Workplace Buzz: Today’s Headlines

Workplace Buzz on October 17, 2007 7:15 AM

It’s Her Business
Brenda Barnes hit the big time a decade ago, but not the way she had in mind. The self-effacing native of blue-collar Chicago made headlines around the world when she quit her post as chief executive at Pepsi-Cola North America to spend more time with her three young kids. On the Today Show back in 1997, host Katie Couric told her viewers that Barnes had made "a very surprising decision to some." Chicago Tribune

Veterans Returning to the Workforce
Employers are facing the largest re-employment of "citizen soldiers" in our nation’s history. Companies must prepare now to address the impact of returning military employees on the business organization, especially on the owners of small and medium-sized businesses, for whom employees’ extended tours of duty abroad have been unanticipated. Workforce.com

How to Respond to Harassment Charges
THE $11.6 million jury award in Anucha Browne Sanders's sexual harassment case sends a strong message to the New York Knicks sports franchise that sexual harassment will not be tolerated. But the value of the message will be lost if the Knicks and other sports teams respond by hiring fewer, not more, women managers. Boston.com

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