Testing/HR In the News

- Article: Bridging the knowledge gap across generations of employees.
- Survey: Employers' hiring plans dip slightly.
- Article: Companies adapt workplace to retain valuable women.
- Article: The value of being a best employer.
- Article: Older workers can weather economic downturn.
- Article: Rising gas prices impact recruiting and retention.
- Article: Employers feel workers' gas pains.
- Study: U.S. employee benefit trends.
- Article: Why developing and retaining middle managers can be so challenging.
- Study: Employee attributions of the “why” of HR practices.

Federal Watch

- Article: House solicits suggestions to increase Federal workforce diversity.
- Report: "Success Factors for Implementing Shared Services in Government.”
- Article: Agencies urged to hire ex-offenders.
- Article: Federal EEO rulings to get tougher, quicker.
- Newsletter: MSPB’s May 2008 Issues of Merit Newsletter.

Legal Front

- U.S. House approves expansion of ADA.
- Age-bias claims to rise?
- U.S. Supreme Court clarifies employer burden in ADEA adverse impact case.
- Split U.S. Supreme Court ruling on ADEA retirement case.
- Perdue settles with OFCCP in non-Hispanic discrimination case.
- U.S. Court: rehiring policy is a decision under disparate impact challenge.
- Wal-Mart to pay $250K for disability bias.
- Plot thickens in case where test results not used because of adverse impact.
- NYC restaurant to pay $2.2M for harassment of females, blacks, Hispanics.
- Collaboration leads to revised ADA bill.
- Kroger settles discrimination suit for $16 million
- NJ jury returns $10M punitive damages verdict in Avaya age case.
- U.S. Court: your boss should have an OK to read your text/e-mail messages.
- U.S. Court rules that women cannot be fired for having an abortion.
- Colorado broadens sexual orientation protection.

Calls and Announcements

Reserve your spot at SIOP’s 4th Annual Leading Edge Consortium, “Executive Coaching for Effective Performance: Leading Edge Practice and Research” (October 17-18, 2008; Cincinnati, OH). The consortium will be centered on the psychology, impact and best practices in executive coaching. Featured speakers include Douglas McKenna (Microsoft Corporation) and Sandra Davis (MDA Leadership Consulting). For hotel information and to register for the Consortium, visit http://www.siop.org/lec/default.aspx.

SIOP is now accepting nominations, including self-nominations, for the next editor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice. The deadline for nominations is July 30 and the new editor will begin a 3-year term in April 2009. Nominations for the new IOP editor should be sent to dnershi at siop dot org and should include the vita of the nominee.

The Center for Creative Leadership is sponsoring the Kenneth E. Clark Student Research Award, the annual competition to recognize outstanding unpublished papers by undergraduate and graduate students. The winner will receive a prize of $1,500 and a trip to the Center to present the paper in a colloquium. Entries (accompanied by faculty letters) must be received by October 10, 2008. For additional information, visit http://www.siop.org/SIOP_Newsbriefs/2008/July/sidebar2.aspx