By Eric. B. Meyer I was considering three topics for today’s post: A teacher who was fired for watching 67 seconds of pornography; This smokin-hot … Read more
What Roles and Activities Should be Added to HR?
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
Employer Lessons From a Controversial Children’s Anti-Obesity Campaign
The Georgia Children’s Health Alliance has taken a lot of grief for this campaign. The links here are a smattering of the hue and cry. The campaign … Read more
Wage & Hour Claims Made Simple With Labor Department Phone App
By Eric B. Meyer The U.S. Department of Labor has created apps to allow non-exempt employees to record their time on their iPhones and iPads. What will the … Read more
Fast HRM Part 2: It’s About Fostering Trust and Doing Business Fast
Editor’s note: This is part of a series on Fast HRM, which is devoted to the goal of starting a movement to speed up HRM work and improve … Read more
Four Ways To Do a Social Media Policy That’s Simple, Smart, and Right
I’ve gone on the record of saying that social media policies are generally unnecessary. More than anything, employees need education instead of … Read more
How Long Does an Employee Get to Review a Severance Agreement?
By Eric B. Meyer If you guessed 15 minutes, you would be right, according to a recent decision from the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. And you … Read more
Who Knew That “Today” Could Show Good Succession Planning at Work?
Succession planning is one of those functions that many organizations talk about, but few actually do very well. Think I’m all wrong about that? … Read more
The ‘Superjob’ Fad: Just Another Name for Trying to Do More With Less
The “Superjob” is the latest fad phrase to hit the employment industry. It is a way to describe a job that has responsibilities that vary … Read more
The Second Biggest Lie We Tell in HR
I love that HR Pros get so worked up about performance management and delivering great feedback to employees about their performance and development. It’s … Read more