By Eric B. Meyer CareerBuilder.com just released its annual list of most unusual excuses for calling in sick. “Lost track of time browsing TLNT or … Read more
What You Need to Do to Take the Issue of Money Off the Table
Compensation Café and Compensation Force founder (and TLNT contributor) Ann Bares recently ran a survey looking into what level of pay (or pay increase) … Read more
Starting Salaries to Rise Next Year as Talent Gets Harder to Find
Starting salaries for professionals in the U.S. and Canada will be going up next year as the hiring climate for experienced workers becomes more … Read more
Study Digs Into Business Investment and The ROI of Healthy Employees
We know employers want employees and their families to make healthier choices. We now know that as employees and consumers we want businesses to do more to … Read more
What Your Employees Should Know About Company Stock Awards
I recently spoke to a freshly minted MBA graduate who was so thrilled to have had landed her first job in this tough job market, but her icing on the cake … Read more
Does Your Corporate Intranet Connect Your Entire Global Organization?
Every company operating on a global basis is interested in having all their employees worldwide identify with the company Many companies use an … Read more
Feds and States Offer a Carrot as They Crack Down on Misclassified Workers
The federal government and several states are joining forces to crackdown on the misclassification of workers. In the last few weeks, the Department of … Read more
Do You Regularly “Fit Test” Your Employees?
One of the biggest conundrums in performance management is knowing how best to address the needs and possibilities of the different groups in an … Read more
5 Reasons Why It Really Sucks to Be a Salaried Worker in a Union Workforce
If you haven’t been following the United Auto Workers’ negotiations with the Big 3 U.S. automakers, it provides about as good a theater as watching … Read more
What You Can Do When Employees Get Nuisance Calls at Work
For the umpteenth time this year, I got a call last night from someone who is trying to track down my ex father-in-law. The call came in on my business fax … Read more