Bugle #18: Does Diversity Training Encourage Bias?
It’s Friday – toot toot! The bugle is here with the week’s best HR, leadership and policy management articles. Enjoy!
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Article of the Week: We chose this week’s highlight (look for the ✦ below) because it’s surprising at first glance, but then not so surprising once you read what makes the answer to the headline “yes”. Humans are weird.
Show Employees You Care
- Why GE, Boeing, Lowe’s, and Walmart Are Directly Buying Health Care for Employees
- 5 Questions that Reveal if a Company Has a Healthy Culture
- Increase Employee Engagement and Retention with Better One-on-One Meetings
- How Goals and KPIs Demotivate the Best Employees
Protect Your Company
- ✦ Is Your Company’s Diversity Training Making Employees More Biased? ✦
- High School Teacher Determined to not be Disabled After She Accepts Another Job
State Specific Protection
- Illinois: Cook County Publishes Final Rules for Sick Leave Ordinance
- Rhode Island: Employer’s Refusal to Hire Medical Marijuana User Violates State Law
- California: Asking Applicants for Salary History May Soon Be Banned
- New Jersey: Trying to Out-California California?
Become a Better You
Tom O'Dea
Tom is the CEO and co-founder of Blissbook, where he helps HR teams craft and distribute culture-first, digital employee handbooks. For over 10 years, he’s partnered with hundreds of organizations and thousands of HR pros to develop clear, engaging HR policies, employee handbooks, and more. At home, his two daughters provide daily reminders that even the best-written policies are open to interpretation.