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Married BlackRock executive fired for failing to disclose office romance

HR Digest

BlackRock’s head of human resources, Jeff Smith, who suddenly left the company in July, was apparently fired for indulging in an office romance with a colleague, reports Bloomberg. Smith was in charge of human resource staff in more than 30 countries. This year two senior executives of the $6.8

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The Office Christmas Party and Legal Liability

HR Digest

Gender equality, workplace behavior and ethics, and stringent human resource policies and cases of sexual harassment have rendered the infamous ‘50s and 60s gatherings largely obsolete. The company sent a questionnaire to 150 human resource executives across the United States in 2017 about their annual holiday party plans.

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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business Review

By early 2016 there were 20 HR business partners, covering almost 6,000 employees. But with the departures of a number of high-level HR leaders in late 2016, head of operations Ryan Graves largely took on the head HR role in addition to his other duties. They are two sides of the same coin; one cannot exist without the other.