Workplace Buzz: Today’s Headlines

Family Responsibilities Discrimination
As the number of employees with elder and child care demands grows, more workers are filing lawsuits claiming they've been discriminated against on the job because of their family care-giving obligations. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which recently issued its first guidance for employers about the issue, reports an "upsurge" in cases — with many resulting in awards to plaintiffs. The guidance provides examples of how bias can occur so that employers are aware of the risk. Asbury Park Press

How to Avoid Killing Your Career
Even with a small amount of insight, many aspiring professionals can learn how to maintain their good standing in the workplace and actually excel on the job rather than self-destruct. With this in mind, serial "labor losers" can benefit by knowing these 10 key self-destructive workplace habits sure to endanger one's longevity on the job: Chicago Sun Times

Don’t Let Them Leave
Why are minorities, women, gays and lesbians leaving their jobs? The 2007 Corporate Leavers Survey, a groundbreaking study conducted by the Level Playing Field Institute, shows that each year in the U.S., more than 2 million professionals and managers leave their corporate jobs because of workplace unfairness in the form of everyday inappropriate behaviors. The survey found that people of color are three times more likely than Caucasian, heterosexual males to leave solely due to unfairness, and that gay and lesbian professionals are two times more likely than Caucasian, heterosexual males to leave. Salt Lake Tribune