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When DEI Policies Work Best

September 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Diversity is good for business.

While it’s easy to dismiss the backlash as purely a result of bigotry – as not all criticisms of DEI are made in good faith – it’s important to consider how DEI efforts themselves can be made to be more inclusive, in order to garner the support necessary to help society as a whole progress.

Employers Should Accommodate Working from Home

July 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Three years after the switch to remote work, there is little sign people are growing tired of it. Evidence points to one conclusion: employers should focus more on managing new hybrid work models and less on trying to force employees back into their cubicles.

Court Orders Affirmative Action for Religious Workers, at Other Employees’ Expense

June 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

The Supreme Court may require employers to be more accommodating to religious requests in the workplace.

Religious employees may have an easier time getting their companies to accommodate requests. But while on the surface it may seem businesses will bear the costs of doing so, other employees may ultimately pay for much of the burden of accommodation.

How Much ‘Religious Accommodation’ Are Employers Responsible For?

February 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The U.S. Supreme Court will soon address the extent to which employers must accommodate employees, if at all, when they want to pray, not work on Sundays, observe the Sabbath or invoke litanies of other sectarian requirements.

What To Do About That ‘Dark Personality’ at Work

February 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Keeping your eyes and ears open can keep you from falling for the antics of a dark personality. (Noel Hendrickson/DigitalVision via Getty Images)

Have you ever suffered through tales of greatness from a self-absorbed “friend” who reminds you of Michael Scott from “The Office” – and not in a good way? Have you been betrayed by a colleague out of the blue, undermined on a project by the office mean girl, or had a work friendship dropped altogether without explanation?

A Dagger in the Heart of Unions, Workers and Democracy: Behind the Janus Ruling

June 28, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Their end game is to overturn a fundamental premise of majority rule, and lock in place permanent Constitutional changes to bar any limits on oligarchical rule.

In Kristen Hadeed’s “Permission To Screw Up,” A Cheerful, Nimble Corrective To Millennial Stereotypes

October 22, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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FPC Graduate Kristen Hadeed’s first book traces the stumbles of her 10-year journey as CEO of Student Maid, a cleaning company in Gainesville, with wit and counter-intuitive insights: a review.

Why Is the Palm Coast City Administration Treating 400 Employees Like Children?

June 6, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 83 Comments

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Last week Palm Coast HRD Director Wendy Cullen sent a degrading email about bathrooms to 400 city employees. The email is reflective of a contemptuous, disconnected administration.

Has Business Biased Florida’s Workers Comp Law Too Far Against Labor? Court Will Decide

April 4, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Plaintiffs argue that lawmakers have taken too many rights and benefits from people who get injured on the job, while business groups say a 2003 law kept costs from “spiraling.”

Inequality in the Age of Uber

October 31, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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For fairness as well as for efficiency reasons, rights and benefits should be attached to individuals, not to companies or employment status, and should be fully portable across sectors and jobs.

Proposed Florida Law Would Tell Employers to Butt Out of Employees’ Social Media Accounts

October 6, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The measure, which is filed for the 2016 legislative session, would prohibit employers from requesting access to private social media accounts, but pressure from business caused it to fail in two previous years.

Sheriff Hires 13 Deputies, Underscoring Turnover of More Than 100 in Three Years

September 22, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

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Well over a third of the Flagler Sheriff’s 285 positions have turned over in Jim Manfre’s three-year tenure, while 85 percent of full-timers have less than 15 years’ service–and a third have less than three years.

Publix Wins as Jury Verdict Concludes Sex Harassment Claim at Palm Coast Store Was Fabrication

September 14, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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A jury decided swiftly that not only had sex harassment taken place, but Robert Barry’s claims of wrongful termination didn’t need to be considered at all in light of the fabrication.

In Publix Trial, Jury Must Now Weigh Plaintiff’s History of Dishonesty Against Claim of Wrongful Termination

September 11, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The witness phase in the trial against Publix ended Friday in Flagler Circuit Court, leaving it to a jury Monday to decide the claim of ex-employee Robert Barry that he was fired because he reported a case of sexual harassment that may never have happened.

In Trial Day 2, Case Against Publix Falters Over Credibility and Tempers of 2 Main Witnesses

September 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Robert Barry ‘s claim of wrongful termination against Publix frayed Wednesday as his temper and questionable veracity proved to be his biggest liabilities, with Publix’s witnesses yet to take the stand Thursday.

Employers Not Required to Have Defibrillators or CPR-Ready Personnel to Prevent Death, Florida Court Rules

May 5, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

In a case stemming from the fatal heart attack of a CSX railroad employee in Clay County, the 1st District Court of Appeal found CSX not to have been negligent by either lacking defibrillators, not providing CPR training to employees or not responding in time to the incident.

Despite Big Election Losses, LGBT Floridians Hope for Progress on Ending Workplace Discrimination

November 12, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Florida Competitive Workforce Act would ban discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation. It was sponsored by one of only two openly gal legislators, who lost. It will now be sponsored by a Republican lawmaker, Rep. Holly Raschein of Key Largo.

Birth Control Coverage: Hobby Lobby Decision May Not Be The Last Word

July 1, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The Supreme Court’s decision Monday saying that “closely held corporations” do not have to abide by the contraceptive coverage mandate in the Affordable Care Act may not give those firms the ability to stop providing that coverage after all.

Fall Kills Roofer Roberto Martinez, 43, As He Worked on a New Plantation Bay House

October 29, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Flagler County had seen a deep lull in construction-related injuries and fatalities since the end of the housing boom in late 2006. But construction activity has picked up significantly this year. Roofers have the fourth-most dangerous job, going by fatality rates in the industry–after loggers, fishers and aircraft pilots and engineers.

Feedback Failures: When Flashing a Grade Devalues Students and Teachers

April 9, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

JoAnn Nahirny views giving feedback to students as one of the most valuable and important things she does as a teacher. Too bad FCAT graders don’t do likewise. Nor does the teacher evaluation process.

Facebook Effect: For Workers On or Off the Job, Individual Rights Are Dead

April 7, 2013 | Pierre Tristam | 20 Comments

Employers’ presumptions on workers’ behavior on and off the job have more in common with the inquisition or police states than with the bill of rights. Transgressors are routinely humiliated, silenced, censured or fired over speech or behavior companies should have no right to police.

Facebook, First Amendment Rights and Employers’ Censors: The New Rules

June 11, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Facebook’s big brothers: As employers develop policies to restrict what employees post on their personal Facebook pages, the federal labor board (NLRB) has found that employees fired or disciplined had engaged in “protected concerted activity” and were punished illegally.

Your Password, Please: When a Job Interview Includes Demands for Facebook Pages

April 2, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

In a society where privacy is constantly eroding, recent efforts by some employers to pry into Facebook pages to investigate job applicants should be resisted as an unwarranted intrusion on personal freedom and dignity.

Prediction Rollovers, I: How 2011 Looked to Henry Ford and Other Psychics in 1931

January 2, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 2 Comments

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The New York Times in 1931 asked several luminaries of the period to predict what life would be like in 2011. The results were predictably dismal, but not for obvious reasons. A look back at how little things change.

Toxic Bosses: When Supervisors Inflict the 7 Deadly Sins of Business on Their Employees

December 16, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

When it comes to anger, greed, laziness, pride, lust, jealousy and, of course, gluttony, there’s no beating the boss: Florida State University researchers are documenting the toxic effects of lousy supervisors on their workers.

Obama, Biden, Kagan: Where Their Pocket Money Comes From

May 18, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Where does Obama’s, Biden’s and Elena Kagan’s money come from? Look for yourself: complete financial disclosure forms.

Union Bid Fails Among Flagler Beach City Employees

May 5, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Thirty of 39 eligible employees cast ballots. The unionization bid failed by two votes.

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