Caroline Colvin

4 days ago | hrdive.com | Caroline Colvin

Under Florida law, employers are not necessarily liable for incidents of domestic violence at work, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held on May 5. The appeals court reached this conclusion in response to a lawsuit, Gimenez v. McLane Co., Inc., et. al.; after a worker’s ex slipped through security measures to gain access to McLane’s facility and set the plaintiff on fire, she alleged negligence on behalf of McLane. The plaintiff worked at McLane’s facility in Orlando, Florida.

1 week ago | hrdive.com | Caroline Colvin

A jury awarded a former chief people officer nearly $3.3 million on Wednesday, finding she suffered retaliation for speaking up about alleged pay bias and wage and hour violations. The plaintiff, a lawyer with more than two decades of experience in employment law, was hired as CPO at Memphis-based personal injury law firm Reaves Law Firm, with expectation that she would shape its culture and be a “buffer” between the firm’s founder and its employees.

1 week ago | finance.yahoo.com | Caroline Colvin

This story was originally published on HR Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily HR Dive newsletter. A jury awarded a former chief people officer nearly $3.3 million on Wednesday, finding she suffered retaliation for speaking up about alleged pay bias and wage and hour violations.

1 week ago | hrdive.com | Caroline Colvin

Mentorship, discussions of lived experience, programming that fosters a sense of belonging: these are all crucial aspects of workplace diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, according to research and experts in the field. Often, this happens through employee resource groups or business resource groups — which the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and U.S. Department of Justice cited as potentially illegal in guiding documents published March 19.

1 week ago | hrdive.com | Caroline Colvin

Glassdoor, the job board and company review website, found that “burnout” mentions increased 32% year over year as of Q1 2025. Mentions are 50% higher than Q4 2019 (before the COVID-19 pandemic began) and the highest it they’ve been since data collection began in 2016. Employee morale seems to be a recurring theme throughout the data analysis: The average Glassdoor reviewer mentioning “burnout” also rates their employer 2.68 on scale of 1 to 5.