With the holiday season really kicking off next week, so will the deluge of stories, articles and blog posts about the perils of the annual workplace … Read more
Top 3 Employee Rewards and Recognition Trends for 2014
Low levels of employee engagement are plaguing companies today and improved rewards and recognition programs are the solution, according to Accelir’s … Read more
Intern or Employee? It Depends on Whether They Hinder or Help
By Carmon M. Harvey Gone are the days where the young people of the world are willing to work for peanuts (or less) to beef up their resumes with … Read more
Here’s Why We No Longer Need Articles About No Longer Needing HR
Yesterday I read an article titled Why We No Longer Need HR Departments, and apparently I wasn’t the only one sucked in by the catchy title. The article … Read more
Labor Department’s FLSA Compliance Focus Now Targeting Hotel Industry
By John E. Thompson One of the U.S. Department of Labor‘s continuing federal Fair Labor Standards Act enforcement initiatives targets hotels and … Read more
The Terrible Teen Employment Rate Is a Huge Problem We Need to Fix
When you think about our current economy you probably evaluate that we’re in a recovery period, a time in which the job market is slowly – very slowly – on … Read more
Beliefs About Mobile Recruiting — and Why They’re Right (or Wrong)
The mobile craze has moved beyond entertainment and communication into the human resource function of attracting top talent. Pressure is on companies to … Read more
Texas Takes on the EEOC Over Limits to Background Checks
Last week, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed a legal action challenging the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) “enforcement … Read more
Forced Ranking, or Grading on a Curve: It’s All About a Flawed System
Don’t get me started on forced ranking — lovingly referred to as “rank-and-yank” — the much maligned performance management … Read more
Labor Department Is Digging Into Worker Classifications — Again
By John E. Thompson The U.S. Department of Labor has announced another proposal to conduct a survey relating to “worker classification issues” … Read more