Human Rights in the Workplace

Twitter talk - November 27, 2009

It's been a while since I've posted about the talk on Twitter but there have been a lot of interesting articles and posts I've been mentioning that I thought readers of this blog would want to know about.  Here goes:

Does the Cdn legal profession discriminate against 'visible minorities'? http://chilp.it/?bb431e

Ideas on creating accommodating wkplaces for older workers. http://chilp.it/?398b29

Great advice on valuing diversity in the workplace. http://chilp.it/?b77bb9

Ontario employers still hesitant to hire people with disabilities http://chilp.it/?f46997

Does your workplace suffer from 'gender fatigue'? http://tiny.cc/aFGyW

Insurer stops paying disability benefits over Facebook photos. http://chilp.it/?aebd9a

By age 9, children aware of racism, affected by it http://chilp.it/?397a52

Guideline on Accommodating Students with a Disability helping in New Brunswick http://chilp.it/?f239d7

 

Happy reading! 

 

 

Twitter Talk - August 24, 2009

I'm thankful I was able to get out with my family yesterday and enjoy our one whole day of summer yesterday!  (We almost didn't recognize the blue sky and sun when it showed up in the morning).  Today, we got hit by a thunderstorm which had me wondering if we were going to leave the house at all!  Guess I should be thankful we have a roof over our heads in order to continually duck this lousy weather.

Anyway, amidst the weather wranglings, there has been a lot of interesting discussion on Twitter during the past week covering everything from enhancing workplace diversity, to how workplace sexual harassment is morphing with the new technologies and even to how those new technologies are impacting employer behaviors.  You'll also see a link to a great video that shows how a person who is blind navigates the internet on his computer.  Happy reading/viewing!

Alberta companies enhancing diversity of their workforces esp in male dominated fields http://chilp.it/?1dec50

Thoughts? Are women penalized in the wkpl if also a mom? http://chilp.it/?06be8e

The 'new' sexual harassment is less in-your-face than in the past but still a big problem. http://chilp.it/?a0fb02

RT @jonhyman: New blog post: Papering a personnel file as evidence of retaliation? http://bit.ly/Ijhgs

Just the beginning...RT @RossRunkel: 7 percent of hiring managers look at applicants' Twitter posts http://tinyurl.com/kkk9jr (@djillpugh)

RT @GlendaWH: Have you ever wondered how a blind person uses a computer? Here's a great video http://bit.ly/uuFC4