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MAY 2015
Smart Talent - Talent Matters
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How to Get Salary Data You Can Actually USE
What should you pay that new employee? Stop guessing -- and start using these great sources of up-to-date salary information.
Pregnancy Discrimination Act Requires Employers to Accommodate Pregnant Workers in Most Cases
On March 25, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Young v. United Parcel Serv., in which it clarified that the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) requires employers to accommodate pregnant workers to the same extent as other similarly limited employees unless the employer has a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for doing otherwise.
Productivity Tips: You're a Horrible Boss
(but don't let that offend you)
How do we not take it personally when it really feels personal? And how do we share our thoughts in a way that doesn’t harm the other person? Leadership expert Linda Sasser explains.
QUOTE OF THE MONTH:

"Since President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act in 1963, the gap between men and women's earnings has narrowed by less than a half-cent per year. At this rate, American women will have to wait until 2062 to bring home the same salary as their male counterparts."

-- Jackie Speier, U.S. Representative
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