The owner and the foreman of a roofing company have each been sentenced to one-year jail terms because they did not put protection measures in place that … Read more
What You Should be Doing to Help Employees Plan for Retirement
It is hard not to hear about the pending doom and gloom forecast for the baby boomers approaching retirement. I was standing in line waiting to pick up my … Read more
What’s the Best Way to Motivate People?
Editor’s Note: Dr. John Sullivan has been a provocateur and strategist in the field of human resources and talent management for over 30 years. His … Read more
Workplace Ethics: As Jim Tressel Shows, How You Handle It Counts
Another leader of a multi-million program is out due to ethics violations but this time, it isn’t in Corporate America. Ohio State University … Read more
How Do We Get Organizations and Employees Back on Track Again?
Mega change!!! Those were the words that came back from a friend who is the Chief Human Resources Officer of a major global company in New York City. That … Read more
Should an Employee Buy Life Insurance with Their Retirement Plan?
I recently got a call from an employee who wanted to know if it made sense to use some of his retirement plan funds to purchase a life insurance policy. My … Read more
Oh Canada! Getting Tough on Permits for Americans Working in Canada
By Shannon Stevenson Gone are the days when an employer could send its U.S. citizen employees to the Canadian border with a passport and a simple … Read more
Why You Shouldn’t Waste Your Time Recruiting Passive Candidates
Every executive and hiring manager worth his or her salt will tell you hiring top talent is the most important thing they need to do. Unfortunately when it … Read more
Weekly Wrap: The Tide Seems to Have Turned For Social Media on the Job
I’m a sucker for research and data, and I write a lot about surveys that strike me as particularly interesting or insightful. Here’s another … Read more
Court Upholds Arizona’s E-Verify Law, Penalties for Using Unauthorized Workers
By Jessica Cook and Kim Thompson This week (May 26, 2011) the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Arizona’s 2007 immigration law that requires all employers to … Read more