Sometimes people tell me I’m just too negative for constantly referring to the post recession economic recovery as “mediocre.” I know; … Read more
June Job Growth Better Than Expected, But Unemployment Still at 7.6%
The U.S. economy created 195,000 new jobs last month, well above economists estimates and breaking the summer hiring slowdown that has bedeviled the … Read more
StagNation Means Challenges and Uncertainty For Employers & Employees
By Cash Nickerson If you were to ask me what the most damaging impact on employers is today, I would say uncertainty. At first it was the recession, then … Read more
A Growing Problem: Recent Grads Have a 38.7% “Mal-employment” Rate
Professor Andrew Sum from the Center for Labor Market Studies at Boston’s Northeastern University has done a great deal of research on the effect of … Read more
Employer Mandate to Provide Health Care Postponed Until 2015
Employers that were worried about how they would be able to handle the implementation of health care reform starting in January have one less thing to … Read more
Weekly Wrap: More Employers Finding Negative Candidate Info Online
A long time ago, in what feels like a galaxy far, far away, I was a young editor at a large daily metropolitan newspaper working as a “systems … Read more
Survey: Social Networks Are Becoming Priority in Finding Skilled Workers
America’s recruiting leaders say their top priority this year is finding and hiring highly skilled workers, and the places they’re turning to find them … Read more
The Growing Drumbeat to Legislate More Workplace Flexibility
The idea of providing employees more flexibility at work seems like a no brainer. Alas, not to all brains. That’s why some politicians are taking out the … Read more
“But the Employees Agreed to It” Is Not a Defense For Not Paying OT
By John E. Thompson Our recent “Pay Practice Myths” post cautioned that having an employee enter into an agreement that is contrary to the … Read more
Are Employers Racist for Conducting Employment Background Checks?
In a recent letter to The Wall Street Journal, EEOC Chair Jacqueline Berrien took exception to their characterization (Banning Background Checks) that the … Read more