Walmart faces another gender-discrimination lawsuit | Hy-Vee invests in home renovations in its hometown | United Airlines sued by flight attendant over shoes in disability case
Walmart faces a new gender-discrimination case filed in a federal court in Florida by a group of female employees. Their suit alleges that Walmart engaged in pay and promotion bias and asks for back pay and damages for lost compensation and benefits.
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Hy-Vee will renovate four homes in Chariton, Iowa, where the retailer operates a distribution center and a grocery store. Chariton is the site of Hy-Vee's former headquarters, and the effort is part of the company's strategy to attract and retain a talented workforce, said Matt Beenblossom, vice president of the Chariton distribution center.
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Deutsche Bank, Barclays and other European investment banks have been poaching personnel from US rivals, upping the compensation stakes in both jurisdictions, recruiters say. "The Europeans have realized that while they've been cutting costs and being a bit frugal in their behavior, they've been losing business to the US banks and now they're playing catch-up," said Jason Kennedy of Kennedy Group.
Corporate development is shifting as professionals eschew formal continuing education and embrace "microlearning," or short training that includes application experience. These topic- or skill-specific programs "better fit corporate demands for targeted and applied learning," writes Sean Gallagher of the Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy.
Companies should deploy technologies that give workers the opportunity to learn more skills, says Carole Laithwaite, chief operating officer of HR and learning firm Fosway Group. "Companies will need to work harder to retain high performers as the working landscape becomes more competitive to meet the expectations of an ever-demanding workforce," she says.
