1)
Heidi Macomber reads EEOC news release dated 11/8/19 re: Bisconti Farms to pay $200K to settle EEOC sexual harassment and retaliation suit … More BISCONTI FARMS, INC. AND BISCONTI MANAGEMENT, INC. WILL PAY $200,000 TO SETTLE EEOC SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION SUIT
Heidi Macomber reads the DOL WHD NPRM dated 11/5/19 re RIN 1235-AA31 Fluctuating Workweek Method of Computing Overtime … More U.S. Department of Labor Announces Proposal to Expand Access to Bonuses for America’s Workers
Heidi Macomber’s reading of Title 29 Part 1606 National Origin Discrimination as an overview to understanding the EEOCs definition of the law. … More Title 29 Part 1606 National Origin Discrimination
Heidi Macomber reads 11/4/19 EEOC bulleting, La Cantera Resort and Spa to Pay Over $2.5M to Settle EEOC National Origin Discrimination Suit … More La Cantera Resort and Spa to Pay Over $2.5M to Settle EEOC National Origin Discrimination Suit
Heidi Macomber reads Chapter 2, Seven Reasons Carrots and Sticks Don’t Work from Daniel Pinks book, Drive. … More Seven Reasons Carrots and Sticks Don’t Work – Daniel Pink
My reading of the EEOC press release yesterday, 10/29/19, EAGLE UNITED TRUCK WASH WILL PAY $40,000 TO SETTLE EEOC RACIAL HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION SUIT … More EAGLE UNITED TRUCK WASH WILL PAY $40,000 TO SETTLE EEOC RACIAL HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION SUIT
My reading of Chapter 5, The State of Presence in Eckhart Tolle’s book, The Power of Now. … More Chapter 5 – The State of Presence
Heidi Macomber reads the 2002 Peter F. Druker essay, They Are Not Your Employees, They Are People. … More Druker – They Are Not Employees, They Are People
My reading of an alleged disability discrimination issue involving Tech Firm Guidewire. Today’s reading is of the EEOC press release 10/24/19, Guidewire Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination. … More GUIDEWIRE SUED BY EEOC FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
My reading of an October 15, 2019, EEOC press release having to do with an alleged denial of reasonable accommodation and hire. The EEOC filed suit in Civil Action No. 2:19-cv-02693 in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Eastern Division … More EEOC ALLEGES HEARING IMPAIRED APPLICANT DENIED REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION AND HIRE
My reading of US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 19-1109, Carl Leeper v. Hamilton County Coal LLC, appeal from the US District Court for the Southern District of IL No. 16-CV-250 – Nancy J. Rosenstengel, Chief Judge. Clarification of Temporary vs Permanent Layoff and the WARN Act. … More Temporary Layoff v. Mass Layoff – WARN Act
My reading of the EEOCs press release today Interim Healthcare to pay $50k to settle EEOC Equal Pay Lawsuit. … More INTERIM HEALTHCARE TO PAY $50,000 TO SETTLE EEOC EQUAL PAY LAWSUIT
My thoughts on management and a new Saturday plan to read from management gurus various thoughts and articles that are still relevant and important today. Today’s reading is Peter Druker’s How to Make People Decisions. … More Druker – How to make People Decisions
What can employers do to prevent and address harassment in the workforce? This podcast is my reading of the 5 Core Principals to Correct and Address Workplace Harassment provided by the EEOCs Select Task Force. … More 5 Core Principals to Correct and Address Workplace Harassment (EEOC)
My reading of the press release today from the EEOC, it has sued Norval Electric for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation
… More NORVAL ELECTRIC SUED BY EEOC FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION
My reading of the Notice of Proposed Rule (NPRM) of the Wage and Hour Division of the DOL regarding Tip Regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Also, I have included full reading of the associated Fact Sheet and Frequently Asked Questions document. Links to each are included in this document. … More Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM): Tip Regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
My reading of the press release dated today, 10/2/2019 from the EEOC: EEOC Sues Walmart for Discriminatory Hiring Practices at Oklahoma Distribution Center … More EEOC SUES WALMART FOR DISCRIMINATORY HIRING PRACTICES
My reading of the DOL WHD Fact Sheet issued today, 9/24/19 regarding the FLSA Final Rule to Update the Regulations Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, and Professional Employees. This includes the questions and answers about the Final Rule. … More Fact Sheet: Final Rule to Update the Regulations Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, and Professional Employees
The US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division issued a final definition for Over Time Rules, 29 CFR Part 541. Today’s blog is a full reading of the new release. … More DOL WHD Issues Final OT Rule Today 9/24/2019
My reading of HiQ Inc v LinkedIn Corp, No. 17-16783 D.C. No. 3:17-cv-03301-EMC. … More HIQ Labs Inc. v LinkedIn Corp US Court of Appeals 9th Circuit No 17-16783
My reading of the following translation by William David Ross (1908) of Book 1: The Good for Man by Aristotle. … More Aristotle – The Nicomachean Ethics – Book 1 – The Good for Man, Chapters 1 and 2
My reading of today’s press release from the EEOC. It is suing a Kansas City Nursing home for Wage Discrimination, a violation of the EPA. … More EEOC Sues Kansas City Nursing Home for Violating the Equal Pay Act
