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
Even When Supervisors Foul Up, OSHA Has to Prove Their Case
By Howard Mavity Employers are not guilty until proven innocent. Napoleonic justice is not the law of the land. To make out an OSHA citation, OSHA has the … Read more
Want to Be Seen as Strategic? Maybe It’s Time HR Looked to the CFO
HR professionals worry a lot about whether their CEO thinks they are strategic business leaders. Turns out it isn’t the CEO that HR professionals need to … Read more
Job-Based Family Health Premiums Up 4% For Second Year in a Row
For the second year in a row, health insurance premiums for job-based family coverage rose a relatively modest 4 percent, reflecting slowed health … Read more
Pennsylvania Bill Would Ban Sexual Orientation Discrimination on the Job
By Eric B. Meyer Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia have laws banning workplace discrimination in the private sector on the basis of sexual … Read more
Small Business Workers May Find Better Health Care Choices Online
Workers at small companies rarely get a choice of health plans. That could change for some of them when online health insurance marketplaces for businesses … Read more