Suzanne Lucas Evil HR Lady

Suzanne Lucas is a freelance writer who spent 10 years in corporate human resources, where she hired, fired, managed the numbers, and double-checked with the lawyers.

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Nevada Is the First U.S. State to Make It Illegal to Refuse Employment for Marijuana Usage--and It Won't Be the Last. How to Adjust Your Drug Screening Policies

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Target Brings a White Collar Benefit to Retail--Even for Part-Time Employees

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Netflix's New Prank Show (with Stranger Things Star Gaten Matarazzo) Torments an Already Vulnerable Population

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Why Job Postings for 'Satisfactory Performers at Okay Companies' Should Be the New Normal

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Harvard Gives 5 Ways to Be Family-Friendly (and None of Them Involve Maternity/Paternity Leave)

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10 Things Managers Should Stop Worrying About

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Here's Why Tesla's Move to Block Anonymous Employee Complaints Will Absolutely Backfire

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Let's Stop Pretending Everyone Needs Calculus

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When Revenge at Work Backfires

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Viral Best Buy Training Question Is a Perfect Example of Clueless Corporate Policies

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McDonald's Faces 23 New Sexual Harassment Complaints

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Steak 'N Shake Makes a $7.7 Million Error (You're Probably Making the Same Error)

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Uber Drivers Are Not Employees. What This Means for Other Gig Workers

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5 Reasons It's So Hard to Go Back to Work After Being a Stay at Home Mom or Dad

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Harvard Makes a Huge Mistake In Firing Professor for Doing His Job

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7 Lawsuits Claim Amazon Fires Pregnant Women--but There's More to This Legal Argument

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Welcome to Tax Hell, Little Earl of Sussex

Art of Doing Vacations Well

You Won't Be Happy Until You Follow Adam Sandler's Hilarious Advice from Saturday Night Live

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This College Graduation Speech Got a Spontaneous Standing Ovation. Here's Why.

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You Can Still Be Fired for Being LGBTQ in Some States, but Maybe the Supreme Court Will Fix That

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Recruiting Company Cynet Systems Advertises for 'Caucasians Preferred' and 'Female Candidate Only.' Here's What Happened Next

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Amazon Fires Hundreds Via Computer Algorithm

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What Five Jobs Have Other People Had? (The Answers May Surprise You)

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Google Walkout Leaders Now Claim Retaliation

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This Simple Trick from the 'Harvard Business Review' Can Help Eliminate Gender Bias in Performance Ratings

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Tuscon Makes a $3.8 Million Mistake with a New Mom

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I'm an Introvert--Please Give Me Space

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Prince Harry and Oprah Working Together on Mental Health

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Did Microsoft HR Ignore Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Complaints?

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Netflix Faces a Pregnancy Discrimination Case

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Equal Pay Day is a Farce (and Demoralizing)

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Viewers Attacked a TV Meteorologist For Her Baby Bump, She Responded with Science

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Don't Believe Your Boss and HR When They Tell You This

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You Can Support Women and Ban Babies from the Office

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New Jersey Makes It Illegal To Require Victims in Discrimination or Harassment Cases to Remain Silent

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Man Admits He Spiked Co-Workers' Drinks With LSD. This Is Not How You Fix Uptight Co-Workers

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Please Stop Parenting Your Adult Children

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The College Bribery and Cheating Scandal is Really a Sign of HR Failure

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Why $35,308 and $147,414 Are the New Critical Salaries

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Amazon Women Battle for Daycare. Bezos Says No