New rules narrowing who may be considered a “joint employer” under the Fair Labor Standards Act were released by the US Department of Labor … Read more
Transparency and Technology Can Help You Make Comp Fair
The best way to show employees you value their work and contributions is by compensating them in a fair and transparent way. While this may seem like the … Read more
Employers Are Adding Anti-Vaping Support For Parents to Their Wellness Benefits
As you’ve probably seen by now in the news, vaping rates among teenagers are increasing at an alarming rate. From 2017 to 2018, e-cigarette use among high … Read more
Tensions Rise As Workers Talk Politics at Work
Three years ago, as political tensions started to rise in the wake of Trump’s election, I wrote a piece about the toll our increasingly feverish political … Read more
Stuck On An Analytics Problem? Search the Research
One of the challenges of people analytics is that we usually don’t have the time, sample size, or expertise to do high-quality studies. For example, we … Read more
Before the Robots Arrive, Prepare Your Workers
What will be the role of HR when robots sit next to humans in the workplace? We’re not at that point yet, but, as Natasha Egre says in her DisruptHR … Read more
Don’t Just Talk Work/Life Balance, Live It
With studies finding two-thirds of all full-time workers in the US experience some form of workplace “burnout,” companies can’t afford to treat the concept … Read more
California’s Gig Worker Law Making Them Employees Is Also An Opportunity For Pay Equity a…
AB5 is California’s new landmark work law concerning independent contractors. It took effect Jan. 1, adding an estimate 2 million contractors and … Read more
Is the Candidate You’re Interviewing Committed to the Mission?
Josh Fried, head of Waze Carpool, insists the key to high-performing teams is each team member is fully committed to the company mission. Unfortunately, … Read more
Ease Retail Turnover By Making Scheduling More Flexible
Just like that, the frenetic holiday shopping season has come to an end, though returns are still peaking. In the thick of holiday shopping, both … Read more