We’re at a turning point with mobile technology. For many users, tablets and smartphones are no longer a convenience or entertainment tool, but a necessary … Read more
How the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby Decision Affects Your Workplace
By Eric B. Meyer Mid-morning on Monday, the Internet broke shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 5-4 decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, … Read more
Weekly Wrap: A Little More Evidence of Why Managers Are So Important
This is an old story, but managers just don’t get much respect. This is not any big surprise, but why IS a bit of a shock is that I am seeing more … Read more
Supreme Court: President Was Wrong to Make NLRB Recess Appointments
By Eric B. Meyer In a unanimous opinion delivered yesterday in the case NLRB v. Noel Canning, the United States Supreme Court concluded that President … Read more
Use of Sign-On and Retention Bonuses at an All-Time High
The use of sign-on and retention bonuses appears to be at an all-time high, according to a recently released WorldatWork survey on bonus programs and … Read more
More Employers Not Hiring Due to What They Find on Social Media
CareerBuilder does a lot of surveys. Some of them are fun and some are silly, but sometimes, they have one that reveals something that makes you sit up and … Read more
Rare Agreement: U.S. Senate Passes Bipartisan Job Training Bill
By Ilyse Wolens Schuman In a rare act of bipartisan cooperation, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved by a vote of 95-3 a bill that reauthorizes and … Read more
SHRM Orlando Day 4: A Few Final Words From a Former First Lady
As the Society for Human Resource Management’s 66th annual Conference & Exhibition winds down in Orlando, here are some thoughts, reflections and … Read more
A Workplace With N-Words, Confederate Flags, But No Discrimination
By Eric B. Meyer Over the weekend, I read this opinion (Adams v. Austal) in a race-discrimination with facts so egregious, they’d make David Duke … Read more
Studies Make It Hard to Argue Against Better Paternity Leave Policies
Perhaps it was the Father’s Day celebrations that happened a few weeks back that sparked this week’s topic, and it’s a subject that stills seems … Read more