By Paul E. Starkman Illinois recently became the last state in the nation to pass a gun control law when it enacted the 168-page Firearms Concealed Carry … Read more
Naughty or Nice? Labor Dept. App Will Identify How Employers Rate
By John E. Thompson The U.S. Department of Labor has signaled for some time now that it considers shame and ostracism to be enforcement tools. The … Read more
The New World of Work: It Takes a Very Different Management Mindset
Take a minute and look around you. Gone is your corner office; you’re now sitting between the intern who started last week and your client who works from … Read more
With 5 New Members Now Confirmed, the NLRB Is Back in Business
By Eric B. Meyer Yesterday, the U.S. Senate voted mainly along party lines to confirm five members — a full slate — to the National Labor … Read more
Engagement and High Performance: The Link Could Not Be Any Clearer
I was talking with the CEO and CMO of a startup software company in the HCM space yesterday. One of the things we talked about was the ready availability … Read more
Sleeping on the Job May Be Protected Under the ADA
By Eric B. Meyer That George Costanza was definitely on to something. A federal court in Virginia recently denied an employer’s attempt to dismiss … Read more
What the Annual American Time Use Survey Says About Our Work Ethic
“I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” — Thomas Jefferson For the past several years, I’ve reviewed and … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Is This the New Way to Give a Performance Review?
I have never, ever been a big fan of performance reviews. Well, maybe that’s not entirely accurate. What I meant to say is that I pretty much hate … Read more
WellPoint Says It Sees Small Businesses Dropping Health Care Coverage
As the nation prepares to roll out the next phase of Obamacare, the second biggest medical insurer said Wednesday that it expects to lose members in health … Read more
Study Shows That Older Workers Face “Subtle Bias” in the Workplace
By Eric B. Meyer Under federal law, the bar is set higher for proving age discrimination, as opposed to other forms of unlawful discrimination based on … Read more