Employers will be able to increase rewards to workers who participate in wellness programs under final rules released Wednesday by the Obama … Read more
Nevada Law Bans Use of Credit Reports in Most Hiring Decisions
This week, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed into law Senate Bill 127, which prohibits employers from using information found on credit reports to make a … Read more
What to Tell Employees About Health Care Reform: Where You Should Start
First of three parts It has been more than three years since we first told you what to tell employees about health care reform. We’ve gone on a … Read more
Oregon Gets New Social Media Law; A Federal Law May be Next
By Eric M. Meyer Last week, before the Memorial Day weekend, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber signed into law a bill which prohibits employers from requiring or … Read more
Who Knows Employees Better Than SHRM? Um … Maybe Everyone?
I was on SHRM’s website today and eyeballed this popular survey, Challenges Facing HR Over the Next 10 Years. The report contains responses from both 2012 … Read more
Survey Finds Skilled Talent Shortages Continue Both in U.S. and Globally
No matter how prosperous or uncertain the environment, talent is always tough to find. ManpowerGroup’s 8th annual Talent Shortage Survey reveals that … Read more
What Happens When Worker Posts “Fire Me…Make My Day” on Facebook?
By Eric B. Meyer Employee posts “FIRE ME…Make my day…” on Facebook. And guess what? Yep. And not even the Associate General Counsel … Read more
For Love or Money? eHarmony Entering the Job Search Market
The next time you want to find a date and a job in the same sitting, you’ll be in luck — eHarmony job matching will soon exist. The dating website … Read more
Remembering a Man Who Worked to Link Diversity to Business
In 1994, I took on the challenge of introducing the concept of diversity in business to my bank’s leadership. Banks were coming under fire for their … Read more
Our Email Addiction: Can We Keep it From Following Us Home From Work?
According to a new survey by GFI Software, email is alive and doing well in small- to mid-sized America. Some 44 percent of respondents use email over … Read more