Editor’s Note: Weekly Wrap is off on assignment. It will return shortly. Employee absenteeism is more than just an inconvenience – it’s costly to … Read more
When Millennials Are In Control of their Careers, Everybody Wins
The burn out rate among business consultants is sky high. Although firms pay big starting salaries to young MBA’s, accountants, and engineers, the … Read more
EEOC Unveils Its Proposed New Rules For Wellness Programs
By Eric B. Meyer More eagerly anticipated that the premiere of Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission yesterday released its … Read more
The 3 Critical Tasks Every HR Manager Must Work On Every Single Day
It’s graduation season, and soon many new human resource brothers and sisters will be entering into their first real HR gigs. Many will be titled, “HR … Read more
Poor Performance is Contagious, Especially If You Won’t Deal With It
Editor’s Note: Readers sometimes ask about past TLNT articles, so every Friday we republish a Classic TLNT post. As managers, at some point we all … Read more
How to Manage and Improve Inconsistent Employee Performance
We all have the expectation that we will give our best every day all day. But that’s not true. Leaders have off days, employees struggle with issues and … Read more
Workplace Inequality: Can We Talk About How We Treat Each Other?
The other day a friend asked me what I thought about the rape allegations against Bill Cosby, and I told her. She said she thought he was probably guilty, … Read more
Fired for Sex Jokes, Man Claims Disability Act Violations Instead
By Eric B. Meyer As I resist every urge to cheapen this post further by resorting to silly puns and other double entendre, allow me to set the stage of … Read more
HR’s Role in the Digital Workplace: It’s Time for Reinvention
Editor’s Note: This is the first of 12 essays from the new book, The Rise of HR; Wisdom From 73 Thoughts Leaders. It’s compiled by Dave Ulrich, … Read more
Push to Require “Predictable Scheduling” Is Gaining Momentum
By John E. Thompson In February, we reported on U.S. Wage and Hour Division Administrator David Weil‘s comments that the agency is considering … Read more