By: Human Resources Online, Photo by Dylan Gillis on Unsplash Workplace harassment manifests in many forms and occurs when someone (for example, a customer, contractor or volunteer) demonstrates behaviours that cause harassment, alarm or distress to another party. This includes, but is not limited to, verbal or non-verbal threats...
By: Julie Cook Ramirez for Human Resource Executive, Photo by Gustavo Quepón on Unsplash On any given day, a visit to the Ventura, Calif., headquarters of Patagonia Inc. could yield a bustling center of activity or a ghost town of empty work spaces. The irreverent outdoor clothing and gear...
By: Kathy Gurchiek for SHRM, Photo by Cristian Newman on Unsplash Employers should consider the distinct mental health needs of different employee groups, according to new research. "Demographic groups experience and are impacted by mental health differently. We found significant differences across racial and ethnic groups, gender, age, sexual orientation,...
By: Jen Colletta for Human Resource Executive, Photo by Nik Shuliahin on Unsplash We are in the midst of a global mental-health crisis. In just the last decade, anxiety diagnoses have ballooned by 20 percent and depression by 15 percent, while a recent Harris Poll found more than three-quarters of U.S....
By: Katie Clarey for HR Dive, picture by rawpixel on Unsplash Humans tend to form perceptions about people with disabilities based on their interactions with others who have disabilities, according to Felicia Nursmen, managing director of employer services at the National Organization on Disability. While experience can sometimes lend wisdom later on,...
By: David Shadovitz for Human Resource Executive It’s become something of a tradition to begin the new year with an acquisition or two in the HR vendor space. This year, we weren’t disappointed. On Jan. 15, New York-based benefits consultancy The Segal Group announced it had...