By Eric B. Meyer So, your public relations executive just tweeted a racist joke that went viral. Well, it doesn’t end well for the PR exec. Just so … Read more
Weekly Wrap: What Kinds of Things Are Keeping HR Up at Night?
Editor’s note: This is the final Weekly Wrap of 2013. We’ll return in January 2014 with more weekly HR news and trends. It’s a question I hear people … Read more
Why That Proposed Ban on Employment Credit Checks Will Fail
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA., has introduced a bill that will effectively bar employers from conducting credit checks on potential job candidates as part … Read more
5 New Year’s Resolutions Every HR Manager Should Make
By Mark J. Neuberger As we approach the start of a New Year, many people will make New Year’s resolutions and promise themselves to do better in 2014. In … Read more
The Living Wage Battle: Business as Usual, or Sign of Things to Come?
There is a fascinating battle afoot, and it may not be new but it’s manifesting itself in new ways. I’m talking about the battle between big business and … Read more
Bill Banning Credit Checks on Job Applicants Reintroduced in Senate
By Eric B. Meyer Second verse, same as the first. Back in March, I reported here that a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, known as the … Read more
Controlling Employee Burnout: It Starts With Limiting Email After Work
In the age before laptops, email, and smartphones, employees typically didn’t bring work home with them except for a little paperwork. Wow! Have times … Read more
Telling An Employee They Need to Lose Weight is NOT Discrimination
By Eric B. Meyer Let’s talk (alleged) big butts and discrimination. In Luster-Malone v. Cook County, Ms. Luster-Malone, a hospital employee, alleged … Read more
OSHA Launches New Online Whistleblower System For Employees
OSHA — the Occupational Safety & Health Administration — has launched a new online tool to make it easier for whistleblowers to file … Read more
Weekly Wrap: A Dozen Hot and High Paying Jobs in High Demand
Every year, CareerBuilder (along with its affiliate Economic Modeling Specialists International), comes out with a list of high paying, high demand jobs … Read more