Are you sitting down? As if the news isn’t bad enough these days, now your office chair may be trying to kill you. Sitting all day long has been linked to … Read more
Worker Fired For Not Following Rules – Even When Taking FMLA Leave
By Eric B. Meyer In that employee handbook of yours should be a page — maybe a few lines — on an employee’s responsibility to notify you … Read more
That New Post-College SAT? Just Another Way to Hire by the Numbers
As long as I have been in business, hiring managers have been trying to pin a magic number on job candidates in the hope it will indicate future job … Read more
Survey: Big Businesses May Shift Part-Time Workers to Insurance Exchanges
Corporate America is taking a hard look at moving retirees and part-time workers into health insurance marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act, … Read more
Living vs. Minimum Wage: Shouldn’t Rewards Pros Be Leading This Debate?
Should every worker receive a living wage? There are movements in many states to raise legislated minimum wages up to levels that will support American … Read more
What Happens When You Promote and It Doesn’t Work?
What do you do when you promote someone in your organization and it just doesn’t work out? I’m not talking about someone who simply struggles a … Read more
Labor Dept. Gives the Word on FMLA and Same Sex Marriage – Sort of
By Eric B. Meyer Do you have 50 or more employees working with 75 miles of one another? If you do, check out the United States Department of Labor‘s … Read more
Ding Dong, the Job Boards Are Dead (Again)
Editor’s Note: Sometimes, readers ask about past TLNT articles they may have missed. That’s why on Fridays we republish a Classic TLNT post some of you … Read more
Survey Finds That Half of All Candidates Don’t Negotiate Job Offers
I get a ton of surveys sent my way, and sometimes, it’s good to just read one that reconfirms what you already kind of know. Here’s a case in … Read more
The Legal Risks of Accessing an Employee’s Facebook Account
By Eric B. Meyer There are 11 states with social media workplace privacy laws making it illegal for an employer to require that an employee or applicant … Read more